This morning we toured the Getty Museum. It’s quite an impressive complex – especially when you consider that this is the result of the wealth of one man. There is no public funding involved. The pictures are outside only; I only took a few inside ones and they didn’t turn out.
Museum Courtyard looking toward the entrance building
Other end of the courtyard looking at the Research Institute
Ken with the Getty Research Institute in the background
Looking down and west from the top of one of the buildings
Maze in the Central Garden
We got back to our hotel mid-afternoon, took a bit of a break, and headed for a drive through Topanga Canyon and on the CA-1 along the coast through Malibu. This is the first section of CA-1 I’ve been on (that I know of) and my first impressions are “a little tacky”. The beach front properties are not at all what’s implied in “Two and a Half Men” (an extremely sleazy TV show Ken likes). Although I’m sure they’re pretty pricey, they look like most waterfront property I’ve seen – run down and small. I bet the real pricey stuff is up on the hills overlooking the ocean.
No pictures, nothing really caught my eye and we didn’t stop much anyway.
[written 12/28/13]
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