A traffic detour that paid off

There is nothing worse than hitting traffic when you don't expect it -- especially at night when all you want to do is get home and crawl into bed. This happened to Veronique de Turenne recently after a dinner. But her unexpected detour turned into something pretty interesting -- and memorable. It shows that some "short cuts" are worth taking in L.A.

From Here in Malibu:

As the rest of the PCH traffic roared on up the hill, we wound down and around a dark, twisty road in the dark, foggy night. Suddenly, a fortress of a guard gate with a sign demanding I.D. loomed up, but a man with a flashlight waved us through. We drove. The road narrowed and dropped and at each fork and curve, another flashlight waved us on. We crept through the shadowed grounds of the Getty Villa, magically and mysteriously open for our tiny caravan. How did they know? Why didn't the police know?

--Shelby Grad