Unusual Life

Portrait of Leonardo De Vinci created in nails

The glass-block facade of the Maison de Verre, which has attained cult status in the last decades. (From “La Maison de Verre” published by Thames & Hudson.)

Best House in Paris from the NY Times

Architect Richard T. Foster has created a residence that attempts to captures the wonder of a heavenly landscape from unlimited angles. Floating 12 feet off the ground and 72 feet in diameter, the Round House is walled in glass, covered over and under with cedar shingles, and set on a cylindrical base retained by walls of stone. Completely renovated in 2005 and with Smart House technology incorporated into the nine-room main house and studio, this home on 3.8 acres provides a luxurious haven. Currently on the market for $2,295,000.00.

Current Listing

Walk-through video and virtual tour

A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely,
so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal.

The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs.

The house was sold to pay taxes.

There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn’t complimentary to the property anyway……so, nobody made an offer on the place.

The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property’s worth, moved in, and prepared to tear in to the barn…….curiosity was killing him.

So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of
grinders…….and cut thru the welds.

What was in the barn……………?

…….and start wishing you had bought the place.

Rice Art

A spin-off of the popular TV show “Miami Ink”, “LA Ink” premieres tonight (August 7, 2007) on The Learning Channel, starring Kat von D.

Artist Shawn Barber created a portrait of the prominent tattoo artist, that is now included in her private collection. Barber was also featured on an episode of Miami Ink in a segment where they focused on the process involved in making the piece.

So you can view Kat von D. giving tatoo’s, getting tatoo’s and the artists painting her and her tatoo’s.

Like a funhouse mirror or the Droste effect, Shawn Barber, the artist, has created paintings of tattood artists, their art and their tattoos…..