


Reprise: From Whence Novels Do Come – Unvarnished Vickie Lester
Here I am, sitting on the couch, pondering this post — considering doing something on the photo that inspired my novel — self referential to a degree of great ickiness…… Read more Reprise: From Whence Novels Do Come – Unvarnished Vickie Lester →

PALM SPRINGS – THE POOL AT THE EDRIS HOUSE – PHOTO JULIUS SHULMAN – DESIGNED BY E. STEWART WILLIAMS

MID-CENTURY ROMANCE – THE HOME OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ
In 1954, Ball and Arnaz moved their family into the informal ranch home Williams designed for them. The house, on a lot Desi reputedly won in a poker game, was… Read more MID-CENTURY ROMANCE – THE HOME OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ →

MID-CENTURY COCKTAIL PARTY AT THE SPENSER (ARCHITECT) RESIDENCE – PHOTO BY JULIUS SHULMAN

MID-CENTURY MODERN – PHOTO BY JULIUS SHULMAN – DESIGNED BY…?

Ethereal Steel and Glass in Los Angeles, Case Study House #22
Pure mid-century wonder … Case Study House #22, The Stahl House, Architect Pierre Koenig, 1959-1960, Photograph by Julius Shulman. If you want to see the house in a movie watch… Read more Ethereal Steel and Glass in Los Angeles, Case Study House #22 →

Case Study House No. 20 – Photographed by Julius Shulman – Home of Saul Bass
I went to see this house in Altadena when it hit the market in the 1990s. Innovative materials in the fifties hadn’t stood the test of time, but the bones… Read more Case Study House No. 20 – Photographed by Julius Shulman – Home of Saul Bass →