Category Archives: Paradise Elsewhere

Our Latest “House of Mystery” Case Has Been Solved!

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

Great news! Thanks to yet another eagle-eyed reader of PARADISE LEASED our latest House of Mystery has been identified and it’s a good one too. It turns out the house is none other than the George C. Rew Residence (Rew-Sharp House) … Continue reading →

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Shangri-La has been found! It’s in Denver!

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

It was James Hilton’s best-selling 1933 novel Lost Horizon that first brought us the term “Shangri-La,” but it was Frank Capra who immortalized it with his epochal 1937 film version of the story starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Sam Jaffe … Continue reading →

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Lighting the Up the Coast – The Beacon Tavern and the “Richfield Lane of lights”

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

One of the great thrills of automobile ownership has always been in the freedom it affords. Just hop behind the wheel and you’re off to wherever your fancy takes you, from a quick jaunt to the neighborhood grocery store to … Continue reading →

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High Glamour in the High Desert – The Apple Valley Inn

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Even at the giveaway price of $2.75 an acre, most people probably thought Bernard “Bud” Westlund and Newton T. “Newt” Bass were crazy when they began buying up some 22,000 acres of “worthless” high desert land to the east of … Continue reading →

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A Bachelor’s Christmas in New York

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

A few years ago I ran across an article in the December 1935 Arts & Decoration by Charles Hanson Towne describing his traditional Christmas brunch. The Kentucky-born Towne had moved with his family to Manhattan when he was just three … Continue reading →

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Paradise Found – It’s in Hawaii

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Today marks the 69th anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy,” when Imperial Japan launched a devastating sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, shattering the peaceful island paradise and thrusting a stunned America, with swift and sudden fury, into … Continue reading →

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Dancing on Top of the Volcano with Huell Howser

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

Now  I know this isn’t new news, but I just had to share the details of Volcano House, the simply AHMAAZING desert retreat of beloved local television personality Huell Howser that is currently on the market at the AHMAAZING price of $750,000 … Continue reading →

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Sister Aimee’s Heavenly Retreat in Lake Elsinore

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Having just started this blog, I feel like I’m a little late to the party when it comes to commenting on some of the great historic Hollywood-related homes currently for sale, but I will be trying to catch up in … Continue reading →

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Santa Barbara Biltmore – Then & Now

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

Every year, more historic sites are torn down or remodeled beyond  recognition. Once in a while, it’s nice to get a look at something that has managed to age gracefully (and I don’t mean Dolores Del Rio, although she most … Continue reading →

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