Julien Valle's website
Totally want!!!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Politics: Click The Link
(next click LAUNCH and hold tight through the commercials.
It's worth it...I promise!)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Photos: Desert Dancers
Shutterilla killin' it on the desert dance floor!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio
Shutterilla doing the Joshua Tree version of the Electric Slide.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Photos: Playa Surfer's Halloween :: Joshua Tree National Park
Last week Farilla and I ventured off to Joshua Tree to celebrate Halloween weekend under the Milky Way with the Playa Surfers and their extended family! Such an amazing Lovefest...truly beautiful peeps! Thank you ALL for the warmth, laughter and face-melting beats!
On Sunday afternoon Michelle set up a group Sound Bath at the Integratron in Landers. Complete heaven....seriously! I can't even begin to explain the meditative and relaxing quality of this experience. Wow!
Since Farilla hadn't been to Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace I suggested we stop in on the way home for some dinner. It was no surprise that the place was packed. We dined on veggie burgers and threw back a couple of beers served up in mason jars before venturing off for a walk under the stars through Pioneertown.
A delightfully magical weekend from start to finish...for a few more snaps (mainly from our rock crawl on Saturday afternoon) click here.
On Sunday afternoon Michelle set up a group Sound Bath at the Integratron in Landers. Complete heaven....seriously! I can't even begin to explain the meditative and relaxing quality of this experience. Wow!
Since Farilla hadn't been to Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace I suggested we stop in on the way home for some dinner. It was no surprise that the place was packed. We dined on veggie burgers and threw back a couple of beers served up in mason jars before venturing off for a walk under the stars through Pioneertown.
A delightfully magical weekend from start to finish...for a few more snaps (mainly from our rock crawl on Saturday afternoon) click here.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Life: The Times They Are A Changin'!
Life: The Times They Are A Changin'!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio
Thanks Brent...brilliantly spontaneous!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Photos: Rustic Canyon Nazi Camp Hike
A couple of weekends ago Farilla and I tore ourselves away from the splendor of the Beach House for an adventure. I took him on a hike in Topanga State Park to the ruins of an old 1930's Nazi Commune turned modern day graffiti sanctuary.
From Derelict Urban Structures:
History: In 1933, an heiress named Winona Stephens purchased fifty acres from Will Rogers on property that is now Rustic Canyon (now part of Santa Monica Parks and Recreation). According to records in the Los Angeles Historical Society Archives, Stephens became engaged to an official of the Nazi Party named Herr Schmidt. He convinced her to invest four millions dollars of her fortune in a self-sufficient community which could survive a potential attack during WWII. As records indicate, the renowned Frank Lloyed Wright was commissioned to draw architectural sketches of the main buildings.
In the drawings are terraced orchards, a powerful electric fence, a diesel-powered generator, a 395,000 gallon water tank, an Olympic sized swimming pool, and extensive networks of staircases scattered along the walls canyon. The stairs were believed to be used by guards for patroling the property.
A year or so after construction was completed, rumors spread over late night military drills and loud gun-fire. Police records show that Herr Schmidt was arrested one day after Pearl Harbor was bombed. A short wave radio device was confiscated at the site. Pacific Palisades Historian Betty Young notes, "Herr Schmidt died immediately after, in prison."
It was a stellar afternoon despite the Sunset Boulevard crawl back to the Beach House caused by the Chautauqua grass fires. For a few more snaps from our afternoon click here.
From Derelict Urban Structures:
History: In 1933, an heiress named Winona Stephens purchased fifty acres from Will Rogers on property that is now Rustic Canyon (now part of Santa Monica Parks and Recreation). According to records in the Los Angeles Historical Society Archives, Stephens became engaged to an official of the Nazi Party named Herr Schmidt. He convinced her to invest four millions dollars of her fortune in a self-sufficient community which could survive a potential attack during WWII. As records indicate, the renowned Frank Lloyed Wright was commissioned to draw architectural sketches of the main buildings.
In the drawings are terraced orchards, a powerful electric fence, a diesel-powered generator, a 395,000 gallon water tank, an Olympic sized swimming pool, and extensive networks of staircases scattered along the walls canyon. The stairs were believed to be used by guards for patroling the property.
A year or so after construction was completed, rumors spread over late night military drills and loud gun-fire. Police records show that Herr Schmidt was arrested one day after Pearl Harbor was bombed. A short wave radio device was confiscated at the site. Pacific Palisades Historian Betty Young notes, "Herr Schmidt died immediately after, in prison."
It was a stellar afternoon despite the Sunset Boulevard crawl back to the Beach House caused by the Chautauqua grass fires. For a few more snaps from our afternoon click here.
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