Malibu
Beach Inn
Originally
published: November 2003 for Malibu Monthly Magazine.
You
may have driven by it thousands of times and unless you’ve
actually had a reason to be there, you probably haven’t really
thought too much about the Malibu Beach Inn. The expansive
building itself is almost impossible to take in all at once as
your zip down Highway 1.
Malibu
Country Inn
Originally
published: October 2003 for Malibu Monthly Magazine.
Timing
is everything and I learn that the hard way when I arrive at the
Malibu Country Inn one Saturday afternoon. "Hmm, well Anthony
Hopkins was here earlier, and you just missed Tom Petty -- he was
in here for breakfast…"
Sea
Mountain Inn
Originally
published: September 2003 for Malibu Monthly Magazine.
The
Sea Mountain Inn isn’t like most resorts – it’s practically
like stepping into an FBI witness protection program, albeit a
very plush and luxurious witness protection program. Don’t
believe me? Look around its website (or anywhere else on the
Internet for that matter): You’re not going to find the
resort’s address anywhere.
Hotel
Oceana
Originally
published: August 2003 for Malibu Monthly Magazine.
So
there I am, in the late morning sun, at the curb of Ocean Avenue,
waiting for the valet to bring my car around. Normally, this is a
routine task and can usually be accomplished while checking voice
mail, sipping a fresh cup of coffee, and skimming the morning
paper, or flipping through my wallet in search of a suitable tip.
The
Viceroy Hotel
Originally published: July 2003 for Malibu Monthly Magazine.
The
biggest misconception people have about the Viceroy Hotel’s
lounge, the Cameo Bar, is that unless they pull up to the valet
with a Range Rover the size of a Sherman tank, wrapped from head
to toe in Prada, they’ll be promptly asked to retreat to Yankee
Doodle’s – the bawdy pool hall up the block on the 3rd Street
Promenade.
