Weekend Success

Back to reality now that the Palm Springs weekend has come to a close, and it couldn't have been better. On Saturday, we went to a fantastic restaurant called The Falls. They're known for great steaks and greater martinis, so Ed figured it would be an apropos place to have dinner on my birthday. I ordered a Flirtini, which besides sounding ridiculously girly, is very scrumptious indeed. It had peach liquor, vodka, champagne and pineapple juice. Yum. We were given a great tip the night before to request the table on the balcony with it's very own firepit, and our wishes were granted! It was a very special dinner.

The dinner crew (you can just barely see the edge of the firepit in front of us):


The view from the table:


The next day we were off to take our very own Modern Architecture tour. We saw so many great houses that were absolutely drool-worthy. I decided that I wanted to move here:


Or here:


Amongst many of the houses we drove by, we saw Neutra's iconic Kaufman House. This is as beautiful as architecture gets!


The last of the bunch was driving by one of Mr. Frank Sinatra's homes. We were shocked at how accessible this place was! Right off the street, no palatial gates or enormous barricades to protect it. You just gotta figure Frank wanted to stay close to the action.

It was pretty modest from the outside, but you know it has to be slammin' indoors. The only slight clue that it was something out of the ordinary was the fact that it had a small door to the left of the driveway saying "Service Entry Only".


But of course, we also had to fit in a ride on the infamous Sky Peoplemover, aka the Aerial Tramway. We'd always wanted to do it, but never got a chance. It was super cool! I wish the tram cars still looked like this one:


Now the cars are all fancy and the floor rotates so you can get a view from all angles. We were not so prepared though - there was snow at the top! It was hard to imagine because it was sunny and warm down below! Guess we shoulda known better, but it didn't stop us from going up anyway! The pics don't do it justice, but it's a magnificent view - and VERY high!!! This shows part of our path to the top.



Now it's back to the good ol' LBC.