Mid Century Mishap!

This is the kind of thing that happens to you when you're preparing for an Atomic Crash Party. The house is clean, the beer and wine are bought, and then . . . CRASH!



I may use this as an excuse to never again mow the lawn. Clearly, I am not qualified. It may be part of some grand biennial plan, as the same thing happened to the Mister back in 2008. he got the one on the end. So, by 2014, we'll have new 49" x 78" windows across the entire north side of the house. Just another day at the ranch. People in glass houses, and all.

But, if you're still in the mood for something with windows, try this one. This is a Henry Sprott Long home in Mountain Brook. And, surprisingly for the zip code, it hasn't had a groovectomy. $548,000 might be a bit high in this market, but it is 5/3 on a fairly private lot.

http://tinyurl.com/3114-Overbrook





Go forth and populate!

Meet Kermit . . .

. . . the newest addition to the family and the Mister's pride and joy. Not necessarily mid-century, as 1972 is about as mid-century as, well, as 1928. But the design for the Karmann Ghia originated in 1953, so I am officially bootstrapping Kermit into the era.



He sports his original Willow Green paint and that VW anomaly, the automatic stickshift.



I have been shocked to learn that there are apparently many folks out there (all under age 30) who have never seen a Ghia before. So it is our task to inform the world of the magnificence of the Ghia.



We are now a VW tight family. I don't know if that makes us incredibly hip or tragically unrealistic (I think the parts are made by union elves in a secret fortress deep in the Black Forest). But for now, gerne auto!

(Happy motoring!)

Atomic Crash Party was a Blast!

Nevermind the plate glass window that I shattered the day before with some apparently overly aggressive mowing -- the gathering was great! A special thank you to all of you folks who made the trek out to the woods to join in the fun and frivolity. Crestwood, Eastwood, Crestline, Forest Park and Calera were all represented, and these intrepid early adopters have been knighted and assigned the quest to go forward and spread the word of Magic City Modern.

Until then, a bit of what you missed!














Unfortunately, John Fuller wasn't feeling well and was unable to make the gathering. But we're going to try to work something out after the first of the year where we can bring the party to him. There is also murmuring about a possible spring spectacular shindig complete with a swing band at an undisclosed fab MCM location in town. Keep your transistor radios tuned right here for more details.