You may not have noticed, but Andrew and I LOVE living in Southern California again.

The other day, we went to Malibu, again.

Early in the morning, again.

But this time we got there early enough for breakfast. Which you want to do early on a Sunday morning, believe me.

The last time we went to Malibu early in the morning, we discovered Point Dume. This time, just before Point Dume, we discovered the Hideaway Cafe. It is connected to the Malibu Country Inn. … seems like a cute, quaint little place to stay.

Since (we were smart) and got there around 9am, we were lucky enough to have no waiting AND an ocean view!

Taken from my seat. That is my coffee cup in the foreground, with the ocean seen through the fence.

This guy visited us while we were eating … and then hopped along the fence to the people sitting next to us — where he got a grape the size of his head.

my yummy breakfast. … I LOVE breakfast. Love it. … but that’s a post for another day…

From where I took this image, the hotel is behind me and to the left. The garden borders several hotel rooms and leads to the Cafe. Our table was on the far side of the building, on the ocean-side.

Then we drove up PCH a bit to just past the turn off for Leo Carrillo beach. Parked on PCH, and followed this path …

… to a cliff above the beach.

Andrew and I climbed down the cliff — very awkwardly since I was in a skirt and flip flops. Only to discover there was a staircase about 20 feet away.

And a final image … self-portrait with the ocean.

We only ended up staying a few hours. I had family in town and needed to be social.

But that’s the beauty of living in Southern California – you can go to the beach for just a couple hours.

It’s fantastic.

P.S. My husband went to the beach for 45 minutes this morning on his way to work. Crazy boy.