Malibu

 

The most well known beach town in Los Angeles, Malibu spans both sides of Pacific Coast Highway. Celebrity Malibu neighborhoods like Malibu Colony, Broad Beach, and Point Dume are stratospherically expensive, but homes in the hills can be had for much less (sometimes!).  

 

Celebrities, surfers, and celebrity surfers.  

 

Kate Hudson, Kelly Slater, Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, Robert Downey Jr.

 

Malibu Country Mart, Cars and Coffee at the Country Mart every other Sunday, Paradise Cove, Third Point at Surfriders Beach for gentle waves (where I learned to surf), Lucky’s for steak and star sightings, Malibu Farm at the Malibu Pier, Reel Inn for fish (and great sign game).