Greetings from Project Playhouse at Fashion Island Shopping Center in Newport Beach, California, USA!
Photo was taken on Sunday, September 9, 2007.
In Project Playhouse, teams, typically sponsored by corporations, design and build special themed miniature houses, which are auctioned off for charity. What can you say about a community where parents are rich enough to buy their children custom-made playhouses for literally thousands of dollars with that money going to help the homeless? The irony is as subtle as a brick dropped on a foot. Me, sarcastic?
I must admit that the houses are amazing. The creativity, craftsmanship and detailing is impressive. This year the houses include a ski chalet, a Japanese teahouse and a diner with drive-thru. One house had a miniature ice rink for hockey. My favorite was the Hawaii beach cottage complete with surfboards. Thus it’s my photo of the week.
Before being auctioned off, the houses – fully furnished, no less - are displayed for several weeks at the Fashion Island shopping center. Despite the many excessive shows of wealth in Newport Beach and Orange County in general, the shopping center is not on an actual island. Prime real estate like that is better used for full-size multi-million-dollar waterfront houses. Those homeowners can buy the playhouses and put them next to the custom-made doghouses, which are just for show anyway - the dogs have their own bedrooms in the main house. As for the homeless…
Oh, ouch! I think that my sarcasm gland just burst. Gotta see the doctor now.
Angelo
Photo was taken on Sunday, September 9, 2007.
In Project Playhouse, teams, typically sponsored by corporations, design and build special themed miniature houses, which are auctioned off for charity. What can you say about a community where parents are rich enough to buy their children custom-made playhouses for literally thousands of dollars with that money going to help the homeless? The irony is as subtle as a brick dropped on a foot. Me, sarcastic?
I must admit that the houses are amazing. The creativity, craftsmanship and detailing is impressive. This year the houses include a ski chalet, a Japanese teahouse and a diner with drive-thru. One house had a miniature ice rink for hockey. My favorite was the Hawaii beach cottage complete with surfboards. Thus it’s my photo of the week.
Before being auctioned off, the houses – fully furnished, no less - are displayed for several weeks at the Fashion Island shopping center. Despite the many excessive shows of wealth in Newport Beach and Orange County in general, the shopping center is not on an actual island. Prime real estate like that is better used for full-size multi-million-dollar waterfront houses. Those homeowners can buy the playhouses and put them next to the custom-made doghouses, which are just for show anyway - the dogs have their own bedrooms in the main house. As for the homeless…
Oh, ouch! I think that my sarcasm gland just burst. Gotta see the doctor now.
Angelo
