Be sure to check out a tour of Mid-Century Modern homes in the Austin Area this weekend. Here is the website with full details:
Austin Mid-Century Modern Homes Tour

16th Annual Heritage Homes Tour - May 17, 2008

Atomic Austin: Mid-Century Modern
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Moonlight & Martinis: Twilight Tour
Tour: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Party: 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

President-elect Dwight Eisenhower had just returned from Korea. A first-class stamp was 3 cents. America had just seen its first magazine-style TV show, something called “The Today Show” starring Dave Garroway. And “Singin’ in the Rain” was playing at the Paramount Theatre across the street from Scarborough’s Department Store.

The Heritage Society of Austin pays homage to the city’s modernist roots and honors some of Austin’s premier mid-century architects during the Mid-Century Modern-themed Heritage Homes Tour on May 17th. This 16th annual tour has been revised to include both a daytime self-driving tour from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm then a Twilight Tour, also a self-driving tour, beginning at 6:30 which will conclude at a Mid-Century Modern bash starting at 8:00 at the final featured home. (Text by Sydney Rubin)

I’m definitely going to check out as many of the homes as possible. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make the Moonlight & Martinis: Twilight Tour. Hopefully next year it won’t be on the same day as a Radiohead concert!

via ModernAustin.com