Archives for: 2008
12/23/08
We took Grayson Danger to see Santa Claus at Bloomingdale's this year. We were not about to fight the crowds at Macy's. Maybe next year. The Bloomingdale's Santa was so nice. He really was in the Christmas spirit. He tried so hard to make Grayson smile.… more »
Happy snow day to all of you in the frozen north. Grayson Danger got to have his first experience with snow this week. I am not sure what he thinks of it. Here are some photos I took. Enjoy and keep warm!
Grayson in the snow
view from air tram… more »
12/12/08
I snapped this photo as we passed by the Hammacher Schlemmer store in NYC. Looks like Santa's got one mod sled, or whatever this thing is.
We saw there was a real Santa in the window and he waved to Grayson. The next day, my husband called the store… more »
12/11/08
My mom has been an employee of Walt Disney World for many years but I didn't know she had this much pull with The Mouse. She got Disney Parks to dedicate its entire Kingdom to my son Grayson Cain.
Check out the video on Sun7News
You can also… more »
12/08/08
We got a super nifty new housewarming gift from our buddy and artist extraordinaire Mr. Bret Kane. It is a series of Space Invaders serigraph prints. He and his robot minions have been busy printing them up in Mr. Kane's Atomic Design Lab.
more… more »
12/01/08
Whoa nelly! Mod*Mom has the best giveaways! Check out her site, she has teamed up with Modern Dose to giveaway an Eames Rocker chair. Yowza!
more after the jump
Thanks Mod*Mom for cluing me into Modern Dose. They have some really nifty and oh s… more »
11/29/08
A few weeks ago I was surprised to find a new playroom on the ground level had opened up for the kiddies. They threw us a party including juice, cookies and toys galore! I am so amazed by this playroom. We have a playroom on the 3rd floor but it was sta… more »
We have been living in our new digs at The Octagon for 4 months now and we are settling in quite well. The Octagon is a very special place. It is located on Roosevelt Island just across the East River from Manhattan. The Octagon is a former insane asylu… more »
11/27/08
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Grayson and I woke up early to try to catch a glimpse of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from our apartment window. We live on Roosevelt Island and our apartment is just across the East River parallel to about 73rd street… more »
11/26/08
11/21/08
We are home sick with the stomach flu. It is not fun, but Grayson has finally shown an interest in books. He is almost 14 months old now. I say to him "Bring me a book and I will read you a story." Grayson will go to his bookshelf, pick out a book, brin… more »
11/18/08
What tha? I found this cardboard rocket ship at Land of Nod. It is really cute but they want 89 bucks for it. Its made of cardboard. Jeepers! I could make this for free using the recycled boxes in my building. What do you think? more »
11/15/08
11/13/08
11/08/08
I just found out that Isamu Noguchi had an arch-nemesis! Yes he did! Back in the 1930s Robert Moses, then director of public works for NYC, foiled Noguchi's plans for a playground at the United Nations. He thwarted any design Noguchi made for the city o… more »
11/06/08
Last Saturday we went to Central Park. Fall is definitely here, the leaves on the trees are all turning beautiful colors. It was a lovely day.
The main attraction was the Chanel Mobile Art exhibition. It is a futuristic pavilion designed by Zaha Had… more »
Sorry it is a few days late, but I thought I would post some photos of Grayson and my Halloween costumes. We decided to celebrate my love of architecture and Grayson's love of monkeys. Grayson dressed as King Kong and I dressed as the Empire State Build… more »
11/04/08
Happy Election Day! My one year old son Grayson Danger was my political adviser today. He went with me inside the voting booth to make sure I pressed the right buttons. For some reason I was very nervous about voting today. I was so disappointed the las… more »
10/28/08
10/26/08
We are all excited about Halloween. We took Grayson to the Halloween parade on Roosevelt Island yesterday. He had so much fun monkeying around with all the kiddies. The children of walking age all dressed up in costumes and marched in a parade from the… more »
10/24/08
Last week we took Grayson to visit a new pet store that just opened up in NYC. Our boy is now 1 year old and he just loves animals. But this is no ordinary pet shop, this is a bizarre little pet store that has been Banksy-fied. Yes the infamous grafitti… more »
10/19/08
10/13/08
Whoa nelly! Check this out! It's Ovetto, the ultra mod, egg shaped recycling bin. Reminds me of EVA from WALL-E. Now you really can go green in mod style. It is made from recycled polypropylene. Comes in white, black and multi-color. A creation by Inter… more »
09/27/08
09/26/08
Grayson is almost one and I have been busy looking for cool stuff for his birthday. I found these nifty number shirts by Appaman. If you aren't into the cutesy type birthday shirts, then this is the shirt for you. It has a simple graphic number on the c… more »
09/23/08
I am proud to say our tiki statues have found a new home. When we moved from our Brooklyn brownstone to our apartment on Roosevelt Island, we no longer had a backyard. So we were forced to get rid of our mod patio furniture and tiki gods. We donated our… more »
09/10/08
This weekend we went to the nifty new exhibit at the MoMA in NYC. It is called Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. It features prefab houses past, present and future. It is worth seeing. The exhibition inside the museum includes models, blue… more »
09/03/08
Retro Info Readers we need your help! Our son, Grayson Danger Cain is turning 1 on Oct 3. We are planning a retro rocket space age themed Birthday party for him. The party will be held at my parents house in Florida and they have a huge house with a poo… more »
08/25/08
I took this photo of my son and doggie last week. We went for a summer stroll along our new island home, Roosevelt Island. We found this modern-designed trellis entrance to the soccer field. I would like to know who designed the trellis. Roosevelt Isla… more »
08/22/08
08/18/08
We hate to part with it, but we are selling our Eero Saarinen style tulip table and chairs. This dining room set was featured in Atomic Ranch magazine. A few years ago, they did an article about our mid century modern Florida ranch home. I had the seat… more »
08/07/08
We went on Sunday family adventure to The Whitney Museum. We checked out the new Buckminster Fuller Starting with the Universe exhibit. Brian was very excited to see the Dymaxion car, I imagined us living in the retro futuristic model homes and Grayson… more »
08/06/08
Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. We are finally getting settled into our new apartment on Roosevelt Island. Grayson Danger is 10 months old now and he is pulling himself up to stand on the edge of the sofa or coffee table. I have to watch him like a h… more »
07/02/08
My pal Charissa and I snuck away from the husbands and the kiddies for a highly deserved girls night out. We decided to treat ourselves to pedicures. The Dashing Diva Nail Salon (on 7th Ave in Park Slope Brooklyn, NY) caught my eye a few weeks back. Wha… more »
06/30/08
We are so excited about the new exhibit at the Whitney. It is called Buckminster Fuller Starting with the Universe. It is a retrospective of Fuller's life including his ingenious and outlandish designs. He is the man who revolutionized engineering with… more »
06/27/08
06/26/08
Another good reason to live in NY. Olafur Eliasson's Waterfalls is an amazing new art installation project. There will be several waterfalls at various NYC locations. Huge waterfalls will be flowing at The Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Piers, Pier 35 in Man… more »
06/23/08
Check out our listings on Craigs list. We have some mod stuff for sale, cheap!
modern lounge chair $60 SOLD
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/grd/729016077.html
more after the jump
bullet planter $15
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/fur/… more »
We have a bunch of mod and tiki stuff for sale including 2 3 foot tall tiki statues. they are solid concrete and weigh about 200-300 pounds each. we are selling them because we will no longer have a backyard. Wanna give them a new home?
$50 each more »
We are going to the looney bin. Well sort of. We are leaving our Brooklyn buddies to move on to cleaner, greener pastures. We are moving to the Octagon apartments on Roosevelt Island. The Octagon was an insane asylum back in the 1800's. It fell into dis… more »
06/10/08
My buddy Bret emailed me the link to Disco Design. I had to share this with my readers. Holy moly! They have the most amazing space age mod disco lighting, decor and furniture. Wow! I love their light up wall panels that pulsate to the beat of the music… more »
06/06/08
I really enjoyed our trip to Prague. There you can find such diverse architecture dating from the 10th century to present day. It was amazing to see Medieval Gothic style, next to Art Nouveau, beside Communist Brutalist style, neighboring a Post-Modern… more »
05/30/08
My favorite blogger mommy is mod*mom. She has convinced Target to giveaway an ultra mod futuristic Plasma Car kiddie riding toy. Check out her blog for the chance to win one of these beauties.
I am amazed by how many cool riding toys there are a… more »
05/27/08
Our European vacation took us onward to Paris, France. The city of lights is as beautiful as they say. Very romantic! We went to many of the usual tourist destinations... Eiffel tower, Arch De Triumph, Champs de Elysees, Louvre, Notre Name Cathedral, et… more »
05/23/08
I must have built in "tiki radar" because I can find a tiki bar anywhere, even in Spain! Yes we were lucky enough to stumble upon a fun little tiki bar in Barcelona.
It is called the Kahiki and the Barcelonians got the tiki vibe quite right. Th… more »
05/20/08
I was so excited to visit the famous Barcelona Pavilion. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. The pavilion was reconstructed to its original plans in 1986. It is mad… more »
I don't want to bore you with my vacation photos but we did see some really amazing architecture in Europe. I think you design and architecture fans might find these photos quite interesting. We spent two weeks in Europe. First, we went to Barcelona, S… more »
04/28/08
Hiya! We are back from our whirlwind tour of Europe. It was amazing! I will be posting pics from our trip real soon. We saw some fantastic architecture dating from the modern age on back to the Medieval era. Wow!
Guess what? Our Brooklyn brownsto… more »
04/01/08
Hiya! Today is Brian and my 8 year wedding anniversary and as a gift to ourselves, we are going to Europe! We have not been on a real vacation together since we got married 8 years ago on April 1 (April Fools Day). This 'aint no joke, we are going to Ba… more »
03/21/08
My son is 5 1/2 months old now and boy can you acquire a lot of baby stuff in a short time! My house is no longer the photo perfect mod pad it used to be. Now theres toys, swings, bottles and baby stuff everywhere. Check out these cool modular storage c… more »
03/18/08
I have been looking for inexpensive art for above our bed. I think I found it! Check out this oh so mod Saucers Wall Decor by Walter. Easy, no fuss installation these lightweight pieces have a peel-away 3M adhesive backing. The applications can be appli… more »
03/16/08
Whoa nelly! Check out these gorgeous new mid century modern inspired homes by Lennar Communities. They have all the retro cool stylings of the mid century modern era but are contemporized with brand name appliances and modern day conveniences. Located i… more »
03/15/08
I love these limited edition Panton chairs. The S chair was originally designed in 1960 by Verner Panton. This year Vitra is producing two limited quantity colors - pink and light blue - available exclusively through hivemodern.com.
$245.00 + free… more »
03/13/08
I fell in love with Richard Schultz outdoor furniture when I went to Palm Springs last year. He designed amazing outdoor chairs for Florence Knoll back in the 1960's. These cool chairs are in production again. Hooray!
Check out these rockin' Single… more »
03/12/08
My friend Ralfonso is this amazing kinetic artist in West Palm Beach Fl. I wrote about him on my blog last year. He designs huge monumental kinetic sculptures and he is the founder of the KAO, or Kinetic Art Organization. He sent me this invite to his… more »
03/05/08
The T.W.A. terminal at JFK airport is getting some serious cash. $19 million to be exact. The Port Authority of NY and NJ plan to renovate the famous Eero Saarinen designed terminal. It will reopen as the Jet Blue Portal for the enormous new JetBlue Air… more »
03/03/08
When we renovated our kitchen in our 1950's ranch house, I remember what "joy" it was to scrape through and peel off layer upon layer of tacky wallpaper. I had to remove four layers of wallpaper to be exact. I guess there was a layer of wallpaper put on… more »
03/02/08
Yesterday we took Grayson to the Modern Show in New York City. You know babies love modern design.
The show featured a ton of 20th century modern furniture, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, art, etc. Speaking of art, I had to talk Brian out of buying… more »
02/29/08
02/28/08
Grayson and I are just booming for Boon products. You have to buy all this baby stuff, right? So why not get them something stylish and well designed? Boon products are oh so nifty and they are reasonably priced too. Grayson is stylin' in his new Boon F… more »
02/27/08
02/26/08
Today, on my way home from the gym, I was pushing Grayson in his stroller and all of a sudden it started raining! Typical New York February weather, right? I stopped and put the weather guard on his Maclaren, then I opened up my umbrella. I held the umb… more »
02/23/08
02/22/08
Wowee, she's at it again! Mod*Mom has got the grooviest giveaways. Just click on over to her blog and check 'em out. You can win fabulous prizes including strollers, books, green cleaners and more!
You can win this hot new Vibe Stroller from Phi… more »
My tikis are snowed in. They are longing for the days they used to bask in the warm Florida sun. We are expecting 5-6 inches of snow today in NYC. Its currently 80 degrees in Florida. Wah!
Poor Casey had to pee in the snow this morning. more »
02/21/08
02/20/08
If the winter doldrums have got you down, the Sundial House by architect Carl Abbott will certainly brighten your day. Check out this gorgeous modern home in sunny Sarasota Fl. For sale, only $5.25 million. Wow!
be sure to check out the virtual t… more »
02/19/08
Grayson is 4 1/2 months old now and he loves tummy time! He loves to play on his new Skip Hop Playspot play mat.
Babies drool, Play Spot rules!
It is a play mat that is made of interlocking foam tiles. The mod circles are a perfect match for ou… more »
02/16/08
Wowee! Now the ultra mod designs by Dwell are available for the masses! It's Dwell Studio, affordably priced for Target. Now your baby can be the moddest tot on the block with furniture, bedding, curtains, pillows, etc. by Dwell. 'Aint that swell?… more »
02/15/08
02/13/08
02/12/08
Kids love post-apocalyptic gang movies, right? Your "Little Warrior" can pay homage to his favorite gang with these Warriors Coney Island, Brooklyn Furies, or Delancey Hi-Hats t shirts. Fierce fashions for your tough little tyke based on the 1979 cult c… more »
02/11/08
Fashion Tramp designer Andy Davis is at it again! She is the genius behind the Utili-lavalava. Have you ever been to a tiki party or luau and you have no where in your sarong to keep your keys, wallet, etc.? Andy has your answer!
Utili-lavalava… more »
02/08/08
02/07/08
Watch out, Garanimals are on the loose! What are Garanimals? Do you remember?
Garanimals are a line of children's clothing that originally came out in the early 1970's. They were made by Garan Inc. and each article of clothing featured a hang tag with… more »
02/06/08
The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman is absolutely adorable. Five year old Batman and Robin fight the evil pint-sized villains of Gotham City. Watch the exciting 3 part episodes based on the 60's Batman TV series. Make sure you watch the end for a sp… more »
02/05/08
In honor of Super Tuesday, I thought I would write about one super amazing muscle car, the Plymouth Road Runner Superbird. I bet you didn't know I come from a family of gearheads. Yes I do. My dad and brother are racers. All my life my dad and brother h… more »
02/04/08
If you have been wondering what Grayson and I were up to last month, we were watching Yo Gabba Gabba! Yes, my 4 month old son and I are hooked on the Nick Jr. TV show. It's awesome! If you haven't seen it, you must check it out!
The show feature… more »
02/03/08
Wow! Skater dudes and Mid Century Modern fans, check out this rad furniture by Skate Study House. It combines the love of skateboarding with classic mid century modern design.
A George Nelson style ball clock with skateboard wheels
An Eames sty… more »
02/02/08
Hi I am back! I am blonde, fifty pounds lighter and feeling like myself again. Grayson Danger and I flew down to Orlando, Fl for "Baby Boot Camp". For the entire month of January I got much needed help from friends and family, plus we got to bask in the… more »
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