spring break takes me back to my teenage days in palm springs. we went every year with my family, and i got to bring a friend. we’d stay at the tropicana motel – no great shakes, but i was happy. a little shuffleboard, a big swimming pool with a diving board. dr. pepper with wheat thins and that port wine cheese that came in a plastic tub for lunch. those were... 
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i loved these images from the ruche lookbook so much, i had to design a post around them. the soft pastel palette, with the warm desert background makes me want to jet down to palm springs and hunker down poolside at the ace hotel pronto-like! ace hotel’s palm springs pool; and poet’s silk dress from need supply. ace hotel; shirred maxi skirt from the j.crew... 
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the view from here this week: 1. well, well…here’s something to tweet. haha — pun intended. this is just but one of london-based artist claire brewster’s magnificent map papercuts. ahhhh, go on — put a bird on it, just one more time. via trendland. 2. do you like poloroids? do you like things just a little bit off-kilter? i mean that in the best... 
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the february issue of Harper’s Bazaar features model Bette Franke photographed beautifully in palm springs by Lachlan Bailey. i couldn’t help but be reminded that this Palm Springs location will host its annual Modernism Week this february 16 – 26th. modernism week is an eleven-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture, and culture in Palm Springs,... 
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okay i should say right away, you might be jealous of this news. but you don’t have to be – come to camp! one of my favorite bloggers, and one of the most creative thinkers i know is going to camp — angela ritchie’s ace camps, that is. danielle Krysa, aka The Jealous Curator is teaching a 2-day workshop/inspiration, rock your socks off Ace Camp in Palm... 
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