Are you a James Bond fan looking for a new house?

[bluffcityguy]

This may be just what you're looking for:

Elrod House, famous for James Bond film, is for sale

Palm Springs' Elrod House — the John Lautner-designed property famous for its appearance in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever — is back on the market after a drawn-out legal battle and its already generating interest at a list price of $8 million.

Sadly, I have it on good authority that Bambi and Thumper are not included in the deal. If you're a masochist, you'll just have to hire another couple girls.



Cheers,

bcg

[Contralto]

Did you notice the realtor was from 'Colwell' Banker?

I mean, what is so damn difficult about proofing in the media these days?

[SexyBritneyJ]

Perhaps the editor had one to many martinis.

[bluffcityguy]

Originally Posted by SexyBritneyJ

Perhaps the editor had one to many martinis.

Shaken, not stirred.

Cheers,

bcg

[Satyrrical]

Bond really knew how to fuck up a martini. Should be gin not vodka. Fruit drinks are shaken. Martinis should be stirred.

[bluffcityguy]

Originally Posted by Satyrrical

Bond really knew how to fuck up a martini. Should be gin not vodka. Fruit drinks are shaken. Martinis should be stirred.

In the context of when Fleming was writing the original Bond novels, shaking a martini may not have been as fucked up as it is now. There's a bit of a discussion on Wikipedia about it (Wikipedia | Shaken, not stirred#Purpose of shaking

Now, of course, the phrase is a Bond signature line (along with "Bond. James Bond", so it would have been negligent of me not to throw it in.

Cheers,

bcg

[Jeepster1]

Originally Posted by bluffcityguy

This may be just what you're looking for:

Elrod House, famous for James Bond film, is for sale


Sadly, I have it on good authority that Bambi and Thumper are not included in the deal. If you're a masochist, you'll just have to hire another couple girls.



Cheers,

bcg

Darn, we lost out on this one. It's in escrow.

http://la.curbed.com/2016/6/22/12004...rod-house-sale

-Jeepster1

[bluffcityguy]

Originally Posted by Jeepster1

Darn, we lost out on this one. It's in escrow.

http://la.curbed.com/2016/6/22/12004...rod-house-sale

Well, if you can scrounge $1.5 million from between the couch cushions, and are willing to move to Minneapolis (well, St. Louis Park, which is close enough I suppose), you can pick yerself up a Genuine Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece:

Rare Frank Lloyd Wright House Goes on Market For First Time Ever

I suppose that, strictly speaking, you don't have to move to Minnesota if you buy the house, but if I were paying a million-and-a-half for a Frank Lloyd Wright house I'd damn well move there and live in it, Minnesota winter be damned.

Cheers,

bcg

[Jeepster1]

Originally Posted by bluffcityguy

Well, if you can scrounge $1.5 million from between the couch cushions, and are willing to move to Minneapolis (well, St. Louis Park, which is close enough I suppose), you can pick yerself up a Genuine Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece:

Rare Frank Lloyd Wright House Goes on Market For First Time Ever

I suppose that, strictly speaking, you don't have to move to Minnesota if you buy the house, but if I were paying a million-and-a-half for a Frank Lloyd Wright house I'd damn well move there and live in it, Minnesota winter be damned.

Cheers,

bcg

I'm a fan of the gas station:
https://savewright.org/index.php?page=33

-Jeepster1