From the outside, Rick Rubin's house above Zuma Beach is a generic millionaire beach home. There's a rarely used tennis court and a circular drive.
O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.
In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica Canyon. I wrote thousands of pages there, but in order to see another adult human being, I had to steal out through the brambly side of the house, along the driveway down to the street.
For years I have been going to the South of France to cool out.
August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.
When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here since '94.
Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.'
When I have extra time I just go out to the Hamptons. I have a house in Southampton I go out to as much as I possibly can.
We have a cottage on the Mendocino coast.
Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side.
My dream is to have a house on the beach, even just a little shack somewhere so I can wake up, have coffee, look at dolphins, be quiet and breathe the air.
West Wittering in Chichester is perfect for a short break and if I've got longer, Devon and Cornwall are my favourites places in Britain.
I like to escape to the beach and kind of ground myself whenever I can.
Meet me in Montauk.
The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City.
Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we rented.
We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute.
Nothing gets my journalistic juices flowing more than a seaside chalet, the mention of a private jet, or room service in St. Tropez.
A souvenir of those years is a small cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, where Joyce and I spend a spring month every year, hiking and seeing friends.
Since traveling is such a big part of my life when I am working, I like to vacation relatively close to home. Florida is a great place for me to go and relax. It's so close, which is perfect because it's the minimal travel time.
My greatest peace is at the ocean, which was part of my decision to move out of Manhattan. A real treat is a trip to the beach. One of my favorites is Capri, and I love Mexico, but no matter where it is, it's really difficult to be in a bad mood when you're sitting on the sand, listening to the ocean.
I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.
