Inspired, relaxed and another year older.

Last week we got away to Palm Springs for my birthday. It became a tradition a few years back and now every third week of March we head for the desert. The last few times we rented a Mid-Century modern home with a group of close friends but this time we settled at the Orbit In near town. What a great place! I’ve been wanting to stay there for a while but it was either booked, high-season rates or both. We were situated in the Albert Frey room complete with fireplace, outdoor shower and signed original Julius Shulman photos of Frey’s home which sits just up the hill behind the hotel. I’m a sucker for Mid-Century architecture and also a big fan of Shulman’s work so the whole thing was pretty exciting for me.

We relaxed by the pool, rode around on their crusier bikes, did a little hiking on the Heritage Trail that runs up and along the mountains behind the hotel and generally soaked up the serenity that is Palm Springs. Of course I packed along the Holga to grab some interesting stuff. I shot up a few rolls of my favorite 120 film and many many frames with my “real” camera. Some results are here, mixed up and in no real order. For a couple more shots and a story about stealing the neighbors lemons for cocktails check out our Thursday Happy Hour post from last week.

All photos © 2009 Gary Allard

~ by Gary Allard on April 2, 2009.