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What is truly cool?
Posted in architecture, art, bicycles, california cultural anthropology, tagged advertising history, beat culture, beatnik, Bicycle culture, Bike Snob NYC, california modernism, cool, cool advertising, cool hunting, design history, Eric Meyer, Eric Meyer Simple, gerald rupp, gerry rupp, hip, hipster, History of Cool, History of Modernism, History of Simple Shoes, Jazz age, Lucille Meyer, Lucy Meyer, modernism, morro bay, morro bay history, Simple, simple shoes, trend forecasting, trendy, what is cool on March 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This is a really long post. You may want to get a cup of coffee first. You may actually not care at all… but it would have been my mom’s birthday a couple of days ago… So I thought I would write about her… and the concept of the word “cool”. Lucy… in Florence Italy… [...]
Little known Secret of Mission San Luis Obispo… a Jacuzzi !
Posted in california cultural anthropology, san luis obispo, tagged catholic church, Hot Tub, Jacuzzi, Mission San Luis Obispo, missions, san luis obispo, the movement on December 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So… I was standing on the pedals of my bike while on the sidewalk… leaning against the back wall of the Mission San Luis Obispo… waiting for my botany professor buddy Matt Ritter…to take a picture of a street tree for his new book about the trees of California… and this extra few inches of [...]
san luis obispo… the flood of 1972
Posted in california cultural anthropology, city planning, san luis obispo, tagged 1972 Flood, Dave Romero, Downtown San Luis Obispo, Flood, San Luis Obispo City of, San Luis Obispo Flood, san luis obispo history, San luis obispo public works, the movement on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting view of the intersection of US highway 1… and Los Osos Valley road. Circa 1972. Check out how wide San Luis Creek is in this shot! Parts of Dalidio’s farm are covered on the left of the freeway… and the right hand side of the highway… where the sewer treatment plant is… [...]
The unknown Modernist… and the first modern A-frame
Posted in architecture, california cultural anthropology, city planning, tagged a frame home, a frame house, a-frame, architect rupp, Beat Generation, beatnik, beatnik architecture, california modernism, case study homes, case study houses, Early modernist, Frank Lloyd Wright, gerald rupp, gerry rupp, john etenza, modern architecture, modernism, modernist, Morro Bay architecture, Richard Neutra, rudolph schindler, the movement, Warren Leopold on December 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
UPDATE… Jan 2012… I’ve discovered that Rudolph Schindler built an A frame house in 1936… So this post is somewhat misleading. Sorry about that. Needless to say… Schindler is probably my favorite architect in the world anyway… here is the post from a year ago below. Click the link just above to see Schindler’s aframe. [...]
Vision Street Wear retrospective article in Sneaker Freaker Magazine
Posted in california cultural anthropology, shoe designer nerdiness, skateboarding, tagged 1980's, 1980's fashion, brad dorfmann, california surf style, gator, gonz, mark gonzales, mark rogowski, skate fashion, skate shoes, skateboarding, skater style, sneaker freaker, surf clothing, surfer style, the movement, vintage skateboard, vintage skateboarding, vision street wear on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Warning… random ego driven post. Sneaker Freaker Magazine recently interviewed me on my duties as Director of Design for Vision Street Wear (VSW)… back in the late 80′s. We were the first company to design and manufacture clothing for skateboarders. Prior to VSW… skaters mostly just looked like surfers. Today… 25 years later… skate style [...]
The Rock surfing crew…. Morro Bay circa 1979
Posted in california cultural anthropology, surfing, tagged 1970's surfing, morro bay, morro bay high school, morro bay surfing on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
the Rock surfing crew… Morro Bay… circa 1979! (i’m on the right). This shot totally reminds me of the movie “dazed and confused”. iconic late 1970′s era look. Notable details…flared pants, feathered hair, down jacket, down vest, Birkenstocks. Difficult to discern whether this look is surf… or just stoner. It’s kinda cool again though…. after [...]
the first hollow surfboards
Posted in california cultural anthropology, surfing, tagged longboard, surfing, Tom Blake, vintage surfing, wooden surfboard on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first hollow surfboards.. circa 1931 by Tom Blake. My friend Ryk Kluver still builds them this way. Awesome below is Ryk… and one of his creations…. a particularly long one! If ya want one… he builds and sells them. Most of his boards are in private collections. Ryk built my house.
Jeff Shelton is a supergenious!
Posted in architecture, art, california cultural anthropology, city planning, tagged architectural details, architecture, beatnik, California, mexican tile, spanish colonial revival architecture, spanish tile, tile roof on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jeff Shelton is my favorite moorish/spanish colonial revival style architect… BY FAR! He makes FUN buildings. Take Gaudi’s assistant Josep Maria Jujol, mix with Dr. Seuss, toss in a bit of MC Escher… and then stir in a bunch of tile… more than a bunch actually. I think Jeff must have some sort of back [...]
pismo beach, bikers, abalone, and dinosaurs… the connections
Posted in art, california cultural anthropology, city planning, motorcycles, tagged bikers, California, cool architecture, harley, indian motorcycle, pismo beach, roadside attractions on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A nice 1020′s signpost… advertising Pismo Beach… and I am guessing these guys are the masons that built the sign judging by the level and the trowel. Pismo for those of you who don’t know… is home of the Pismo Clam… and they are using Abalone shells as decoration…. odd… so maybe these are [...]
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