Yesterday, I  went to the Getty Villa in Malaboo. It's a museum of ancient art (Greek, Roman, Etruscan)originally built to house the personal collection of a billionaire philanthropist. That's what they tell you anyway. It's really just a bunch of noseless busts in a room looking at other noseless busts. I was sick of all the noseless busts, until I found a bust that had a nose, but no eyes. Way creepier.

The Villa was built to look like a pre-Kilimanjaro roman villa. Our tour guide told us that when the re-creation was built, architects said it looked cartoony. Can't say I disagree. Some of the walls had pillars Painted on... painted. The art inside was legit. But the villa itself was a joke. It was large and grandiose, but so very cheap looking. How did they manage that. It's hard to look cheap when you have billions. The gardens were very pretty, but probably most of the over 100,000 millionaires also living in Malibu have gardens that are much nicer and more tourworthy. The villa itself was pathetic re-creation of the past. And to top it all off, the balconies over looking the Pacific were closed due to broken doors. Good thing this place was free. The art was interesting and the place was free (if you don't count the $10 parking (which I do)), so I guess it was worth seeing since I live here. I wouldn't go here if I was visiting LA though.