Saguaro Hotel and Spa

Current special running at
Saguaro Hotel and Spa.

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE SUN

RATES FROM$179

Join us at the pool! Enjoy the Sun, Spa, Food and Fun at the Saguaro. Receive a sun survival kit courtesy of us!

Package includes:

• Room accommodations
• Sun survival kit
• $50 El Jefe Pool Bar Credit
• $100 Spa Credit

Offer valid February 1 - April 30, 2012 Sunday-Thursday. Three night minimum stay. Rates subject to space availability and minimum night stay requirements. Taxes and gratuities not included.

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Want to join me?
Simple...
Just click the play arrow.

Hop on my turquoise jet.
I'll take you there.
Palm Springs, next stop.



Pick a color.
Any color.



Can I fix you a drink?






Would you care for a snack?


You'll want to dress for dinner.



Shoes are optional.




We'll sit poolside.
Grab a towel.





Sunglasses?




Dinner will be served shortly.
Thai coconut-chili-lime shrimp.




With papaya sorbet for dessert.




See you in the morning.

Wooden Wonders

Jorge Zalszupin rosewood armchair and sofa.





Gio Ponti folding chair.



Alvar Aalto Tea Cart.



George Nakashima Sideboard.




Sam Maloof Settee

Spring Into Green

We've been enjoying spring like weather here.
It's heavenly.



Everything is turning green.


Spring is my favorite time of year.



If I could buy this Clickity Clack Couch I wouldn't
have to make one for the beast.

Looking at this makes me want chocolate chip cookies.

That's all for now..

Al Franken got it right years ago

Rush Limbaugh,

Just go away!

Please.

Colorful Corrugated Steel

Corrugated steel, concrete and plastic.
What a combination.

























Not everyone loved this home apparently.
One of the neighbors described it as
"A turd in a punch bowl".
What would your neighbors think?

Windows, fireplaces and cantilevered hearths....

The plans are coming along on the home-of-the-future.

If I could figure out how to make our scanner scan, 

I'd show you the plan.

But I can't, so I'll tell you.

The great room is going to be really great. 

Not quite this great...

The ceilings in the (really) great room will be 12 feet high.

We didn't do this for a WOW factor.

We did this for the breeze and sun factor.

I've learned all about the proper orientation of a house,

such as, the main axis of a house should run

from east to west to capture the sun's rays.

Cross ventilation is very important too.

The south side of the house will have 

operable clerestory windows.

They'll flood the house with sun in the winter 

and cross breezes in summer.

The north facing side will have picture windows 

with operable clerestorys above.

Get the picture?

.

The north facing wall of windows will frame  

the two giant oak trees in front of the house

    It will also provide daylight but not direct sun
    during the hot summer months.
    There's so much one has to learn when
    planning a home.

The white cinderblock fireplace will be on the east wall.

If you want to see a white cinderblock fireplace,

turn to page 41 of the spring 2012 Atomic Ranch Magazine.

It will have a cantilevered concrete hearth that runs the length of the wall.

   
    The floors will be polished concrete with radiant heat.
    Someday, they will be fueled with solar power.
    That will probably come later.
    Right now, I need to go slop more paint
    on the temporary-home-of-the-future.
    First things first.

Apple Green

I'm contemplating painting the countertops in the trailer apple green.

I'm not sure I'd be so brave about putting them in the future home

but why not have fun in the temporary home?

It's a very happy color.

It may grow on me so much that I'll change my mind

when we get ready to build and go bold in the kitchen.

modern kitchen design by boston architect ZeroEnergy Design

I know we will be living with the colors we choose for the 

next thirty years though and it may be that apple green will 

be as dated as the not-so-beloved avocado green of the seventies.

Check out this kitchen island/sink/stovetop/wine storage by

Turkish designer Fevzi Karaman.

Very clever!

Surf's up. 

My husband would like this island. 

eclectic kitchen design by houston architect RD Architecture, LLC