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My Desert Rock Tub: Weekend in a Mojave Mirage

What Bonnie & Clyde really needed was a desert hideaway like this … complete with a cowboy tub and rubber ducky, of course. Naturally that little pool had me at hello, but the seclusion that this dream house offers, masterfully camouflaged amongst those weathered desert boulders is calling to my inner Bonnie & Clyde… Welcome to the…

This Paradise on Earth just Stole the Number 1 Spot on my Bucket List

These must be photoshopped, I thought, when I first laid my eyes on the waves of silky sand and perfect patterns of turquoise blue. Turns out, you should never underestimate the beauty planet Earth is capable of. No mirage in the desert, this is the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeast Brazil, a name which so…

And now, the Bikini Bobbers of the Summer of 1961

Today, in totally random photo stories fished out of the internet, we have this rather inexplicable contraption that seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of bobbing buxom babes in bikinis around to the amusement of the passing crowd. It looks like a lawsuit waiting to happen, but hey, it was 1961– who needs safety to spoil…

A Compendium of Vintage Pool Parties

Some things just look like a lot more fun in vintage grainy photos. I found a ton of nostalgic of motel pool postcards on Flickr and couldn’t help but put together another little compendium of some fabulously kitsch “pool parties”. When I went road tripping in California last summer, I tried to stay in as many motels…

Everything about this Home is Perfect, Except it’s Not Yours

As Spring approaches (it’s actually pretty far from approaching but it makes me feel better to say it), one might have their mind on weekend escapes in a quaint little cottage out in the green countryside. OR, one might have their mind on this absolutely ridiculous dream home after having looked through all the photographs…
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