Sunday, February 12, 2012

MINI GETAWAY








H&M BIKINI
http://www.psriviera.com/
Rivera History: 
70’s-80’s-90’s
- The 60’s give way to a more mellow 70’s culture as the Riviera becomes more of a family hotel in keeping with the theme of that generation Sinatra hosts several “Love Ins” in 78’ and 80’ - fundraisers that had Frank donning an apron and cooking pasta sauce in the Riviera kitchen

- Sonny Bono Host’s Celebrity Tennis Tournament in 1988

- Singer Jim Messina, of Loggins and Messina, performed at the event

- Opening of Bono’s in the late 80’s, Sonny Bono’s Italian restaurant

- An additional location also opened on trendy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles based on the success of the hotel location

- Sinatra performed in the Grand Ballroom 88’ as he opened the show with Come Rain or Come Shine

- First Gala for the Frank Sinatra Charity Event Fundraiser for the Desert Hospital (now Palm Springs Regional Medical Center on Indian Canyon)—supporting players in the show included Vic Damone, Buddy Greco, and Diahann Carroll

- Schuman passes in 1983 having worked inside his glass office at Riviera from the time the hotel opened in 1959 right up until his death

- Riviera Hosts R&B New Years eve in the Grand Ballroom with Beyonce, Jay-Z & Ice T in the late 90’s



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