What do you make of this???

Late yesterday afternoon we had a phone call from Martin, the previous owner of the Ambiente Inn and Black Palm. He sold the hotels a couple of years ago and they have been turned into apartments. The 'new' owner is suing Martin because he did not disclose that the hotels used to be gay and clothing optional. What that has to do with anything beats me. This has serious implications for all of us whether clothing optional or not. According to Martin, the letter he received was  offensive and mentioned 'gay' and 'clothing optional' three times!

Luckily we have a Human Rights Campaign 'pop-up' shop opened recently in Palm Springs so Martin is going to call them and hopefully find a good lawyer. This is so outrageous and must not be allowed to go forward. This needs to be in all the Gay press.

A quote from the Los Angeles Times

I don't know if any of you are aware, but a Southwest Airline jet was landed safely at Yuma, Arizona on it's way from  Phoenix to Sacramento when the cabin decompressed.

I am quoting from the Los Angeles Times .... 'the missionary group, all dressed in identical orange t-shirts was (was? don't they mean were? My comment).   returning home from a year in Los Angeles. Group member so and so  aged 48 said they were unaware of the incident until they got in line to check their luggage. 

Asked whether she was worried shrugged ."God is in control. We don't worry about it", she said. "The worst thing that can happen is we end up in heaven" ..........

I'll let that sink in for a moment ... surely if you are a christian,. that should be the BEST thing??????? Just a thought.

It Lives!!!!!!

Our Ocotillo is alive and thriving. What appeared to be a big bunch of dead sticks 3 weeks ago has sprouted leaves and flower buds!!!!  We are SO proud!!! There will be dramatic and brilliant orange flowers right at the tips of the stems and we can't wait. I know, I know!! It's a bit strange having a picture of an Ocotillo in a blog instead of naked men in stages of disaray, but you all know what that looks like and sometimes it ain't pretty!!!!!

This weekend is the Dianh Shore girls weekend so the entire town is filled to overflowing (believe me!) with ..... lesbian people. It's OK, we don't have to leave the property at all!! Talking of which, the girls from San Diego are taking over Chaps the last weekend in September so we become Chapesses Inn for 3 days! You have been warned!!

PS Our Pedalanthus is about to bloom! You'll have to look it up if you don't know what that is! I might not have the correct spelling but that's what my husband told me. "The Pedalanthus is in bloom again!".

Jim, we miss you!!

Here's a welcome home picture!!! We missed you the moment you left. I waited on the balconey but didn't see you leave. Next year ..........????!!!!!

It's a busy time of year!!

Wow, we have been so busy since I last blogged. March is always our busiest month but this March has been exeptional. Recession? What recession???? We have been full all weekend, tonight and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday) and all lovely people. Oh, one grouch but that's all. Everyone getting along, chatting, laughing and room hopping!! What kind of joint do they think this is??????

Guests in from Canada, England, Scotland, Dallas, Chicago, Arlington Virginia, Omaha Nebraska not to mention a splattering of guests from California!!!!!

I had a dental appointment yesterday, yes, Saturday! One small filling and a temporary crown over the tooth I broke last July in San Francisco. I was telling one of our day visitors that I had a crown put in. He said, 'Oh, I don't like crowns' Quick as a flash with no hestation whatsoever, Stuart came back and said 'What, an old queen like you doesn't like crowns"  How we laughed!!!!

Tony goes to Yucca!!!

We gave a party last night to say farewell to our friends Tony and John. After many years of being our neighbours they finally decided to jump ship and go and live in Yucca. We are still trying to figure out why!!!

Here's a picture of Tony with our friend Jim and on the right are Mike and John, (you know, the Proff and bon vivant).
Between Stuart, Jim and myself, we cooked up a storm!!!! Jim made ribs and chicken wings (delich). I made Ina Gartens Hummus and her rum raisin rice pudding!!!!! You all need to try that. Stuart made coleslaw and Ina's chopped liver and Paul supplied a wonderful potato salad. Yumo. Not to mention my lemon bars to help the rice pudding go down. It was a lovely evening but very cold, we had to put the heaters on. It is only March after all. We thought there would be tons of food left over but it seems we got it right.

Also making an appearance were Dennis, AJ, Peter, Jim and Jim (3 Jims altogether). John, Tony's other half. guests from the hotel, Scotty and  Don.

Tonight, (Thurday) 90% full!!!!!!!!!

LOBOC See Post 11/19/2010

Well, I promised more information about LOBOC, that is the Long Beach and Orange County m/c club. As I mentioned, we have been the host hotel for LOBOC since 2002. Before they left last year, they made reservations for this year, 2011. Without any warning we were dropped in favour of another hotel close by. To say we were disappointed is a real understatement of how we felt when we found out. Nobody called us, nobody came round to tell us and this is a group we have bent over backwards to accomodate for what would have been their 10th year. We turned away prospective guests because we were 'full', about 40 nights were lost because we believed we were still hosting the event. One of the members did eventually drop by. Apparently no-one wanted to tell us because the hotel (alright, it's Helios), is for sale and they were hedging their bets incase the hotel was sold and the new owners wouldn't honour the bookings!!! We know who is behind it all because he has made no bones about preferring Helios to us because "they have vegetation" 
The event was supposed to be this weekend and we heard they have cancelled on Helios at very short notice. We don't know why yet but I can't imagine the Helios boys being too pleased. I guess they have burnt both bridges now. Where will you stay next year, huh? Warning all Palm Springs hoteliers .... watch out and make sure you get a sizable (non-refundable) deposit. Anyway, we were full this weekend and were able to take people wanting to stay for longer than a weekend so we ended up MUCH better off!