On our one ‘Free Day’ we decided to make the trip out to Malibu. In the four times I have been to California I have never been to the beach, until this time that is!

There were a couple of stops we wanted to make along the way. One was to the super cute and expensive out door mall on the Pacific Coast Highway, and of course, Malibu Seafood. Oh the things we do for food!

We passed by some pretty nice places on the was to the PCH. The directions we were given didn’t work out 100% but it was a wonderful drive non the less.

Hello dream balcony! Thanks to our misguided directions we did manage to encounter our one and only star sighting – Chris Parnell!

Pacific Coast Highway!

I find this sign quite amusing.

The giant fish tank at the out door mall. You can actually see a partially eaten fish at the button of the tank.

That store is just way too damn expensive.

Stormy clouds that never produced a storm.

Not the weather one would expect in Malibu.

SHEEPS

Malibu Seafood! Made it!

You can see all the yummi foods we ate in the FOOD post below.

Waves

There are always choppers in the sky.

Kind of an awkward photo. ahaha.

I was obsessing over the waves.

This strip of houses was ghettttto.

I was, however, obsessed with all the beach erosion and how the stairs all had to be constantly added on to.

Ghetto Beach Chic?

Malibu Shoot

Back towards the car.

DOLPHIN!

The only reason we actually spotted the pod was because some little Mexican girl started to freak out over them. Thank you little Mexican girl!

I invented a beach feet washing system.

Our next plan was to drive up the Topanga Canyon; possibly to try and find Charles Manson, and possible just for the drive its self.

Once Claudia told me Charles Manson lived close by I had to Wiki the whole story, and then obviously because overly obsessed. Sometimes, I have creep obsessions. Hello Riverview!

The look out at the top.

Lizard!

Claudia had this whole plan ‘mapped’ out that we could drive through the Topanga Canyon, come out the other side and take Mulholland Drive back to West Hollywood.

Well…we tried and ended up driving down some private dirt road that lead to no where. Umm…yea…not good!

So much for that plan!

We ended up just driving back the way we came and took Sunset Blvd home while trying to look for OJ Simpson. Current Obsession #2.

Speaking of OJ, has anyone seen that recent sports documentary about June 17th 1994 and how insane it was for sports lover with all the craziness that was going on plus the OJ white bronco pursuit thrown on top of it? I’ve caught the last half of it twice in the past two weeks. OBSESSED.

But I digress…

We (well, Claudia) though we saw something going down and paparazzi all around so I made an emergency right turn to catch the action. Turned out just to be a Jewish wedding. Claudia thought it had to do with the Mafia but I reminded her that the Mafia doesn’t run LA, the Jews do.

Next time we go back, we might as well break down and buy a map to all the starts home. Maybe we will get lucky that way.