12.31.2007

12.29.2007



Madeline Weinrib Atelier



My sister just purchased
a Weinrib carpet for her new apt.
(In a beautiful blue Native American print.)

I love it so much, because I can never find
floor coverings that feel contemporary but
aren't ultra modern. I lean towards a more
vintage and antique color palette.



I didn't know this.
Madeline Weinrib is the great granddaughter of
ABC Carpet & Home founder-->See her collections
at ABC or here

12.28.2007



Palm Beach County

On Worth Ave.

Lilly Pulitzer
polo shirts and
cable knit sweaters
in sherbets and pastels.
The Rolls-Royce
Jewels + bling
The Breaker's
beach club
and
golf.

...plus, men in Madras shorts. Yikes!




Briny Breezes
Florida

The vanishing of Blue Collar America
488 residents were offered 1 million each
to vacate their sea-side trailers
for a new luxury development.
But the deal is off.



Money can't buy happiness



(
A front porch I like, Big Lebowski style...for the "dude" in all of us)

~
peace-out~
I love the attitude of Briny Breezes.
The residents have refused to accept the money.
The retro abode of palms, golf carts, old timers
and funky 50's style homes is just
too darn special to give up.
cheers!

12.26.2007



back from Florida
(visiting grandmother)
will report soon.

12.22.2007



time away

...to ponder the bathroom tiles below me
and what's left of year 2007

12.20.2007



I'm not too young
to be a die-hard
Neil Young fan





For my 23rd birthday last week
I went to see Neil play
up at 175th St.

United Palace Theatre
is an old church converted
into a music hall. It was the
most spectacular theatre to hear
the godfather of grunge
play acoustic

http://www.veldmanfamily.com/Images-2004/Collectibles/G1-12-Album-NeilYoung-Harvest.JPG

The stage was sparse in it's
old railroad decor. It felt good to see
Neil in his comfort zone, instruments
strewn across the stage for his
"seemingly" improvised set list.
Felt just like Massey Hall.

It was as if Neil was
20 again, back in Winnipeg
...and playing for that sweet old man in all of us

so good.


(top photo: Robert Blane)

12.19.2007

12.18.2007



Barbara Kleinhans

I wrote her name down
when I saw her work displayed
in a Hayes Valley, SF interiors store
You can see where Barbara
draws her inspiration...




12.12.2007



dock sheds
nautical numbering



Turkish scarves
byzantine gold and arabesque repetitions

12.07.2007

http://www.ogleearth.com/mepris_02.jpg





weekend retreat

Le Mépris (1963)
Jean Luc Godard, Brigitte Bardot and Fritz Lange
at Adalberto Libera's Casa Malaparte.
In the case of Godard's cinematographer:
Raoul Coutard:

architecture is cinema




Where I work, I'm surrounded by
the most beautiful design books. Sometimes
I take a minute, put work aside and pull one off the shelf

BIRTH of the COOL

California art, design and culture at mid-century:
Karl Benjamin, John McLaughlin, Julius Shulman, Helen Lundeberg
Lorser Feitelson, Chet Baker, Charles & Ray Eames, etc.

(image via Happy Mundane)

12.06.2007



A salut to the late
Margaret Kilgallen
(1967-2001)

Margaret continues to influence...

...people like, Thomas Campbell,
who in fact, is having a show tomorrow at Mollusk.
If you happen to be in San Francisco GO
Friday, Dec. 7th (7-10PM)
"KOOK OUT"

12.04.2007



(ku)nihito is a new flickr favorite

above: but i love it
below: in a dinning room


12.03.2007

Album cover: Introducing the Mattson2

The Mattson 2 are 21 yr old Cali twins
seemingly plucked out of an era of music
that predates their father's birth.
how can I describe it?

~1950's melodic surf jazz of today.~

http://vendor.nonnative.com/images/DSC06625.jpg

The Mattson 2
are talented beyond their age and often play

with the legendary Bones Brigade skater Ray Barbee.
There fans include: surfers, filmmakers, artists,
Tommy Guerrero + Thomas Campbell,
me...and Japan.




Ahh, the days when musicians
would play in matching,
tightly tailored
suits & ties.
The look
was
so
cool + clean

12.02.2007



december 1 : snow fall in brooklyn

("seascape painting" by dear friend, Lynnda Blitzer)