All the Gilt and None of the Pleasure

If I have to look at another McMansion I am going to puke.

I haven't spent much time discussing the reality show I'm working on. I can't really talk about it. NDA and all. but I can tell you that I have been handed the dubious task of finding our location.

The show calls for a resort hotel. We're trying to substitute a large estate. A private residence is much easier to work with (read cheaper) than a hotel. The problem is that we're in Los Angeles where a 1/4 acre lot is considered generous.

So I have been working with some location brokers to identify properties. The problem is that they keep sending me to these nasty McMansions. Gleaming white marble, big columns, Louis XIV decor.

These palaces are just like Versailles, only on crack.

There have been some notable exceptions. For example Stevie Nicks former house. You can still smell cocaine in the air. There was also this excellent modern house. The best house so far was this Frank Lloyd Wright house that I spent two hours repeatedly walking through, making excuses so that I could have enough time to soak it all in.

But for the most part I have been stuck with crap like this and like this.

Please! Someone save me from suburban hell?

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Currently I'm listening to Acrobat from the album "Achtung Baby" by U2