Can You Identify This Palm Springs Watering Hole?

Ruby's a regular and many of her guests get on board after their first visit.

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Wake up!

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Smell it!

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Duuuuuuude!

Ground Control to Major Tom

Lukas Levi Harding is thrown to the sheltering sky by the loving arms of his father Tom. Lukas, or L2H as he is know to no one but me, wants to invite each of you to recall your own Coral Sands "Perfect Pool Moment." Now hold that thought!

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Look for pictures of the new Sands pool coming soon.

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You're gonna love it. I mean it.

Ring dem Bells

These are the people who handle L2H. Do they look fit to raise a child? Even Lukas seems to be wondering what is up with the old man fer the love of Mary. In an effort to get them a little further away from a Perfect 10 on the oddball scale, the young fella took his parents to Santa Barbara where they were married Thanksgiving weekend.

Congratulations Tom, Tam, and L2H. We love you!

Hardest Working Dog in the Motel Industry

Louie's just about done with the pool. Check back in a few to see it in all its splendor. Louie, as a few of you are aware, will be moving to Utah to better accomodate his Lola AND Dusty. He is just too much.

Rock me, Baby!

This is it -- The Holy Grail -- lent to us at The Sands by our sister organization in Northern California, The Rockway Institute. This mystical rock is revered because of its legendary powers to enthrall and grant release. Sister to The Maltese Falcon, the Cunt Rock is much sought after and has changed hands many times. Now, the Cunt Rock is the undisputed provenance of The Rockway Institute. The Rock's power stems from the breadth of its sweep encompassing significant overlap with all the world's major wisdom traditions. It is part Tooth Fairy, part Birthday Cake Candle, part Novena, part Wailing Wall and a thousand other threads of the Golden Bough weave through the Rock's aura. She who wishes to make a request of the Cunt Rock must first write the wish on a strip of paper. No one else may look at the wish (this is honored without exception). The wisher then folds her wish down to a narrow strip of paper and inserts the wish into the Rock's slit where it must remain untouched for nine days to the minute. As the precise moment approaches, the wisher gathers her best friends for a "witual" that will remove the wish from its gestation in the Rock and make it manifest in the world. The area or altar where this is done is first cleaned and strewn with flower petals. Celebrants then light a candle and observe a moment of silence during which each celebrant asks the Universe to grant the wish. The wisher then picks up the Rock and presents it to the seven directions of the Universe, after which she pulls the wish strip from the cunt and lights it on fire using the candle. The celebrants watch as the fire releases the wish energy into the Universe and, when the wish is no more than ash, the wisher smudges her thumb in the ash and marks the forehead of each participant. Celebrants then wear the smudge mark all evening -- no matter WHAT.

Speed Queens?

Ruby welcomes the woman behind the man at Porsche, Sheila Schutz. This gal can drive! When was the last time you got it up to 220 mph on the autobahn?

Hell, when was the last time you got it up?

Achaeologists Find Jimmy Hoffa

Did Michael Richards play the Coral Sands? Did everybody run outta there so fast it sucked the water out of the pool? Not at all, my friend. This is the start of something big.

If you loved the pool at the Coral Sands before, you are in for a treat.

Read on.

Frosty the Pool Man

Look at that Frosty Go! These chaps covered with white dust are blasting our precious pool with millions of tiny glass beads that will erode the surface down to the granite. "WTF?" you say. We're talking total rehab here. In just a few days, visitors to The Sands will be enjoying the eighth wonder of the known world -- the PERFECT Palm Springs pool. Newly resurfaced, regrouted, and painted, this fabulous pool will combine the chic styling of its 1950s origins with the latest in modern techno-pool. Our completely new heater will keep the water perfect for your swim.

You're gonna love it!

The Heart Beat of Palm Springs

Here's Ruby with some friends at Rick's -- the place to see and be seen at breakfast. The season is off to a fabulous start as artists, writers, revelers, and nomads pour into the desert oasis for watering and story swapping.



Get on your camel and get over here!

Louie Lamour to Turn 20 in January!

Our adorable man of The Sands, Mr. Louis Lamour, (aka Pumpkin, Littlest, Lu Lu,) will turn an astounding 20 years old this New Year's Day. Keep him in your thoughts as you google football and eat black eyed peas on that day.

Stop by for a little celebration of Milanos and beer...Louie's only food the first year of his life and, perhaps, the secret to his longevity.