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THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE CLEVER SUBMISSIONS!!! we decided that there were just too many good ideas out there to choose only one! so there are two winners who will be staying for free at the ace this coming sunday night and dancing their faces off at our new danceparty here are the winning ideas: from "FREDO" I think a free-form contest, where folks can submit anything that will inspire or palm springs related (pictures, songs, poems, essays, etc.) will get the most submissions. and from "WHITNEY" (no, not our whitney!) since it's a joint project with OLOL...it should be a photo contest based on things people love: dance, outdoors, people, etc. Most creative and expressive wins!

so here is the plan... we have combined these two ideas and come up with the contest for next month (sunday july 25th) submit anything inspired by the flashdance our labor of love max etc / the ace hotel / palm springs & you by creating a piece of art (collage, video, audio, poem, dance moves, etc but somehow incorporating photography) and posting it to your blog / site / etc and post your link in the comments below. the submission(s) that most cleverly and completely express those three elements will win a free night in a king patio fireplace room at the ace hotel in palm springs sunday july 25th.

wanna stay at the ace hotel in palm springs for free? michael from the flashdance is starting a brand new danceparty out there and he has two fireplace patio king rooms to giveaway and wants YOU TO TELL HIM HOW TO DO IT! here is the deal, you come up with a certified genius contest concept (put it in the comments on the flashdance) and you'll win one of the rooms, then we'll use your idea to give away the other room here next week! a contest for the smart kids, not the lucky ones!

sunday june 27th 10pm - close in the amigo room (the rad little bar by the restaurant). the funnest, most hilarious, exciting, completely bananas danceparty you will ever attend. if you want to make a weekend of it mention the flashdance when booking your rooms for an extra special discount! winners will be chosen on monday afternoon.

the kings of pops + bunnies + friends + more friends + sunshine = yummy colorful summer goodness...

click here to see all the photos on design*sponge.

love, style, sweets, smarts...you name it, they got it. annette and brian have what it takes.i knew it was going to be an amazing wedding. the room was filled with old books, bright popping flowers, woods blocks with silhouettes, napkins ties into bows and bottles of hard alcohol (it is just how the armenian do it, i was told ). there were a lot of details that set this wedding apart and it felt like their own...something i always look forward to. they hired most of the flashdance ....max's incredible engagement shoot, michael's party and then us as the last bit of the triangle. whitney and michael like to call it a trifecta but i'll leave that for them :) i just posted a few hints to the day here but to see and read more go here .