Hiya! Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. Been a bit busy. Grayson Danger is almost 3, he's going to Montessori School. I''m preggers with baby #2. We are having a girl. She's due in October.

We moved back to Florida! Couldn't stand the cold winters in NY anymore. We found an amazing 1950's ranch house in Orlando. 4 br, 2 ba with fenced backyard. Open floor plan with fireplace, post and beam like Eichler style. Lots of windows. It is in our old neighborhood, just a few blocks away from where we used to live.

We close on the house tomorrow. Brian has a lot of ideas for the house before we move in. He wants to restore the original terrazzo floors, rip out some closets, redo kitchen, etc. We also want to build a pool in the backyard. I will be posting more pics of our projects in the months to come. I can't wait to decorate this house in our retro mod style.

Happy Snow Day from the Cains at our own White House.

This year for my birthday my husband surprised me by taking me to see the Glass House by architect Philip Johnson. It is located on a huge property in New Canaan CT. We took the extensive 2 hour guided tour which included tours of his library, art galleries and the glass house.

Happy Birthday to me!

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Woodmere, the Cains are here! About a week ago, we moved to a fantastic 1950's split level ranch in the village of Hewlett Neck. It is a subdivision of Woodmere, which is in Long Island NY. We grew tired of apartment living and the lofty price. We packed it up and moved to the suburbs and now we have a huge 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom house with 2 offices, a family room, living room, screened in patio, huge lawn, and 2 car garage. We are saving around $1300 a month! Yowza!

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I am sad to say my favorite photographer Julius Shulman has passed away. He died this week in his home in LA. He was 98 years old. He is most famous for his architectural photography of the mid century modern California homes. He got his start when a friend asked him to come visit a home designed by architect Richard Neutra. So Shulman brought along his amateur pocket camera. He snapped some shots of the home and Neutra was totally impressed with his work. This led to Shulman photographing the famous Case Study Homes for Arts & Architecture magazine. He has photographed many modernist buildings and homes including designs by Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, Mies Van Der Rohe and more.

Shulman was well liked because he brought life to glass and steel by using human models in his photographs.

two of his famous masterpieces

Case Study House no. 22 by Pierre Koenig

Kaufmann house by Richard Neutra.

for more photography by Julius Shulman, check out the following books

PHOTOGRAPHY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN BY JULIUS SHULMAN 1977

PIERRE KOENIG by James Steele (2002)

NEUTRA - SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN BY BARBARA LAMPRECHT