Attention! – 21st Annual Palm Springs Weekend, 2024

[+ Oliver]

Please mark your calendars for the Weekend – April 13, 14 and 15, 2024.  Specifics will not be posted here, in order to preserve confidentiality.  Therefore, if you are serious about attending this year’s events, please send an e-mail to me (if you know my address) or a “private message” with your return e-mail address so that I may send you the pertinent information as it unfolds.  Your confidential information will be respected, as I expect mine to be.

 

The first order of business will be Saturday dinner reservations at a local contemporary restaurant, followed by RSVP’s for the Sunday pool gathering at my temporary residence, followed by Monday morning reservations at a local popular breakfast restaurant.  You will be asked to prepay the dinner fee and the breakfast fee prior to the event via either PayPal or Venmo (instructions will be sent later).

 

If you will be bringing a “guest”, please tell me who. That information will also be kept confidential, unless you say otherwise. Attendance by escorts (by themselves or as someone's guest) is greatly encouraged.

If you will be coming from out-of-town and need accommodations, you should arrange for those ASAP, if you have not already. There have been several suggestions put forth in previous threads concerning possible accommodations.

Again, the dinner will be early Saturday evening, April 13, the pool gathering will be in the afternoon of Sunday, April 14, and the breakfast will be Monday morning, April 15.

If you have any questions, please ask in your e-mail or message.  I look forward to renewing acquaintances and meeting new ones!  Come and enjoy!😃

[+ purplekow]

As I recall, in previous years there was some muss.  Most of us are not looking for a muss free Time.  So do we need to bring our own muss?   

[+ Oliver]

19 hours ago, purplekow said:

As I recall, in previous years there was some muss.  Most of us are not looking for a muss free Time.  So do we need to bring our own muss?   

More like create your own!😝

[+ azdr0710]

as usual, I'll be offering various very casual morning outings this year......look over my thoughts below and, if even vaguely interested, contact me here in the forum via the message system......I plan to be in the Coachella valley area from late Wednesday the 10th to early Wednesday the 17th and will think of something for most of those mornings, scheduling, of course, around standing forum weekend events.......I can pick up and drop off anybody in the central Palm Springs area until my vehicle is full!......

Sunnylands Center And Gardens - this is a free, non-reservation area of the sprawling Walter Annenberg estate......longer for-fee tours of the estate and house are also available, but I won't be doing that.....  https://sunnylands.org/visit-the-gardens/

Whitewater Preserve -  last year, heavy runoff from the Mt. San Gorgonio area (southern California's highest mountain) prevented us from hiking much here....this year, we'll try again for a very bright and sunny out-and-back stroll on the world-famous Pacific Crest Trail (very gradual incline) and spend some time in the preserve area itself, remarkably cooler than down in the Palm Springs area.... https://wildlandsconservancy.org/preserves/whitewater    

Indian Canyons - on the lands of the Agua Caliente band of the Cahuilla Indians, this very popular close-in area includes easy-moderate hikes to rare stands of native palms and waterfalls along running creeks in rugged desert canyons....may try for an easy ranger-led hike if our scheduling allows....$12 or $7 for seniors (62).....  https://www.indian-canyons.com/indian_canyons 

other suggestions welcome!.....

 

 

[+ Oliver]

I have sent an email this evening to each of you who has told me of your interest or that you will be attending, with detailed information on what to do next (check SPAM just to be sure). If you do not receive that message, please let me know immediately so that we can proceed.

[+ BobPS]

Thanks Oliver. I just sent money via PayPal for dinner and breakfast. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at the dinner, the pool party, and the breakfast. It is going to be a great weekend!

[Simon Suraci]

I have a room to myself at InnDulge for incalls. Should a pool gathering materialize closer to the date on Friday 4/12, count me in. Otherwise excited to meet everyone at all three main events! 

Newell (RentMasseur: MuscleGingerXL) will be at the Hyatt in downtown PS staying Fri and Sat nights. We are available together and separately for massage and/or more. Unfortunately he is not attending any of the events.

[+ Oliver]

If you haven't let me know of your attendance, please do so.  Thank you!😄

[BananaBagel]

Have a great trip guys! You going to be posting any of it for the rest of us?

[+ sf westcoaster]

2 hours ago, BananaBagel said:

Have a great trip guys! You going to be posting any of it for the rest of us?

Details of what happens at the PS  Gathering stay in PS. 

[mike carey]

Eid Mubarak! And a glorious autumn day it is in Canberra. A far nicer day to walk to the bus stop than it was yesterday, 9 degrees at midday and cold rain. And I am about to do just that now, to go to the airport for my flights to Melbourne then on to Los Angeles. I can't wait to get to Palm Springs tomorrow. Well Thursday, and it is already Wednesday here, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[+ Oliver]

1 hour ago, mike carey said:

Eid Mubarak! And a glorious autumn day it is in Canberra. A far nicer day to walk to the bus stop than it was yesterday, 9 degrees at midday and cold rain. And I am about to do just that now, to go to the airport for my flights to Melbourne then on to Los Angeles. I can't wait to get to Palm Springs tomorrow. Well Thursday, and it is already Wednesday here, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

What's my congressman doing in Australia??😏  Is this some paid political junket??  Is this for business or pleasure?😋

[mike carey]

10 minutes ago, Oliver said:

What's my congressman doing in Australia??😏  Is this some paid political junket??  Is this for business or pleasure?😋

Hey, a guy's gotta milk this gig for all it's worth!

[TonyDown]

Any interest in joining for Chinese? 

I like this place.

Chinese Restaurant | Palm Tree Palace Restaurant | La Quinta

WWW.PALMTREEPALACE.COM

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Palm Tree Palace, Chinese Restaurant, Dine in or Pick up Order, Party, Family Reunion

 

 

[+ Oliver]

And the gathering begins ...😄😃😊

[mike carey]

In LA, have car, see you all tomorrow!

PS. I hate the LAX immigration queue. Over 90 minutes tonight. OK, I'm over it now!!

[+ Pensant]

6 hours ago, mike carey said:

PS. I hate the LAX immigration queue. Over 90 minutes tonight.

That’s utterly appalling. Visitors shouldn’t have to endure that!

[MikeBiDude]

10 hours ago, mike carey said:

In LA, have car, see you all tomorrow!

PS. I hate the LAX immigration queue. Over 90 minutes tonight. OK, I'm over it now!!

Ummm, ok but there are some horror visa/immigration stories entering a certain country down under too!! 🤣

Welcome!!

[mike carey]

15 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

Ummm, ok but there are some horror visa/immigration stories entering a certain country down under too!! 🤣

Welcome!!

Oh, yes there are, and for me it was only time, not anything that really affected me in the grand scheme of things. I can live with that!!

And thank you!

[leeper]

Wish I was able to attend the gathering this year.  I missed out last year as I was out of the country and this year there were too many conflicts. Have wonderful time all!

[FrancisCA]

Will be going to the PS Art Museum tonight for thier Free Thursday Nights! Lmk if you want to join me! 

Palm Springs Art Museum | Transformative Experiences

WWW.PSMUSEUM.ORG

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Nestled in the heart of Downtown Palm Springs, the Palm Springs Art Museum is an innovative and forward-thinking artistic cultural center in the Coachella Valley.

 

[TallMuscl37]

Have fun all…This year started with a lot of responsibilities, and I just can’t swing it this time of year. The hotel chain I used to book thru has closed a few locations in the city, and the options left are inflated and far outside from the action. Of course there’s independent and the nude resorts, but I prefer people to be able to come up to the room without entering a gate.
 

In the future, I wouldn’t mind a BI-annual Palm Springs event 😂 The Coachella event just creates such a gravitational force on the whole valley. I tend to prefer more off season and meet the locals. I will be making my way to SoCal next month though 👍🏾 

[kingsley88]

Have a great time everyone! I went back in 2021 and had a blast!!! Enjoy!

[+ Socalguy]

Hey there Inndulge peeps! @Robster and I were hoping to head over there to mingle and was wondering if someone might be available to let us in? 

[mike carey]

2 minutes ago, Socalguy said:

Hey there Inndulge peeps! @Robster and I were hoping to head over there to mingle and was wondering if someone might be available to let us in? 

Yep, there's a group playing cards plus a few others. Love to see you here!