Palm Springs: Playground of the Beautiful People

Every day is a holiday, and every holiday a poolside cocktail party, entertained by beautiful views stretching beyond the manicured lawns and over the sierra, while the hostess with the mostest and her chic lady friends strike a pose and discuss couture, husbands, children, travel, hobbies, gossip and young lovers... and not necessarily in that order.

Source: Poolside Gossip, by American jet-set photographer Slim Aarons (1970), featured on Photographers Gallery.

Heart of Glass

Tucked away in the Montecito hills of Southern California is a delightful bijou box that playfully reinterprets spatial awareness, revealing to the outside world its inner self and ulterior desires/ motives while inviting the lush outdoors in for an architectural stone and glass-fest where the thin boundary line between inside and out gets blurred; geometrical purity, timeless modernism, quality materials (walnut wall cladding etc.), attention to detail beyond expectation, all packaged up in uncompromising couture luxury, and all yours for a cool price tag.

Source: The Glass Pavillion, Santa Barbara CA, is publicised for sale by Sotheby's International Realty. Property stats:

• Set within approx.3.5-acre oak grove estate
• Interior: approx. 1,289sq.m. (13,875sq. ft.)
• 5 bedrooms 
• 5 + 1/2 bathrooms
• Vast art gallery space/ display showroom
• Property ID: 0113311
• Sale price: USD28,500,000