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Sunday, January 13th, 2019 Alive 17,428 days

Inside the Armargosa Hotel

What do you do if youʼre a New York ballerina who reopens an abandoned opera house in the middle of the desert all by yourself? You paint your own audience members and support dancers.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A fragile communications link

The nearest cell phone service is seven miles away. But the motel has wifi, which also has to travel the same distance. And every time the wind blows, it goes out.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

Edifice wrecks

This motel is appealing. Itʼs also a-cracking and a-crumbling.

Darcie hates that joke.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A weatherbeaten gallery

People pay Restoration Hardware big bucks to get this look.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A sign reading “Poisonous snakes and insects inhabit the area.”

This is not usually the first thing you want to see when arriving at a motel. But the lace curtains take the edge off.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

The Amargosa Hotel

I wonʼt complain about the peeling paint because it looks like thatʼs the only thing holding up the 1923 adobe walls.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A nasty motel bathroom

This isnʼt the worst motel Darcie and I have stayed in. But it could be a tie.

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