Archive for April, 2007
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Mobile homes go upscale
Back in the 1950’s, Bing Crosby established an upscale mobile home park he named “Blue Skies”, after one his biggest hits. Inviting some of his movie star friends to invest, they created a planned community of trailers and mobiles, each with it’s own theme. Pictured here is the “Mt. Vernon”, named after George [...]
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Marion Peck Opening Preview at Billy Shire Gallery
• Soft Paintings for Gentle People •
Marion Peck’s opening at The Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery
on April 13, 2007 featured this fantastic painting…
Young Lord Oliver - Marion Peck - 2007 - Oil on canvas - 67″ x 97″ framed
T0 SEE LOTS MORE PHOTOS we took [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Amazing Artists by JoDavid
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Eggsabitionist
These uncredited photos just in from Steve Bard:
No Comments » - Posted in Weird Things by Marlow Harris
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Realtor picks for “Unusual Homes”
Every home is unique but these properties take it a step further. For those who can appreciate uncommon tastes, Realtor.org presents this collection of listings.
After all, not every buyer wants 1920’s bungalow on a tree-lined street. In fact, some buyers don’t even want their home to resemble a typical residence.
Each the following homes sets [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Unusual Homes by Marlow Harris
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Unusual Life meets Grow-a-Brain
In our never-ending quest for more Unusual Life, we met with the renowned Hanan Levin of Grow-a-Brain, the quintessential blog of the known universe. He took us to this fabulous artist-created restaurant and folk-art environment in Riverside, CA (photos to follow shortly) where we spent a few hours touring, eating and getting to know [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Amazing Artists, Fascinating People, Strange Places by Marlow Harris
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Happy Easter
The Jesus of Peeps (JoP), created by Seattle artist Janet Galore, is 4.5 ft tall x 3.5 ft wide, from 6 colors of Peeps. What a lovely way to commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ.
t e l e m e t r y: Transmissions from the Galores
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Seattle Cotswold Cottage
It was love at first sight for Nick Agoff and Jean-Francois Godbout when they saw this storybook cottage in Seattle’s Mt. Baker neighborhood. At the time, it had only two other owners and was a daycare for about 20 years, so the home was ripe for a makeover.
Nothing in the house [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Unusual Homes by Marlow Harris
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Pimp My Crib! Russian Gangster Builds World’s Tallest Log Cabin ?
One-time Russian gangster Nikolai Sutyagin’s home is certainly unusual. The eccentric former convict’s seemingly accidental 15-year project begun in 1992 stands 13 floors, 144 feet high. He claims he was only intending to build a two-story house - larger than those of his neighbours to reflect his position as the city’s richest man.
Read [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Amazing Artists, Astounding Accommodations, Fascinating People, Outrageous Architecture, Unusual Homes by JoDavid
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Travel Photos and Capturing a Personal Vision
I’m a sucker for travel slideshows and creative documentation of people and places. Stephen Cysewski has created an intriguing personal vision in his “Wandering” travelogs. When viewing in particular his “Wandering in Seattle” I feel like a fly on the wall viewing photos taken years ago in Seattle giving it a unique historic [...]
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Comics, lawsuits, science fiction and a very unusual home
The Emerald City Comicon is in town this weekend, the largest comic book and pop culture convention in the Northwest.
Comic publishers, panels, artists and speakers from around the country will be in attendance, plus local favorites and friends Jim Woodring, Jim Blanchard and Ellen Forney (the author of I Love Led Zeppelin and [...]
