About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver asked his colleague: ‘Have you ever noticed how our mailboxes seem to open themselves?’ His colleague shrugged and replied, 'Maybe they’re just really good at their job.' They both laughed, until one day an old lady came running out of her house yelling, 'Someone’s stealing my letters!' Turns out, every morning a little seagull was perched on her mailbox, opening it with its beak to eat leftover crumbs from the sandwiches she left for him.
2. A few years ago, every Wednesday around lunchtime, an old man would arrive at the Marina Del Rey Post Office with a large box under his arm. He’d approach the counter and ask for a stamp, but never open the box or reveal its contents. Finally, one day the clerk couldn’t resist curiosity and asked what was inside. The old man smiled, opened the box, and revealed… nothing but empty air. Turns out he was just testing their patience! Since then, everyone in town jokes that he’s the only person who ever mailed a breeze.
3. One day, while sorting through envelopes in Marina Del Rey’s post office, a clerk stumbled upon a mysterious package addressed simply to ‘The Ocean.’ No sender, no return address—just a note inside reading: ‘Open only when seas are calm.’ Curious, she opened it on a quiet afternoon. Inside was a single stamp, dated centuries ago, and a letter saying: 'Use this stamp for your next letter to someone you truly miss.' That evening, everyone in town received a letter from an anonymous neighbor, all postmarked with that ancient stamp.
4. At the Marina Del Rey Post Office, a regular customer exclaimed one day, 'I just mailed my letter to Santa—twice!' A nearby delivery driver overheard and burst out laughing. ‘You’re too late,’ he joked. ‘Santa already got your first letter an hour ago!’ The regular smiled sheepishly, realizing his mistake, but everyone in line shared a good-natured laugh.