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“Like two-hundred and fifty kids out of their minds on X at Coachella?” #itsinhiskissbyvickielester, available on Amazon

April 15, 2016 by Vickie Lester

5.0 out of 5 stars Art Director By Bob Schulenberg on August 16, 2014 Format: Paperback “Ms. Lester” certainly knows the ins of Hollywood! Let doubters doubt no more, she takes you there, shows you around and shares the secrets! As a native Angeleno and privy to some of this in real life, the book had me in it’s grip until the final page! I can’t remember reading as frank or real depiction of my town and the milieu I’ve […]

Categories: Advertising, Architecture, Art, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Fiction, Film, History, Hollywood, Literature, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Mystery, New York, Palm Springs, Photography, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: #amwriting, #HollywoodNoir, #hollywoodnovel, #itsinhiskissbyvickielester, #MidCentury, #sinatra, #thebeatles, coachella, Palm Springs

Quoth I, Vickie Lester, in days of yore we knew not sunblock…

November 5, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Which yore? Judging from the attire and upturned color I’d say it was the early 1980s. I’m pretending to be my glamorous fashionista aunt, no doubt, chin up, hips turned slightly for the camera. Too bad I wasn’t dressed in a 1950s Dior, but then I never would have made it to that rock happy and unscathed and grinning in Palm Canyon, in my beloved Palm Springs. The cascading shag (not the stuff hanging from the trees) had been clipped […]

Categories: Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Palm Springs, Paris, Photography, Short Stories, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Writing • Tags: #amwriting, #HollywoodFiction, Dovima, music business and the mob, Palm Springs, pavlovian response, pistol in the dashboard, roman à clef, super model, warmth of the desert sun, winter storms

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THE NE PLUS ULTRA – RICHARD NEUTRA’S DESIGN IN THE DESERT – PHOTOGRAPHED BY JULIUS SHULMAN

September 21, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Photography, Relationships, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Weather • Tags: architectural photography, Architecture in Southern California, Julius Shulman, Los Angeles, mid-century, Palm Springs, photography, Richard Neutra, The Kaufmann Desert House

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DIRTY LITTLE SINS ~ It’s In His Kiss by Vickie Lester | SCENTS MEMORY

August 1, 2015 by Vickie Lester

From Lanier Smith, who weaves enchantment wherever he goes… In the movies murder is clean and easy. They never show the scum and the blood. But when it happens in tensile town it’s about a cheap and dirty as it gets. There are many sins in Hollywood, dirty little sins. In her first novel Vickie Lester spins an L.A. Noir with more curves than Lana Turner ever had. Packed with more danger than Mulholland Drive in a blinding rainstorm, “It’s […]

Categories: Advertising, Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Literature, Los Angeles, Movies, Mystery, Photography, Story, Theater, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: beguiling Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood Noir, Lanier Smith, Los Angeles, murder mystery, Palm Springs, Scents Memory, Vickie Lester

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Marilyn Monroe in Palm Springs and a cool salad for a hot day

July 3, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Sliced avocado, arugula, slivers of red onion, segments of orange, luscious green olives, sea salt, black pepper, fennel seeds, lemon juice, olive oil… Salad. “I restore myself when I’m alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.”

Categories: Art, Blogging, Cooking, Culture, Design, Entertaining, Entertainment, fashion, Film, Friendship, Gastronomy, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, Palm Springs, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized • Tags: Avocado Orange and Onion salad, cool recipe for a hot day, MarilynMonroe, Palm Springs, recipe, summer recipe

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PALM SPRINGS – THE POOL AT THE EDRIS HOUSE – PHOTO JULIUS SHULMAN – DESIGNED BY E. STEWART WILLIAMS

May 27, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Architecture, Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, Film, Gardening, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Photography, Sports, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Weather • Tags: #itsinhiskissbyvickielester, 1947, actor, actress, aesthetic, architectural photography, archtecture, Ava Gardner, B.E.L.T., behind the scenes, desert, E. Stewart WIlliams, film, Frank Sinatra, Frank SInatra home Palm Springs, history, Hollywood, Joan Crawford, Julius Shulman, Los Angeles, mid-century, mid-century modern, modern architecture, Old Hollywood, Palm Springs, photography, pool, swimming pool, The Damned Don't Cry!, Toby Weiss

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Taking my cue from Ms. Audrey, investing in some waterproof mascara, and heading to Palm Springs…soon

May 13, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Categories: Art, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Palm Springs, Photography, Romance, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors • Tags: Audrey Hepburn, AudreyHepburn, behind the scenes, cool sparkling night, fashion, I wrote a novel, night in the desert, Palm Springs, Vickie Lester reads from It's in His Kiss

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My Fiction Reading During National Poetry Month

April 23, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Originally posted on Luanne Castle's Writer Site:
Although it’s poetry month, I’ve been reading fiction lately as a little break from poetry and memoir. I chose well because I enjoyed all three books. These are the reviews I posted (pretty much word for word) at both Amazon and Goodreads. My favorite of the three was It’s In His Kiss, written by Vickie Lester who blogs over at Beguiling Hollywood. This contemporary murder mystery is set in present-day Palm Springs…

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Interview: Vickie Lester and Why “It’s in His Kiss”

April 23, 2015 by Vickie Lester

Originally posted on It Rains… You Get Wet:
As I mentioned almost a year ago, I’m a fan of the blogger and screenwriter who also lives in my hometown, Vickie Lester. Her Beguiling Hollywood site has become a regular haunt of mine. This year, she launched into something big not only for her site’s readership, but those looking for something good to pore over. Her first novel, It’s in His Kiss. With a scenario made for those of us who enjoy a good mystery, right along…

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