Clouds from Kay

A rare tropical storm causes crazy cloud patterns and a September rain in Palm Springs.

V Wine Lounge Rocks on Monday Nights

 

V Wine Lounge rocks on Monday nights!

V Wine Lounge

Phone Booths No More

 

Phone booths, once ubiquitous in Palm Springs are disappearing. Here's a phone booth worth remembering

Palm Springs Autumn Comes in December

Check out the trees changing color in the background. Autumn comes to Palm Springs low lying areas where cold air can collect, causing a few trees to change colors.

Adding a Person of Color to Modernism Week

Everyone should be aware of Paul Williams, the African American architect whose work can be easily identified in Southern California.

Any mid-century modern factotum is aware that white architects the Alexanders, Donald Wexler, Albert Frey and others designed buildings of glass and steel with soaring butterfly-like rooves.

Paul Williams who designed the Tennis Club, in Palm Springs, yet is more famous for being part of the team who designed the LAX spaceship, referred to as the Theme Building is one of the few architects of the era who broke the race barrier. 

 

Our Marilyn

 She certainly looks amazing in the dark!

Palm Springs Zig Zag Roof