Sitting in Hotel Valley Ho as 'Bye Bye Birdie' plays in the background. Surveying the treasure trove taken from the Ranch this morning: two mid-century modest wall prints; similar 'vase-like' 3d art; a manners book dating back to the mid-60s; a metal A+W thermos with glass insert; and some weird little ice crushing spoon.
My parents never bought Eames--but Eames like. For those of us who made it through the 1960s and 1970s, Retro Ranch offers the pungent odor of our collective pasts. The ashtrays and 'I Dream of Jeannie' decanters. Owls and umber uber alles. Cats eyes and bars for ties. Such is the stuff of our dreams and a unique opportunity to go home again. Mid-century modest, huzzah!