“You know, the Pitts were here this season,” whispered Julie Wright, a real estate broker at Snowcreek Resort in Mammoth Lakes, California.  No one was around, but she kept her voice low, as if she were telling me a secret. Julie was discreet and respectful, and just as excited as the hoards of fans that snapped blurry cell-phones pictures of “BAMPSZ” from ski lifts. Mammoth is definitely hot after a visit by Brangelina and their kids this past February. In ski season, the mountain town on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains is always bustling with So Cal families on winter holiday. I imagine that the Pitts just wanted to do some snowboarding, eat chili out of a bread bowl, and teach their kids how to pizza wedge down Mammoth Mountain, just like everyone else.  

I’m told that the Pitts chose to stay in a full...