Inside the North Shore Yacht Club

After an extensive renovation of the long abandoned North Shore Yacht Club at the Salton Sea, it was cool to revisit the location in 2010 to see what the restored building looked like. You can read about our previous visit to the location when it was still abandoned here - also check out the vintage promotional video for the original Yacht Club building below.
 

The Yacht Club is now part community centre, museum, and gift shop. There are plans however to bring the marina back in the coming years to try and inspire some of the interest that surrounded the area back in the sixties. The future of the area is still uncertain, but this is a strong step forward.

Dave and I were lucky enough to get a personal tour of the facility by one of the kind ladies who works there. She showed us some of her artwork that she sells in the gift shop and how she makes it. It was unexpected, but made the experience even more memorable. It's awesome feeling connected to a place with so much potential - I look forward to seeing how the Salton Sea continues to evolve. 

The view from the roof.

Our host shows us how she uses pieces from the beach and surrounding date farms to create original butterfly sculptures for the gift shop.

Albert Frey, Architect.

Minimalist Oscar Movie Posters

Showcasing the 10 Best Picture Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards, David Lopez created a series of minimalist posters.  I love his idea of breaking each film down into a symbol, and in a stylized way putting each movie on an even keel.

I think it can be debated for every one of these films what the best symbol should be, but it's an intriguing exercise in simplicity and categorization.  How would you sum up an entire movie with a single image?  It's a great work out for the brain and certainly made these worth sharing.

Will Smith Medley by Pearl and the Beard

From mashup artists like DJ Earworm to indie cover acts like Pomplamoose, YouTube has been amazing for randomly introducing me to some very cool musical groups and videos.  This Will Smith Medley by Pearl and the Beard is both a cover and mashup in the best sense of the style - and once again proves that there are lots of clever ways to get yourself noticed.