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Article: A retro-sophisticated makeover for the Palm Springs mod squad
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- International Herald Tribune
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- December 10, 2004
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Sally Horchow
International Herald Tribune
12-10-2004
Young fashionable people. Glamorous cocktail parties. Kidney-shaped swimming pools. In Palm Springs, California, the present is looking an awful lot like the past, with a new generation of Hollywood types returning to the desert playground of Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack pals. Only, this time around, it's a little less hedonism, a little more hideaway.Just a two-hour drive from Los Angeles, sheltered by the San Jacinto Mountains and the famed warm, dry climate, Palm Springs has always had geography on its side. And a few years ago, a new appreciation for the space-age design of its midcentury architectural gems flying-saucer roofs ...