I didn’t do too much but go to the beach. I didn’t think I’d have fun but I met Mat and he took me out on his surfboard. He let me catch the wave by myself and once I fell off and the board went ...

Before the Beach Boys, before Frankie and Annette, there was Gidget, the spunky girl surfer who sparked a national obsession with beach culture. But Gidget was neither Sandra Dee, who played her in ...

“Let’s read what I was doing on the same day in 1956,” she says. “That’ll be fun for us. You’ve come at a good time. I’m feeling very chatty ­because I’ve just had lunch. I’ll show you around the ...

The Malibu Wall dates back to 1929. It was erected on a coastal strip just north of Los Angeles as part of the perimeter of the Adamson House. The estate—built for the daughter of Malibu’s last owner, ...