I’ve seen loads of irresistible pictures on Instagram and design blogs of a small charming Moroccan style hotel in Palm Springs called Korakia Pensione. I’ve been wanting to go ever since I moved to LA, so when my boyfriend surprised me with an anniversary trip to Korakia this weekend, I was thrilled. Artist Gordon CuttsA weekend at dreamy Korakia hotel
My accidental visit to Greta Garbo's house
Hope you had a great Easter weekend! I was lucky enough to have been invited to Palm Springs for the weekend with a bunch of moms and teenage boys to stay at La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs. The hotel is a gigantic but incredibly charming golf resort built in the 1920’s surrounded by aREAD MORE My accidental visit to Greta Garbo's house →
Elvis Honeymoon House
Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend!
In my eagerness to discover all the great environments and architecture around here, we took off for an overnight trip to Palm Springs. I had only flown in there briefly in my twenties so it was really exciting to drive from LA and see the country change in to desert and mountain walls.
An ad in a hotel magazine spiked my interest in what was called the Elvis honeymoon house. It was a super cool retro house Elvis had lived in during his first year of marriage. Elvis fan or not, who can resist a tour guided by an Elvis, Priscilla or a Liberace lookalike?
When we found the house nestled at the base of the dramatic San Jacinto mountains we could see why in the 60’s they appropriately named it “The House of Tomorrow”.READ MORE Elvis Honeymoon House →