Showing posts with label andy warhol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label andy warhol. Show all posts

1.6.11

Hipster Haven: Presidio Motel & The Supply Room

It's official Presidio in California is the hippest motel. Period.

With Andy Warhol soap dishes, bow tied tissue paper, one off door hangers by Laura Devendorf and unique vinyl wall motifs in each room - who wouldn't want to come back to try out all 17 rooms (designed by the talented Kat Trajano and Stephanie Mansolf). 

The on site boutique, "The Supply Room," has all the right gear to keep you kitted out while in Santa Barbara and beyond with up and coming, emerging fashion talent and one off pieces.

Stay tuned for the next post for great snaps found in The Supply Room. 















Presidio Motel
1620 State Street Santa Barbara . CA 93101
phone: 805.963.1355
fax: 805.962.3639

email: info@thepresidiomotel.com 
or email:supplyrm@gmail.com











9.1.09

Eclipse of the era

A week's wait passed as Saturday morning snow grazed the surfaces. Passing moments on the marble slabs, sketching, glazing onward at the rendezvous shared by many more in motion. Imagining long lost times when dandies and quanitrelles rushes to and fro, all things come alive. Such breathtaking interior, one of few found westward. Entrancing turquoise skylines bearing astrological beginnings that echo whispers from the chambers and liberate individuals as the golden clock strikes. Scurrying off to the platform, the conductor's bell rings as the steam engine rolls onward alongside the Hudson.

What secrets are shared on the reverse of these photographs, did the recipient ever receive the notice and who's hands have they crossed along their journey to the current placement. Ranging from the early 1900s to the post-War era, Zoe Leonard's collection of postcards bearing Niagara Falls images, You see I am here after all, can be found at the Dia: Beacon through September 2, 2009. It would have been much more intriguing had they been hung so that both sides were visible.

These correspondences, all of the same natural site, uniquely reflect the photographers vantage point and the senders renditions. Slowly pulling into the station, who will write home? Are the temporals leaving or coming?

A memoir has collegiated in the dwelling. With each reach for the tea's milk smirks and laughter enlighten the days. Who's will then collect mine from the flea markets in years to come?

In this instance, a segment of Andy Warhol's 102 paintings titled Shadows taken from in front of the gray settee sat on in previous hours has been chosen. When the gardens reopen, we shall return book in hand for a day in the life of leisure.