Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Horrible, disgusting pornography on display in public!!!!


We have been displaying our rack cards at the Palm Springs Visitor Center for as long as I can remember. We must've supplied them with hundreds of cards over the years. They are displayed in the Gay & Lesbian section together with all the other gay hotels in Palm Springs.

Today, we had a visit from the Advertising Sales Representative of the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. Apparently some woman with two children has complained about our rack card (amongst others) and has written to every council member in Palm Springs complaining of this disgusting overt pornography her children were subjected to. They were running amock with no supervision, of course.

Well, lady, we've got a suprise for you .. almost all of the city council members are gay, as is the Mayor of Palm Springs so don't expect any sympathy there and next time make sure you know where your kids are when you are trying to find a cheap hotel.

Offending picture above and sorry for hurting anyone sensibilities!!!! (I suppose one womans meat is another womans pornography!). Sorry 'bout that!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Cheers, Jim!!!!


Hi there Jim, this one's for you!!!! Here's the recipe .... for 2 cocktails, 8 fl oz vodka, 4 fl oz each of realy good natural pomegranate juice and triple sec. Shake over ice and pour ... yum. No more than 4 each else you won't remember going to bed (from experience!).
This has been one of the craziest and busiest months we have ever had. 100% full on a Monday? Never heard of before. Two of our guests turned up a day early on Sunday so we had to run around and get the one room that was available together. 70% full for last night (Wednesday). Then we discovered we have double booked a room over the Easter weekend. Ooops, only ever happened once before. SOMEONE has to make the phone call .... not me!
Then this morning our guest from London overslept and missed his flight to San Francisco. Panic mode! Luckily he was able to get on the evening flight. Then ... someone was checking out this morning and we discovered our new credit card machine wouldn't take debit cards. Turns out the new pin pad had not been encripted. Had to drag out the old pin pad, disconnected everything, plug in and start all over again! What a palaver!! well, as you can see, life goes on at an hectic pace. Time for another cocktail.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

It's a sad day today! :(


It's a sad day today because our friend Jim had to go home to Minneapolis. Jim, we miss you (and our cocktails!). You are what makes owning an hotel a pleasure and we love you. We hope very much to see you in San Francisco at the end of July. Just one other thing ..... SHUT UP!!!!

Have to mention Mike and John and say a big thank you for the St Paddy's day party last Wednesday. That was great guys, even though we're not Irish we did enjoy. Maybe you might like our next St George's Day party ...wot ? ... who he??? The patron Saint of England no less!!! Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings with steak and kidney pie as a side dish! No cabbage here! Love you guys!!!!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

All's well at Chaps Inn



March seems to be going well. Jim has his room, Don has his ... I don't know about the others, probably room hopping as usual. 70% full on a Wednesday night ... WOW. . We have made plans to visit Mike and John next Wednesday .. you know, John the bon vivante!, Mike the maths Professor! They are a lot of fun. Their picture below. Bob Beck was over this afternoon to talk about a Sunday afternoon 'par'tey', we'll see how that pans out. This is all connected to the 15 Association weekend in August.

The phones for booking the Wet 'n Hot weekend opened at 8am Tuesday March 9th. Last year the phones started ringing at 5am. This year we were a bit wiser and disconnected the lines until exactly 8am. We did the count-down!! By 8.25, all rooms were filled. There were, of course, the usual annoying ones and the one's who hadn't read the rules like get your registration number first before calling. We didn't have the call this year from a certain someone who we know from our NoHo days who never stays with us when he visits Palm Springs but expects us to do him a favour with an advanced booking for wet 'n Hot. Sorry bitch, if you had only supported us when we did the Aids ride in 2000 we might've looked at you in a different light. I'm not one to bear a grudge!!!!

One other thing, it was my mum and dad's 60th wedding anniversary Feb 18th 2010 and it is my dads 82nd birthday March 11th and my mums 83rd march 31st. Here they all are at their 60th wedding anniversary party. Only one person missing .. ME! Actually that's only my brother and sister in the back .. others to follow.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Welcome back Jim!!!!!

Our dear friend Jim arrived today from Minneapolis for his annual stay. We look forward to many happy days and nights during his visit. 18 day's his longest stay ever!! I suppose I had better re-learn how to make pomegranate martini's!!! I havn't had one since Christmas. Maybe it's like riding a bicycle!! Pictures to follow during the next few days.