This staff was doing a good job. They were booking room nights.

As the boomers age, we think there will be an upswing.

A lot of people are taking it out of context. We think it does demonstrate abundance.

It's excellent news, and well justified. One of the things we learned in our tours around the valley is the uniqueness each city has, and Palm Springs has historic significance - from its Hollywood culture and history to its small hotel collection.

Even in making objects, as soon as you start to get the feeling that some form of craft is coming into place, you realize that everything is wrong. Because craft is really just a fetish. It is wasted energy. It's about the object, some space which has nothing to do with the human.

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.