i was out hiking today and i came across this perfect little a-frame house.

whenever i see perfect little a-frame houses i think of record producers in the mid 70’s reading about est and sitting in the hot-tub thinking about how best to record background vocals for the doobie brothers.

they seem quintessentially californian, the perfect home in which to make lentil stew for robert plant and melanie. which is odd. odd because with their super pitched roofs they’re designed for alpine climates where it snows 8 months out of the year. further re-inforcing the idea that almost all architectural vernacular in southern california is arbitrary. awesome, but arbitrary.

swiss chalets in a place where it never snows? down the street from normal castles and center hall new england colonials?

delirious los angeles.

-moby