01 ka 09
I-Romance ye-Colony Palms Hotel
© Susan Breslow Sardone. Ukuxolisa i-Palm Springs ye-midlands yangekhulu leminyaka, i-Colony Palms Hotel yavula ngo-1936 njengehhotela elizimele futhi lihlale lizizwa livuthiwe okungenzeka likhawuleze imibhangqwana yothando.
I-Colony Palms nayo ihhotela elinomdlandla owedlule: Umnikazi wokuqala, u-Al Wertheimer, wayengelungu lePutple Gang elibulalayo. Isixuku samadoda, asebevele esebenza amahholo okugembula angekho emthethweni eCathhedral City, ukubheja ePalm Springs ibe yiLas Vegas elandelayo. Kwabadlali, izindawo ezimbili zokuhlala izindlu, zibekwe eceleni kwebhuba lokubhukuda futhi zizungezwe izihlahla zesundu.
Lezo zindawo zokuqala zangaphambili zisebenza njengengaphambili yokugembula i-den ne-brothel efakwe esiteji sesitolo samanje sehhotela. (Namuhla isikhala sisetshenziswa njengesitsha sewayini.)
Ngemuva kokuba abafana be-Purple Gang bephelile, le ndawo yadlula ngezandla eziningana kuhlanganise noRobert Howard, ogama lakhe lingumnikazi weSeabiscuit. Umlingisi wakhe we-Academy-Award, u-Andrea Leeds Howard, wenza ihhotela libe indawo eyamukelekayo ye-Hollywood elite ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II.
Izimenywa njalo phakathi nawo-1970 zahlanganisa Ronald Reagan, Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, noZsa Zsa Gabor, uKim Kardashian wosuku lwakhe.
Inkanyezi yeColony Palms Hotel yabe yehla kuze kube ngo-2007, lapho i-iteration yayo yakamuva ivuleka ngemuva kokuvuselelwa. Namuhla le hotela ye-57 igumbi lomlando eliyigugu kanye nokubuya okujabulisayo kwamanje.
02 ka 09
Igumbi Lendwendwe e-Colony Palms Hotel
Igumbi lesikhamuzi sase Deluxe. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Landela indlela ehamba phambili edlule echibini kuya ekamelweni # 20. Ingaphandle yalesi sigqoko sokuthandana esithandana nomabili sinembobo ye-ivy, ikukhohlise ukuthi ungene ezweni elibonakala lenzelwe wena wedwa.
Into yokuqala ongase uyiqaphele ngemuva kokuvula umnyango yindawo enkulu yomlilo ekhoneni; Ivezwe ngezingqimba ezingezansi, ezibomvu-nezomhlophe, ukugxila kubasunguli. Yebo, kungokoqobo, futhi yebo, kungukuthandana.
Kukhona futhi umbhede wezintambo ezinezintambo ezinezintambo ezinebhokisi elide elihlotshisiwe ngesitayela seMoroccan esimbala.
Isitokisi sotshwala esakhiweni esiseduzane singenza u-bartender ocwasayo. I-Patron, Grey Goose kanye neminye imimoya emihle ihlotshaniswa ukuphuza izidakamizwa. I-mini fridge chills soda, i-Red Bull, ubhiya newayini, kanye nommbila weminqumo ukuzakhela i-martinis yakho; izibuko kanye ne-gin nazo zinikezwa.
Phakamisa isilonda esithandweni sakho kusukela ezihlalweni eziphathekayo zesikhumba, bese uvule i-LG ye-flatscreen (i-Showtime ifakwe phakathi) uma udinga ukuhlola ukuthi wonke umhlaba usekhona. I-Wi-fi inikezwa ngezindleko ezengeziwe.
Iwashi elimhlophe elimhlophe likhulu ngokwanele kokubili, kodwa kuzodingeka ushintshane ngokudonsa ngaphansi kwesipuli esisodwa. I-CO Bigelow sundries (i-lavender ne-peppermint) enomuncu, enikezwa ngamakhasimende, kanye ne-terry-on-the-ngaphakathi, i-silky-on-the-outside bathrobes okuzofuna ukuhlala kuyo (kodwa ulethe ama-slippers akho noma ama-flip-flops uma ungathandi ukuhamba esitezi esingenalutho).
03 ka 09
Ukudlela e-Colony Palms Hotel
Yenza isidlo sasekuseni ngaphandle kwedamu. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Umbhangqwana awukwazi ukusiza kodwa uzizwe sengathi uhlala impilo enhle uma uqala usuku udla ukudla kwasekuseni ngaphandle kwesikhungo seColony Palms ngokubona kweSan Jacinto Mountains.
Ingxenye ye-alfresco ye-Purple Palm Restaurant & Bar ihlukaniswe ibha lapho ikhofi etholakalayo iyatholakala khona. Ukusakaza i-tyke, siyibeke phezulu ngakolunye uhlangothi. Lapho umbhangqwana omusha onenja enhle ehlala eduze, sazi ukuthi sasizokhetha indawo yethu kahle.
Enye yezinto ezikhethekile ekuseni, i-BLTA Croissant - iqanda elinamaqabunga amaHartiti, ibhekeni elimnandi kanye ne-avocado tincetu ku-croissant - lumnandi ngokwanele ukuze kunconywe noma ubani onesifiso sokudonsa indiza elandelayo eya ePalm Springs.
Kudla isidlo kanye nesidlo esikhwameni kanye nasendlini yokudlela ephezulu.
Futhi uma ungathanda ukondla inkolelo yokuthi akekho omunye okuzungezile kodwa wena (kanye nompheki nomsizi), isevisi yamakamelo okuhleleka futhi udle ngaphandle kwetafula elincane nxazonke eceleni kwekamelo lakho.
04 ka 09
Imisebenzi ehhotela laseColony Palms
Igumbi elipholile, elimnyama lokuphumula linikeza ukuphumula kusuka elangeni elingapheliyo. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Bhukuda echibini le-rectangular. Khonzani ilanga esivela esihlalweni sokuphumula. Gweba emhubheni wokushisa owenziwe nge-pet. Yilungele ukudla e-Purple Palm. Futhi uchithe isikhathi esitokisini.
Etholakale ekhoneni kusukela echibini nokudlela, i-spa inezindawo zokwelashwa ngabanye. Uma uhlala egumbini elikhulu labamenywa futhi ungathanda ukuhlambalaza imibhangqwana, umphathi angalungiselela ukuthumela abathumeli bokuthumela ezindaweni zakho zangasese.
05 ka 09
Imibhangqwana ehhotela laseColony Palms
Ithebula lisethelwe umkhosi we-alfresco. Ihhotela le-Colony Palms. Sebenzisa ngokunenzuzo isimo sezulu sasePalm Springs ukubeka umshado ongaphandle ongena endaweni. I-terrace ne-grounds, kanye ne-Purple Palm Restaurant & Bar, inikeza izilungiselelo ezihlukahlukene zomhlangano. Ukuze uqale ingxoxo, gcwalisa Ifomu Lemicimbi & Imishado kwiwebhusayithi yehhotela.
06 ka 09
Ukuthandana e-Colony Palms Hotel
Lapho imibhangqwana ithola khona. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Ihhotela linikeza amaphakheji amaningana kubantu abadala (ngokubonga, azikho izakhiwo zezingane, ngakho izivakashi eziningi azilethe izilo ezincane).
Sincenye emnikelweni we-Escape Risqué, okufaka:
- Ukuhlala kwamabili ebusuku e-casita
- Izimbali zombhede
- Ibhodlela le-Champagne ne-strawberries ehlanganiswe ne-chocolate
- Imithi emibili emizuzu engu-50 e-The Spa
- Ibhedi egcinwe noma i-cabana yangasese
- Isidlo sezinsuku ezimbili ngosuku ngalunye
Siphinde sithande ukuthi ihotela lenza kube lula uku-oda ngaphambili "ukuthulula" esikhathini esizayo ku-inthanethi okuqinisekisa ukuthi izimbali, ukwamukela i-rose-petal, izithelo ezintsha noma i-gourmet cheese plate izohanjiswa ekamelweni lakho.
07 ka 09
I-Colony Palms Hotel ebusuku
Yiba ikhofi yakho ekuseni noma isiphuzo sebusuku sekwephuzile eceleni komlilo ongaphandle. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Ichibi kanye neshubhu eshisayo zombili zifudumele kuze kube ngu 85 ° ekhululekile kakhulu, okwenza kusasa ekuseni nasebusuku bebhukuda ujabule ngokukhethekile.
Kusihlwa, ubale izinkanyezi uhlale ngaphandle bese ufudumise ngendawo yokucima umlilo.
08 ka 09
Yini Engayithuthukiswa Ehhotela LaseColony Palms?
Amathayili ukungena kwehhotela. USusan Breslow Sardone. Sithanda ukuhlala e-Colony Palms, kodwa ihhotela elidala futhi kwakungeyona nje ekhazimulayo njengoba siyithanda.
Sasiyamangala ukuthi amathawula ngaphakathi endlini yokugezela ayengumvalo omnyama. Lapho sitshele lokhu kumphathi jikelele, satshelwa ukuthi ukhona kulokho, ukuhlonza izinguquko ezintsha ezikhanyayo, ezimhlophe. Ngakho-ke mhlawumbe ngesikhathi ovakashelayo, bazobe sebehlezi.
Nakhu okungazothanda: Amashidi amabili okunethezeka, okunethezeka kuwo wonke amakamelo. Dweba amathabhu amaningi okugeza amaningi-amaningi-amaningi anikezela futhi anikeze izivakashi okuthile abangaziqongeza. Sincenye kwabanye ngabakwaPendleton.
Siphinde sifisa ukuthi othile uhlole ngokucophelela ikhanda lethu elihlotshisiwe. Kunzima ukugcina izimpahla ezithambile ezingagciniwe phakathi kokuhlola okuhlanzekile. Siqaphele izindawo ezinokungabaza ezethu.
Okokugcina, i-flooring yegumbi idinga ukuhlunga. Asifuni ukuhamba nxazonke ezingenalutho, ngakho-ke sithatha i-slippers. Ekupheleni kokuhlala kwethu kwezinsuku ezine, ama-pink soles ayimnyama emnyama.
Ingabe lezi zinselele kufanele zikugcine ekubhukeni ukuhlala? Ngaphandle kokuthi ungumuntu ohlukumezayo wokuzidla, u-cha. Ngempela indawo eyodwa-ye-a-kind ukuchitha ngempelasonto sexy.
09 ka 09
Thola okuningi mayelana nehhotela laseColony Palms
Umnyango ohlanganiswe yi-ivy ohlanganiswe noNo 20. © Susan Breslow Sardone. Ihhotela le-Colony Palms
572 N. Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-969-1800