Tag: mid-century

July 4, 2014 /

Independence Day! Have a great 4th, and if I don’t get too pruney from the pool I’ll pop in now and again…

May 6, 2014 /

A camera-ready world of fantasy fulfilled, artifice and bone-deep glamour — or a place of dark reality…It’s in His Kiss, June 1st

April 10, 2014 /

The actor and my missing…oh my goodness!

I have a friend who’s an actor (you might even call him a star), who when he started out, did a lot of house sitting among the hoi polloi of Hollywood. Let me tell you now, hoi polloi doesn’t mean “the swells”, it means the masses. Okay. That settled, once…

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March 14, 2014 /

Frank Sinatra’s house, Palm Springs

February 22, 2014 /

In which we sing the praises of: Julius Shulman, © Pleasurephoto, and Palm Springs mid-century

July 12, 2013 /

MID-CENTURY? GOOGIE? OKAY, LET’S JUST CALL IT A COFFEE SHOP

June 8, 2013 /

THE KAUFMANN HOUSE – DESIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA – PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVID GLOMB

Restored by: Marmol Radziner | Restoration. And, there’s this beautiful book that’s like a vacation in itself… Palm Springs Living: Diane Dorrans Saeks, David Glomb: Amazon.com: Books.

June 8, 2013 /

JULIUS SHULMAN AND RICHARD NEUTRA

Read about two of the greats at one of my favorite blogs: Glamourized House: Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House: An Annotated & Illustrated Bibliography | so-cal-arch-history.com.
June 7, 2013 /

FRANK SINATRA’S HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS – DESIGNED BY E. STEWART WILLIAMS – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JULIUS SHULMAN

Babies, go this lovely weblog and see how Twin Palms appeared in a Joan Crawford film… Frank Sinatra: Mid-Century Modern Godfather – B.E.L.T. – St. Louis.

December 29, 2012 /

RAMBLING AROUND THE MOVIE COLONY

So, I’m into architecture – and I’m not picky as to period, as long as it’s authentic to its time. Okay, I lied, I am picky – but these seem to sing Palm Springs – and it’s a nice tune… Top Dog, aka, my Mister was very sweet and snapped…

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