A WEEKEND IN PALM SPRINGS

It was one of those magical California experiences that you only see in movies. The setting was
Joan Crawford's former estate, 99 Palms. The guests were a loosely formed crowd of old and new friends - all of whom got along fabulously.
There was good energy that weekend. The weather was so hot that there was little differentiation
between the temperature of the swimming pool, and the hot breezes that dried you right as you got out.
Billie Holliday songs wafted gently through the house, as bright red bouganvillea swirled around the

legs of a piano. The house was not perfectly kept. Leaves and other bits of nature left their

charming designs upon the Oriental rug. All this belied the fact that this would be the
last weekend ever at the house. The owners were silently fighting all
weekend, and within a month, the house was put up for sale.

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All images copyright Travis Price 2001