Palm Springs Retro – The New Ingleside Inn

Written by Carolyn Proctor


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Last fall (2003) sawrepparttar completion of a $400,000 renovation that included new furnishings, wall treatments, bathroom updates and many additions. "It's basically a new look forrepparttar 138380 new season," says Haber.

Sweeping views of Mt. San Jacinto andrepparttar 138381 Santa Rosa Mountains andrepparttar 138382 surrounding desert landscape notwithstanding, The Ingleside Inn provides a tranquil spot to relax or explore Palm Springs. Whilerepparttar 138383 town has morphed into a sophisticated tourist destination since Hollywood discovered it inrepparttar 138384 1930s,repparttar 138385 quaint charm of a "village" is still intact. Staying atrepparttar 138386 Ingleside Inn is like staying at a friend's country estate.

The landscaping onrepparttar 138387 two and a half acres of manicured grounds is old and lush in a way that you won't find in a new development. The main house (it's so comfortable, it's hard to think of as an inn) sits in a garden setting behind wrought-iron gates. The narrow front driveway often hosts a limousine, a Rolls, or a Bentley. Many ofrepparttar 138388 antiques that decoraterepparttar 138389 thirty suites, mini suites, and villas came withrepparttar 138390 property when Haber purchased it years ago.

We're staying inrepparttar 138391 Lily Pons room, so named becauserepparttar 138392 diva came to visit for a weekend and stayed on for 13 years. This Louis XV room in pale gold has a king-size bed and French doors leading to a patio edging a semi-private grassy yard. As I settle in, I notice a faint, pleasant aroma of wood smoke from past fires on crisp desert evenings inrepparttar 138393 wood-burning fireplace. Our bags are stored in two separate walk-in closets, where I imagine Lily Pons' party dresses lined up on hangers. An interesting (and practical) design touch is that inrepparttar 138394 bathroom green towels are provided with a note that they can be used when removing makeup.

Leaving our room to explorerepparttar 138395 nooks and crannies ofrepparttar 138396 grounds, I notice a woman reclining in a lawn swing, reading a book. Facingrepparttar 138397 fountain inrepparttar 138398 center ofrepparttar 138399 garden, she'srepparttar 138400 epitome of relaxation.

The pool area is surrounded by lawn, and an outdoor ceramic bar provides self service ice tea and ice water all day. It all looks so unlike any hotel pool area I've ever visited that I feel like I'm really inrepparttar 138401 host's back yard.

Haber isn't shy about admitting, "I don't like to travel." He seesrepparttar 138402 questioning look on my face and adds, "I'm a creature of comfort. Give me a good book and let me lay byrepparttar 138403 pool."

This leads to a book discussion. Haber says he reads only non-fiction, typically biographies. Overrepparttar 138404 years, he says, "Palm Springs becamerepparttar 138405 literary capital ofrepparttar 138406 world." He names two major writers who live here: Herman Wouk and Sydney Sheldon.

The Inn's General Manager, Armida Pedrin, is an example of

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The Beat Goes On at Palm Springs Beat Hotel

Written by Kim and Don Tatera


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William S. Burroughs —

The stone-faced grandson ofrepparttar inventor ofrepparttar 138379 Burroughs Ten Key Machine, William was destined to live his life according to his own rules where he strongly emphasizedrepparttar 138380 need for personal freedom and nonconformity.

Throughout his life, aside from writing, Burroughs never really seemed to work, since his endeavors were financed by his wealthy Midwestern family.

He was an intelligent bookworm who graduated from Harvard by studying literature and anthropology. William, who experimented with various lifestyles, was an avid gun fanatic and frequent drug user. He had a fascination withrepparttar 138381 gangster underworld, and often when he was out in public, was sharply dressed in a business suit and fedora. In addition, he was a frontiersman who traveled extensively and lived onrepparttar 138382 cutting edge of society everywhere from Chicago, Colombia, Morocco, Paris, London, New York, New Orleans, Mexico, and Texas, until he "retired" in Lawrence, Kansas in 1981.

As he traveled, he preferred to settle into a motel and use it as his base camp for writing some of his numerous often shocking and highly idiosyncratic books. Hence, his aforementioned quote about his creative spirit being unleashed while staying in a hotel room.

On a beautiful evening with a full moon slowly rising overrepparttar 138383 low Desert Hot Springs sky, Kim and I pulled our MINI intorepparttar 138384 barely identifiable, yet full hotel parking lot. The only building moniker, a small grouping of white letters saying, "Hotel" signified to us where we were.

The Beat Hotel is atrepparttar 138385 end of a residential street and is surrounded by empty plots of land complete with natural desert landscaping. Upon ringingrepparttar 138386 doorbell, we were warmly welcomed byrepparttar 138387 owner/curator, Steve Lowe, and were given an extensive tour of his labor of love.

Throughoutrepparttar 138388 tour, Steve recalled numerous memories he had of William S. Burroughs from his years knowing him. He explainedrepparttar 138389 history of his extensive collection of Burroughs artwork, pictures, manuscripts, and memorabilia. As Steve departed us forrepparttar 138390 evening, we were on overload from countless facts aboutrepparttar 138391 godfather ofrepparttar 138392 Beat Generation. So, we dropped off our bags at our very hip room, and each grabbed a complimentary glass of wine fromrepparttar 138393 library and went perusingrepparttar 138394 Beat Hotel's funky lounge, and outdoor pool area.

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