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  • Pride of Madeira : Pride of Malibu

      The deliriously blue-purple conical shaped flowers you see shimmering along our arid coastline every Spring is the Pride of Madeira. I like to call it the Pride of Malibu. Its’ botanical name is Echium candicans which sounds like “eating candy” to me. Don’t try to eat it. From a distance this biennial subshrub looks fuzzy and soft, but…

  • Malibu Muse

    Malibu’s changing landscape resulting from a recent influx of “mega” restaurants is making this full time resident quake in her Uggs. How soon before all of the “character” of Malibu is squeezed out by globally popular celebrity chefs and their enterprises?  On the East end Nobu and Mr. Chow’s has imported visible corporate streaming, which…

  • A Winter’s Beach Day

    West Ender Malibuites exchanged sweats, Ugg boots, and hoodies for shorts, bikinis and sun hats today as the thermometer climbed towards the 80-degree marker. Finally, a break. More than a break: the best of a summer’s day! It seems like So Cal has been trapped in an arctic chill since Thanksgiving with consistent daytime temperatures…