4.13.11 Palm Springs Part 2 @ the Rendevous

Staying at the Rendevouz in Palm Springs was only on a whim, but it was a good whim because they had a day's vacancy and we needed a room. It was so kitschy, in the sense that each room had its own theme. We stayed in the Elvis themed room which lucky for us was one of the best rooms they had there. We just wish for next time to take advantage of the fact they offer free bike cruiser access to all guests. Instead, Eric and I drove around sightseeing all the mid century houses there. Then afterwards, we had a Mexican cafe and then walked along Palm Canyon. There we walked through all the furniture stores and to get a sense of mid century design, and then walked back when everything was starting to close.

Then instead of checking out the Palm Springs nightlife, we picked up some Blueberry beer and snacks and went back to see if we could make it in time to use the pool. We didn't, and not like it was a bad thing, it got cold and windy in the evenings there. The best part of our stay had to be the brownies they offered. They were delicious, and I've had a hankering for them since. The next day they offered breakfast and that was a great way to end that trip. Then we took off for LA. But that'll probably be for another post.

3.29.11 No more Zooey hair

The last photo of my hair before I chopped it off. And I'm glad I did it because it wasn't looking so 1960's anymore. I didn't really get much of a good photo after the cut because I was a little in shock. The guy who cut my hair straightened it and it looked "too hip" as I kept mentioning. I had him chop a little more off one side so it didn't look so perfect. I wasn't entirely sure why he left it straight when he was done, other than to see if it was even. But I didn't want him to because I don't really have time to straighten my hair.. And I guess I just wanted to look myself. I made him cut it a little asymmetrical. And because of that, and the fact I have naturally wavy hair, it could almost look 1950's-60'ish.

I wish I could blog more, but realized I started this off being really into beauty. And I'm trying to tone down how much product I've been using lately because my skin has been really bad. Thanks to elf and their newsletters, I remembered that the oil in Vitamin E capsules are perfect for moisturizing my dry skin. I'm really trying to give my face a break right now.

Last weekend, my bf took me on a random trip to Palm Springs. We didn't even have a reservation, but I knew I wanted to stay at those Mid-Century Modern boutique hotels. Unfortunately, the one we were able to afford was booked so while driving around and thinking of stopping by a Travel Lodge, we stumbled upon a vacancy at a cute B&B called Rendezvous.

That's where the second picture is taken from. So this post won't be entirely out of sorts, I'll talk about that trip next time. It was really fun though.