LIVE Magazine Vol 7, Issue #170, November 15, 2013

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PALM SPRINGS-INSPIRED
COLLECTION FROM
DESTINATION PSP
AVAILABLE AT MACYS.COM
TRIO & PURPLE ROOM’S
TONY MARCHESE
TO PARTICIPATE IN
‘DANCING WITH THE DESERT
STARS’ COMPETITION
Co-Owner of Popular Restaurants Dances
to Benefit Desert AIDS Project
Tony Marchese, co-owner of Trio Restaurant and the legendary
Purple Room with Mark Van Laanen, will participate in the 3rd
annual ‘Dancing with the Desert Stars’ on Friday, November
22 at the Renaissance Palm Springs. The event, which will
benefit the 100 Women program at Desert AIDS Project, pairs
amateur dancers with professionals in a friendly competition for
a coveted mirrored ball trophy.
“Hopefully I won’t step on my partner’s toes too many times,”
exclaimed Marchese when asked about his dancing skills.
“I am so excited to be participating in this event,” he added,
“because Mark and I have been extremely impressed with the
comprehensive services that Desert AIDS Project provides
to Valley residents. We support the 100 Women program and
its effort to help local women and children affected by HIV or
AIDS.”
The fun begins at 6:00 pm with cocktails and warms-up for the
competition at 7:30 pm. Individual tickets range from $175 for
front row seats to $50 for general admission. Tables of ten are
also available. Purchase tickets at
www.desertaidsproject.org/go/dwds or call 760-969-5743.
ABOUT TRIO: Trio serves lunch Monday – Friday and brunch
Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 3 pm. Daily Happy Hour
is from 11 am to 7 pm in the bar and on the patio, with $3 well
drinks, wines, domestic beers, and $5 martinis, margaritas, and
mojitos. Dinner service begins at 3 pm daily. Trio also offers a
three-course prix fixe menu for $19, available from 11 am to 6
pm. For reservations, please call 760-864-TRIO (8746) or visit
www.triopalmsprings.com
ABOUT PURPLE ROOM: Located at the Club Trinidad Resort,
the legendary Purple Room is open from 3 pm to midnight
weekdays and until 2 am on Fridays and Saturdays, with top
quality entertainment six nights a week (closed Mondays). For
more information, call 760-322-4422 or visit
www.purpleroompalmsprings.com
Retail giant now offers quintessential mid-century tableware
designs online
PALM SPRINGS – November 4, 2013: Destination PSP, a high-end
merchandising, branding, and marketing company offering quality
product lines and concepts, has partnered with Macys.com, which
now offers the company’s Palm Springs-inspired Melamine and
acrylic collection of drink ware, serving dishes, and dinnerware.
The line features quintessential mid-century designs that echo
the patterns used in concrete blocks, privacy screens, etc. that are
hallmarks of mid-century modern architecture.
“As a nod to the many modernist neighborhoods located in Palm
Springs, we decided to name the collection Sunmor,” explains
Jeffrey Bernstein, co-owner of Destination PSP, a seasoned
veteran of the entertainment industry and international retail world.
“Sunmor is a well-known central Palm Springs neighborhood
comprised of a remarkably intact collection of mid-century homes
built in the late 50s and early 1960s.”
A majority of the company’s merchandise is made regionally,
with sustainably produced packaging manufactured in Riverside
County. The company, whose partners include Bernstein,
Clark Bason, and Dr. Oscar Chamudes, introduced its Sunmor
Collection during a reception on February 8th at Raymond |
Lawrence, the popular retail incubator in the heart of the Palm
Springs Uptown Design District. Destination PSP has been named
an official merchandise designer for Modernism Week, Palm
Springs International Film Festival and several other Palm Springs icons.
Destination PSP is working in partnership with renown and highly
successful designer Laurie Gates on this initial venture with
Macys.com. Laurie Gates’ name is synonymous with beautiful
and quality melamine and ceramic tableware collections. “I’m very
excited to be working with Destination PSP with their Sunmor
Collection,” says Gates. “Their mid-century inspired designs are
unique, extremely popular and timely. It’s a clean, graphic look for
which we know there is a great demand.”
Operated by Macy’s, Inc., Macys.com is one of the nation’s
premier omnichannel retailers, with fiscal 2012 sales of $27.7
billion. The company operates the Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s
brands with about 840 stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia,
Guam, and Puerto Rico under the names of Macy’s and
Bloomingdale’s; the macys.com and bloomingdales.com websites,
and 12 Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores. To see the Sunmor collection
by Laurie Gates at macys.com please go to macys.com and enter
search keyword Sunmor.
Destination PSP originally debuted with five distinct collections:
Desert Modern Oasis, Rainbow, Icons, Legends & Lore, PS I Love
You, and Palm Springs Living. It is part of their mission to be civic
minded by working with companies and charitable organizations
throughout the area to enhance their brand image and awareness
with quality resale merchandise.
All Destination PSP collections are currently available on-line at
www.destinationpsp.com and at Raymond | Lawrence. Plans are in
the works to open additional retail outlets throughout Palm Springs
and the Coachella Valley.
For the latest news and product information, visit
www.destinationpsp.com