Road Trip+Purchase+Marfa, Texas+Prada. Not in That Order.

Almost to Palm Springs! 

I picked up my new car (To tow my Airstreams- not my clients!)  in Houston and ended up driving through Marfa, Texas today. 

I had to make a stop at the art installation "Prada Marfa" and photograph 

my new Tonka Toy! 

Btw, Texas is VERY flat. 

Very. 

Road Trip: Making my Back to Palm Springs

But first, I had to make my way down to Texas to pick up a new car to haul My Airstreams. 

Of course a car big enough was in Texas. What other state would have them 

so readily available and affordable? 

On a side note: This has to be one of my favorite photo bombings, courtesy of 

Grandma from Central Casting. Discreet, yet obvious. 

ROAD TRIP! Continued: All Suited Up!

I've done the Oldsmobile Car Show in Michigan

  

I paid the Family in Ohio a visit.  

My next stop: A Wedding in Baltimore, Maryland of course!  

I realized it was time to get suited up!

I like to call this: 

"A Different Kind of Drag"

Between the weather in Palm Springs and working on the airstreams there's not a lot of room for the suit and tie look. 

I think there's a little wink here to 

Film Director (and Baltimore's  own) John Waters, no? 

The Countdown to Coachella Music Festival 2014 Begins!

My Coachella Action Adventure Set came in and it only has a wristband and a paper snail with directions to glue glitter to it.

Here's the snail they speak of from last year:

And here I am last year in one of my many Coachella Approved outfits 

in front of the 

Snail:

Bring it on, Coachella! 

Modernism Week Wrap up Part 2: Brise Soleil? Did someone say Brise Soleil??

The Desert Sun did an 11-Part mini web series titled "Modern Love" on Mid-Century Architecture for Modernism Week, and asked me to participate. I ended up doing four of these really fun, stylish, super short 00:59 (!) second videos.

Here is one where I discuss Brise Soleil  (Broken Sun)  the "fragmented" walls that are an architectural detail, but also provide functionality.

Example of Brise Soleil

Me in mid-desciption. Glad my jacket + shirt work, but in this screen grab, it looks like I have a little black eye! 

Bravo to Marilyn Chung who did the videos - they're stylish, informative, short, to the point, have fun music, and I had a great time doing them! And a big thank you to Lyn Lieu for the great write up!

Palm Springs Modernism Week 2014 Wrap Up - PART 1

Modernism Week 2014 was busier and had more events than ever before. Here are some highlights - more to come!

There was Fashion!

Deja Vu Vintage Finery put on a Fashion show titled
"Jet Set"

(Pan Am was a really great airline. Those were the days when Airlines actually enforced dress codes!)

Here I am looking a little like the Hawaiian Punch guy...

 Cars! Art! Rock N Roll!

I was honored to help curate a Feral Car show titled "Driven" with feralcars.com founder Bob Merlis at the Stephen Archdeacon Gallery

Photo courtesy of Paul Kaplan

Hosted by the legendary Billy F. Gibbons Founder and member of ZZ TOP, with drawings and paintings of the open road/car noir art*** by artist Eric Nash. 

DRIVEN co-conspirators: Matthew Reader, Bob Merlis, Billy F Gibbons, Eric Nash

Photo by Christina Patoski

The Artist Eric Nash in front of his Portrait of a Feral Wagon

Photo courtesy of feralcars.com

Cocktails!

Photo courtesy of FeralCars.comPura Vida Tequila for everyone! Poured by Sara!

Photo Courtesy of Eric Nash 

Thank you to everyone for joining us on this special night!

***Thanks to Bob  Merlis for the description of Eric Nash' art for the evening!

January Re-Cap: When Hollywood’s Glitziest + Most Glamourous Descended onto Palm Springs

The Palm Springs Film Festival kicked the year off with a serious bang and more International Press than you could read in a day.

Palm Springs has been a second home to the movers and shakers of Hollywood since the 1920’s. From the early silent movie days to studio contract players like Marilyn Monroe to TV stars such as Lucille Ball to Crooner Frank Sinatra and his buddies in the Rat Pack and 2014 was no different.

The Black Tie Gala, sponsored by Cartier and BMW rolled out the red carpet for a who’s who of Hollywood and beyond:

Bono + The Edge from U2, Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper, Colin Farrell,George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, and Leonardo DiCaprio to name just a few.  The town was buzzing and it was really wonderful to see Palm Springs glammed out. 

This is definitely a perk of living here. Anyone can attend the Gala as well as the films that are shown all over town. No matter how large the The Film Festival has become, it still embraces it roots of democracy for attendees.

Major Props to Mr Matthew McConaughey for embracing the Palm Springs style!

All photos courtesy of Michael Snyder/Desert Sun