Retro To Go (Free subscription) | yesterday
Looking to brighten up your life with some old school Hollywood-style glamour? Well, book yourself into this William Cody-designed mid-century house in Palm Springs. California, USA. Built in 1964 for inventor/industrialist Stanley Goldberg, the house sits high in the San...
Have Satellite Truck, Will Travel. (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Indian Wells, CA - Near Palm Springs, the town that Bob Hope built, is the Indian Wells Golf Resort. There are not many things that impress me, especially when it comes to golf, but this golf course did. Crafted to the finest detail, this golf course looks like it was manicured for a movie set. The High Definition television pictures are better then the finest post cards. This is going to be a fun...
Foma* (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
While out in California, one of the events was held at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The whole night had a patriotic theme. The entertainment had a Andrew Sisters tribute group and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator worked the crowd. This museum has over a dozen flyable World War II airplanes in its collection. For the dinner they had pushed a bunch of the planes out of the hangars to make room for the tables,...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
So this time the turn is for Palm Springs California. Some places simply have an unfair abundance of natural beauty. Palm Springs is one such place. This city simply surprised me it was named for its plenteous natural hot water springs which form oases surrounded by palm trees. Protected by mountains on three sides this city boasts a balmy average winter temperature of 57 degrees Fahrenheit. W
Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Now that he’s adjusted to life after his horrific plane crash earlier that fall, Travis Barker is getting back to his usual social self. And yesterday he was spotted with ex-wife Shanna Moakler at the Miss California pageant in Palm Springs. The former Blink-182 drummer looked cozy … Hip Hop gossip Katie Holmes Britney [...]
Uptown Girls RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Now is time to move forward on new plan for fashion plaza The Desert Sun, CA - 2 hours ago Those issues go away, for the most part, under Wessman's new plan, which calls for an extensive remodel of the 335000-square-foot Desert Fashion Plaza and ... Bare shops turning off prospects in Palm Springs The Desert Sun The Gift of the Past The Desert Sun all 4 news articles
Uptown Girls RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Interests collide on plans for Desert Fashion Plaza's future The Desert Sun, CA - 1 hour ago Next year, the Palm Springs City Council wants to approve a plan that will guide development at the Desert Fashion Plaza site downtown for years to come. ... Fashion Plaza: Follow The Grove The Desert Sun Project granted 1-year extension by commission The Desert Sun all 3 news articles
PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
California's Miss & Teen USA's pageants are starting up!Shared with Flock - The Social Web Browserhttp://flock.com read more | digg story
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
I was in Palm Springs, Calif., last week as a guest of our good friends the Duke of Perugia (no kidding, Barry Manilow was a neighbor) and his husband, Rob. Of course, His Grace (we just call him "Ken") has in his villa several nice pieces of art, which he bought in California . . . none of which was any better quality work than I can find here by local artists (no kidding). Naturally, we went to downtown...
Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Hi all. I'm on vacation in Palm Springs this week and only blogging in the morning. But I couldn't resist checking email before happy hour to see if there was any news on the Prop. 8 front. And there was....
Dlisted (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
A little old lady got a huge shock when she took a painting to be appraised on PBS' "Antiques Roadshow " in Palm Springs, CA. The memaw was given a 1937 painting by artist Clyfford Still as a housewarming gift by a friend almost 50 years ago. The friend was a student of Still's. Well, the painting turned out to be the best fucking housewarming gift ever, because it was appraised at $500,000!!! Memaw...
Shunya's Notes (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
(An excerpt from my recently finished first novel)On Sunday evening, he flies to Palm Springs, California, to represent his product at Omnicon’s annual sales conference. A thousand people from scores of countries will attend the three-day event. An event coordinator greets him at the airport and brings him to a sprawling resort hotel at the edge of the city. It has its own golf course, horse ranch,...
blogs4God (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Michael Laprarie makes some noise about the “post-Proposition 8 unhinged gay meltdown …” opining: Maybe Sally Kern was on to something — “Palm Springs Rally Turns Violent“ The post-Proposition 8 unhinged gay meltdown continues in California. Witness angry gays attack a pro-Prop8 protester, wrestle her cross away, and stomp on it. Then imagine the maniacal screaming [...]
Jennifer Roback Morse (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
An elderly California woman will file charges against homosexuals who attacked her during a protest against the passage of Proposition 8. Last Friday evening, homosexual activists and their supporters gathered at the Palm Springs City Hall, protesting voter approved Prop. 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Phyllis Burgess went to the rally, and carried a Styrofoam cross through...
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
You might remember Chris Reccardi's work for this post . He will be putting on a show this Saturday, the 15th, 7-10PM at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs, CA. You can find the invite to the show here and a preview with links to his art here .
