Modernist Springs

OK, blogging is hard. every day i bookmark stuff that i want to do a post about, and yet no posts appear.

it's bad magic.

but the internet is goodness. And so is the dream of Modernism. And so is my girlfriend, who suggested a beautiful getaway for us some time when we are on the West Coast.


Palm Springs was at the center of the Modernist movement in the US and so has an usually large amount of fantastic modernist buildings.

You can visit there by taking advantage of some very foresighted folks that deserve a mention in Wallpaper for sure.

the Orbit In is a small boutique hotel and spa lovingly restored to splendor.

One of the buildings in the hotel - well, actually more of an annex - is by one the area's more famous and prolific architects, Donald Wexler. I am not sure when I will be able to organize a group to rent that puppy, but when i do, i will require vintage clothes and cars for everyone, and we can party down in the desert of modernism's twilight with all sorts of tiki drinks and groovin tunes.

in the meantime, visit this vista if you can, and perhaps contribute to the societies that are trying to save this classic buildings from today's short sighted wrecking ball.