The Flamingo is the perfect hotel for the kind of event we want to do. “Otto and I are historic preservationists and we want these places of the past to be around for the next generation to enjoy. “They did a great job of retaining and preserving the historical elements of the Flamingo, which we loved,” she said. It’s her real name, a shortening of her given name Dorinda and recognition that she was the baby in the family.) (For the record, Baby Doe is not a stage name. The recently renovated Flamingo Resort, built in 1957 by Santa Rosa developer Hugh Codding, offered the right look and amenities for a new event devoted to her favorite period, said Baby Doe von Stroheim. Think miniskirted twentysomethings in white ankle boots gyrating to the The Frug. They are also behind Tease-O-Rama for fans of burlesque.īaby Doe also heads up The Devil-Ettes, a San Francisco Dance Troupe dedicated to preserving Go Go, a popular club scene style of the mid 1960s. The von Stroheims for years have produced playful period conventions such as the Tiki Oasis in Arizona and San Diego to celebrate the mid-century Aloha culture of caftans and tropical cocktails. Period fashion is welcome but not required, and that could be anything from poodle skirts to slinky sheaths and pillbox hats.Īfter spending the day immersed in the history and legacy of mid-century design, convention goers can relive the era at evening events like a Supperclub Dinner and dancing until the wee hours at the “Space-O-Rama with Otto von Stroheim serving as guest DJ and mixologist. ![]() That will enable them to offer an immersive experience of daytime seminars followed by nighttime entertainment, all with a distinctly cool mid-century vibe. Promoters Otto and Baby Doe von Stroheim are taking over the entire property, including all 170 rooms, from Thursday evening though Sunday March 5. The four-day event offers a trip back in time, celebrating the food, fashions, architecture, entertainment and interior design styles of the late 1940s through the 1960s. The period still has its fans, hundreds of whom are expected to gather at Santa Rosa’s historic Flamingo Resort next week for Resort-O-Rama. Tall tiki glasses with tinkling ice, Fiestaware pottery in tropical colors, fancy ashtrays and starburst wall clocks were all emblematic of the lifestyle and look of the Atomic Age. It’s reflected in an iconic molded plywood and leather Eames chair by Herman Miller and in a turquoise sectional couch from the Sears catalog. The post World War II design movement that came to be called mid-century modern, shows up in pink flamingo lawn ornaments and in the masterfully hand-milled furniture of woodworker George Nakashima. ![]() It can be both tacky and classy, kitschy and cool.
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