We purchased a map of the stars homes and headed out to track them down. Not the stars as they are long gone, but to see what their homes looked like.
When we came upon the house Liberace used as a guest house, we were invited to see behind the gates by the gardener. He was kind enough to take us around behind the gates so we could see the back of the house and the pool, patio and garden. He explained that his father was Liberaces original gardener for this house and his larger one that he had lived in which is close by. Liberace had turned this house into a guest house so that when he had people come to visit, they stayed here instead of disrupting his home. His mother and brother George were frequent guests here.. It has been purchased and renovated, but the new owners have tried to honor Liberace while at the same time make it what they wanted for a vacation get away.
The photo of the piano is actually a miniature replica of a grand piano that is anchored to the post box. The front door is in an alcove behind iron gates and on the wall on the right side of the front door is a massive painting of Liberace. The photo of a gentleman waving is the gardener.
I took some more photos of some of the other stars homes and will be posting them. It is really interesting to me to see the architecture, landscaping etc. the old stars chose.
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