JEEZ GUYS, 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 / 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. submissions must be made by midnight (PST) friday july 16th