Something Sam wrote: the Parker Palm Springs | sammitt.

So, you see, the Parker is not posited as a hotel â€" no, you're staying at your aunt's estate. The Parker takes this J. Peterman-esque conceit and runs with it. Guests don't check in at the front desk â€" in fact, there IS no front desk, .... It feels very decadent â€" indeed, very Scruples â€" to be reading while nestled under the goosedown in a 550-square-foot bedroom, until I realize that in the first chapters of the book the author has denigrated gays, Jews and badly dressed ...