re: #342 goddamnedfrank

You would not believe the frequency of which I have seen houses decorated in such a way. When I was a teenager I worked for a couple of property management agencies so I got to hang around these supremely decadent properties. My favorite was the DeLaLama house in Beaver Creek (Victor DeLaLama died about 4 years ago, so I guess I can speak). A tropical tree grew in the middle of his house in Beaver Creek. There was constant soil mitigation and a complete foundation rebuild (when I was in high school), that was a motherfucker, I’ll tell you what!

Victor spent about two million dollars of his own money (he was a gifted engineer, how he made his money) on this house in Beaver Creek, CO. I only met him a few times, but when he was there he made sure to thank everybody that worked on his property for making it a world-class mountain chalet.