Malibu

This is a nice house overlooking the seaside, and I believe a number of Hollywood stars live on this same street. I’m the guest of the in-laws of a friend, and being treated very nicely.

That was by far the best AirFrance flight I’ve ever had. The service was so over-the-top good that it seems to have been the result of a corporate policy decision, as in “let’s rebrand AirFrance as the best customer service airline in Europe”. They act like your butlers now. Free Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars in the back of economy class.

Also, nothing makes an 11.5-hour flight easy like a nearly empty plane. Whole row to myself. Was reading Whitehead the whole time, and Debaise’s Whitehead book again.