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The Golden State: 1950s
Dear Reader, Sometimes, whilst I browse for furniture and accessories at flea markets, I find myself attracted to the mysterious old photographs that some vendors are selling. I think the fascination...
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The Golden State: 1960s
Dear Reader, It’s time for more vintage images of California, this time from the 1960s. These are some of my favorites. The fashion, the glorious matte colors, the oppressed look in everyone’s eyes....
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The Golden State: 1970s
Dear Reader, It’s time to re-enter my family’s California photo archive. Now it’s onto the 70s. I feel a Joan Didion quote coming on: “California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of...
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The Golden State: 1980s
Dear Reader, Now it’s time for the real golden age of California. The 80s. Here is a Joan Didion quote about how we conceptualize places (as I have conceptualized California): “A place belongs forever...
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Whut Glamour: Hedi Slimane Exhibit
Dear Hedi Slimane, I tried to see your exhibit California Song on its opening night, but it was so swamped with glamourmodels and celebs like Kirsten Dunst that I couldn’t even get in the building....
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Sun Day
Dear Diary, I went grocery shopping yesterday and when I got home I was, like, “HARK! Look at how crazy pretty the light is in my apartment!” And then I was like “I should take some pictures of stuff...
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Hey House, I Want You!
Dear Diary, I was browsing Sonoma County real estate the other day, as I often do, when I came across my dream home. It’s crazy, it’s asymmetrical, it’s made of redwood, it’s in the middle of the...
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Californiatimez: Hiking, Cactii, and the Most Amazing Plant Nursery on Earth
Dear Diary, Last weekend, some gays and I decided to escape the madness that is LA Pride and head to the little town of Fillmore, California to take a hike and discover new things. Naturally, because...
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Tourlando: My-So Called Neighborhood
Dear Hollywood Hills West, You’re a weird place. Kind of Hollywood. Kind of West Hollywood. Kind of Los Angeles. I moved into this part of town because I wanted to find a place as green as West...
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