CCM directors Estelle & Jerry Cimino will be at the Flamingo Hotel, and the Resort-O-Rama marketplace is free! Come say hello!
Our friends Otto and Baby Doe, organizers of the annual Tiki Oasis events in San Diego and Arizona, are at it again—this time with Resort-O-Rama: Mid-Century Style & Design, October 8–11 at the historic Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, California.
“Resort-O-Rama is a Northern California event focusing on Mid-Century design, style, history and whimsy! STAY at the hotel – rooms available! Enjoy educational seminars, cocktail soirées, an elegant Supperclub dinner and FREE Mid-Century Modern Marketplace. Full weekend passes and ala carte single ticket options available.”
Resort-O-Rama directly benefits the Counterculture Museum
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