Artist and Muse...

Corona Del Mar Bungalow Style

Corona Del Mar is a beautiful little place in SoCal. It's located in Newport Beach and hosts some of the finest California homes. This one is listed for beach home is on the market, yours for only $2.65M! The split door in the photo above is totally typical of style and vibe of this heavenly little beach city. I'm loving the colorful textiles and home decor. What did I mention all that sunshine, too?

Can't you see the ice tea being served up with sandwiches after a day of rollerblading or sun bathing? Or is it time for a nap? This bedroom is romantic comedy ready!!

Some of the images weren't captured well, but you can get a general idea of the dining room..

I love the lucite Ghost chairs on the dark floors. I actually thought I was over the dark floors, but this image is capturing my heart. The breakfast nook is vibrant and energetic!

I really love the Quaker-styled cabinets with the metal pulls in the kitchen. The hood adds a modern sensibility.

This hallway is Cali beach essentials. The beautiful pendant lantern with modern wooden planters. This is my dream hallway!

A modern blog studio....I'd make some changes, of course, but this room has great structure.

Need to get the sand off? I think this master bath will do the trick!

When I very pictures like this..I miss home! 

 {images all from Corona Del Mar Living}

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I've got a Crush on You...Donald Drapper!

At the start of October I decided to download Mad Men: Season One. I had heard all the praise but didn't bother to start watching the award winning show until I visited my inlaws {whom I do love very much} at their rustic farmhouse hours away from the city. The chill factor had me staying inside so the only option I had was to flip my laptop open and start on the series. What ended up happening is that I watched 5 hours straight, which wasn't an easy feat because I was suppose to be hanging with the family!

{Donald Drapper as brilliantly portrayed by Actor Jon Hamm}

I am now pleased to announce my crush, not just on Donald Drapper and the entire cast of Mad Men, but on the writers, producers, and directors that have created the best TV show I have ever watched in my life, with exception to Belle & Sebestian, I loved that as a kid. Mad Men is just that good for me! March 2012 is when Season 5 is set to kick off, so if you're like me, try to sneak in time to watch four seasons. To tell you the truth, I won't have a problem doing that. I'll just have a serious problem when I'm done. Have you ever been so hooked on a TV show?

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Indian Summer...

Reminds me of Hilary Beane, Sy Chen and The China Club...

 "Those memorable funny Hollywood days for me" Sy Chen the Owner/Jester/Ring-Master of the China Club told me, or as I now think of it "The Style Circus" that was his Love/Work and we all lived like movie stars before. This got me to thinking, it should be a novel...

OUT LINE:                                            "Funny Hollywood Days..."

-Arriving in Los Angeles picked up in a Jeep by a blondcockney hairdresser; Nicky Someone, aggressive guy 27 then, full of himself, loved by women; we never liked each other... Can't remember how we fell out except it was spectacular!

-Sam Shepherd, man he was good looking, so charming alwayswore nice boots and comfy looking jeans always relaxed, a 'Sweet-Outlaw"

-Floyd Mutrux

-Marissa Berenson

-Simon Doonan  and the twee  Anglophiles

-Joseph and Henry, Club Lingerie 

-Larry and Susann


-Garment district

-Billy Idol portrayed "Gorgeous, of Course" for old friends'sake

-The Restaurateurs mistress who I always offered a drink to, tobe polite because he let me drink at his bar, "No I'd prefer $5 for alude" she'd say 

-Steve Jones, Sex Pistol, beautifulTough/Fearless/Scared/Spiritual Guy...  Rode around for a month with himonce as he composed and played back a million times a track he was doing for amovie...

-West Hollywood

-The Witch

-The French community living

-"Tommy Jr." and his amazing father

-Jack Nicholson and all the Homesteaders in Eagle Rock...

-Herb Albert, Artist, sweetheart...

-Mr. CHOWS... Yoshi Murata...Gatsby, Matsuma, Ja

-"FBI Special Agents and their rackets...

 -Student of Devananda out in the garden ofthe Ashram 


-Meetings, busy, getting sober


-Working in construction


Fiction/Faction/Gonzo  by Robert Cassidy, (c)2011


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Tourists bring style to London

This guy was not sure what I wanted when I approached him and his friend on Brick Lane but upon seeing my old Japanese computer bag saying that deep "Ooooooo" and posed for me...