An Unfair Look at Malibu
Many celebrities live in Malibu. I didn't see any of them today but I now have a better understanding of why they live there. On a traffic free sunday, Malibu is a 35 minute drive from UCLA. UCLA is close to everything. On a map of Los Angeles, Malibu is way North and West of anything. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I thought it would be funky like Santa Monica and would have classy restaurants and stores like Pacific Palisades. That's not what I saw.
Instead, we drove and drove along Highway 1. To our right were steep hills with distinctive homes looking like they may slide down the hills and land on the roads. Now I understand why mudslides are such a big deal there. To our left was the ocean and the beach bum condos 200 yards from the Ocean. It was clear that these expensive condos have fantastic decks that overlook the Ocean. The stores stunk and looked like any strip mall street in California.
I did like the architecture of their City Hall. It didn't look like Cambridge MASS's city hall.
Malibu is isolated. These celebrities know that they will have their own beach and no bums or professors or anyone else will bug them in Malibu. They are miles from Los Angeles but have some ability to get to LA when they need to. It would interest me to see a 24 hour schedule for a guy like Brad Pitt. Does my day look anything like his day? He has more hair so maybe that takes more time. I guess we both go to Starbucks (but maybe he sends a flunky?).
After seeing this town, we realized that our destiny lies to the east of the Malibu.
Instead, we drove and drove along Highway 1. To our right were steep hills with distinctive homes looking like they may slide down the hills and land on the roads. Now I understand why mudslides are such a big deal there. To our left was the ocean and the beach bum condos 200 yards from the Ocean. It was clear that these expensive condos have fantastic decks that overlook the Ocean. The stores stunk and looked like any strip mall street in California.
I did like the architecture of their City Hall. It didn't look like Cambridge MASS's city hall.
Malibu is isolated. These celebrities know that they will have their own beach and no bums or professors or anyone else will bug them in Malibu. They are miles from Los Angeles but have some ability to get to LA when they need to. It would interest me to see a 24 hour schedule for a guy like Brad Pitt. Does my day look anything like his day? He has more hair so maybe that takes more time. I guess we both go to Starbucks (but maybe he sends a flunky?).
After seeing this town, we realized that our destiny lies to the east of the Malibu.
posted by Matthew Kahn at 7:02 PM
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