Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Palm Springs with Sam!

Back from my haitus! I hope that you enjoyed the guest posts as much as I did :)

Sam and I left on Friday morning for Palm Springs to spend the weekend with my aunt and uncle in their new studio condo unit. We spent 10 hours in the car driving down, which might sound awful to some of you, but I actually really like long drives. Besides, nothing makes a long drive go by faster than being with a dear friend!

When we finally made it through the LA traffic and got into Palm Springs, my aunt took us out to a lovely dinner and she and Sam had a great conversation about feminist theory. (I love my family!) We spent the rest of the weekend by the pool, traipsing around town, and eating some awesome food. Lots of cheese and carbs.


Sam and I posing poolside with the mountains in the background


The really lovely water feature running through the complex


Sam in his hilarious, campy, and ridiculous shirt that he bought at "GayMart." Gotta love Palm Springs.


Basking! Blinding people with my paleness! I bought that funky swimsuit at Goodwill the day before we left, and it worked out great. I could actually swim in it, unlike most bikinis.


What a lovely pool it was. It had this funny fountain-pedestal thing in the middle of it, which was really good for pretending to be a statue.


This is how we spent most of the time that we weren't eating.


This is what we look like when we're hungry and overheated.


Don't cross me when I'm hungry and overheated.


Note my wonderful aunt and uncle exiting their unit. They were pretty much the best hosts ever, and not only put up (and put up with) me and Sam but also treated us to 3 delicious meals and delighted us with their entertaining, intelligent company.


Palm Desert Goodwill organized as a spectrum. Very cool! I bought an awesome 80s cardigan (to add to my collection).


Palm Springs has a lot of empty lots like this. It creates a strange, desolate feel. That's the desert for you, I guess!


OMG my own souvenir shop! Okay, my name isn't Sophia, but it's close. My name is unusual enough that I get excited whenever I see something close to it.

On Sunday, after 9 hours on the road with Sam full of late-night driving punchiness, disgusting and absurd "would you rather..." questions, and the entire Chicago soundtrack, we made it back to school at 1:30 AM.

It was all cloudy and rainy on Monday, so I took the opportunity to wear my new cardigan. When I got back from class in the afternoon, the light looked so gorgeous that I just had to take some self-indulgent self-portraits (are there any other kind of self-portraits?).



I took some photos with the 4x5 camera I'm using while we were in Palm Springs, and I can't wait to post them when I'm done printing them!

11 comments:

Alysa Kimiko said...

i've never been to palm springs, but it looks like somewhere straight out of the 70's! i love it!

Kuleigh said...

Love these pictures! It looks like you had a lot of fun. Palm Springs looks pretty! I like their unit.

Carys said...

Lovely pictures, looks like you had a great time!
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue

Elanor said...

looks like you had a great time! seems like a lot of fun.

i love your bathing suit! it's adorable. :)

x

Jin said...

Oooo, you're taking view camera!

btw, I saw this trailer for a Bill Cunningham film you may be interested in...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqiLJBXbss

The Merry Traveller said...

Hello to you! How pretty are you! No many people rock the short cropped hair but you did it with aplomb!

Chyrel Gomez said...

OMG! I love all the photos, Sophi!!! I traveled 7 hours from Cebu to Bacolod to watch a football game and it's fun but tiring. Love all your outfits and Palm Springs is love!!

JennaStevie said...

This looks like such a fun trip!! I am very jealous, it looks so warm and fantastic. That goodwill is HUGE I must say. Im glad you had a fun time :)I definatly enjoyed the guest posts
xJennaD

Nnenna said...

Oh wow, Palm Springs looks so pretty and I love the picture of the racks and racks of color-coordinated clothes! Glad to have you back Sophi :D

Unknown said...

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK!

all the photos you got are insane amazing. I'm coming with you next time, k? and the cardigan you got is toooo cute :)

xoxo

callie said...

this looks like such a blast!! i love all the little commentary to accompany your awesome photographs. you make me laugh! also, the "self-indulgent self-portrait" is awesome. i need to borrow that cardigan. xo