“I have a graduate degree in Mid Century Kitsch”

Anyone who owns or is renovating a mid-century home should see the Simpsons Episode – ‘The Day the Earth Stood Cool’. I just watched it last night and died laughing. It’s a tongue in cheek on Portlandia, hipsters and ‘urban nomads’. http://curbed.com/archives/2012/12/10/watch-the-simpsons-tackle-dwell-neutra-architecture.php   “Last night on The Simpsons, hipsters swarmed Springfield, taking over Moe’s Tavern, […]

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Mid Mod-ing the Cats

One of the difficulties of moving to a mid century modern home was that none of our furniture matched. So we got rid of most of it and started fresh. But the cats needed their cat condos so we brought those along. We have 3 cats – Annie the calico, Benny the terrorist, and Sunshine […]

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Speaking of Eichlers….

It seems to be Eichler week! The San Francisco Chronicle had a nice article yesterday about Eichlers in Upper Lucas Valley, which is just north of San Francisco. This is where my husband grew up (with 7 brothers and sisters – eek!). In fact, one of the pictures is on his old street! Lucas Valley […]

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