We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.
Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
What makes Biarritz special, as far as I'm concerned, are the fantastic coastline, the beaches - such as the Cotes des Basques - and the sea.
Whenever I talk about the Bahamas and its beauty, I could never stop talking about my God, who has given us all of this beauty.
I have many favorite vacation destinations, but my favorite destination is Maui.
I didn't start traveling abroad until I was 17, but I spent many summers on the beaches of Donegal in Ireland.
I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.
My best vacations have been in Hawaii.
My mother is Bermudan, so I had a lot of memories when I was a kid, used to go down to Bermuda a lot.
I mean New Zealand has a beautiful energy about the place. You're surrounded by the water.
Hawaii is so boring because it's always sunny.
Many beach locales offer surf lessons, and you get a different perspective of the ocean when you're out on the water.
The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.
My own zigzag path through life led me back to Santa Cruz in the early Eighties, and I have revisited regularly since. The place hasn't changed: head in the clouds, backside on the hills and feet in the ocean - one of the most decent and beautiful places on earth.
I love the Shore at Katathani in Thailand! They have the best pool.
Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
'Teen Beach Movie' was a lot of fun because we were in Puerto Rico on an island - you can't even call it work!
I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world.
Once you've lived in Del Mar or the San Diego area, why would you want to live anyplace else? It's the neatest place, whether it's the culture or the small-town atmosphere the whole San Diego area has.
When you live by the sea, there are definite seasons when you can see the weather coming and going, which lends itself to photography.
I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.
I grew up in Hawaii and I think it was easier because we did not have cliques at high school.
The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the sun dapple our bedroom ceiling.
I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too far inland.
I like to go for a little drive up the California coast.
