Bedtime Stories of the Legendary Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs($19.95Value)

Description

Bedtime Stories of the Ingleside Inn is a charming, often hilarious book describing the forays of a novice restaurateur and hotelier, Melvyn Haber, into the exotic world of French chefs, lovable con-men and "Big Spenders." As a raconteur, Haber has a few equals. With his droll wit and style, he wends his way through one outrageous escapade after another and takes you along for the entertaining ride! Melvyn "Mel" Haber, internationally-acclaimed restaurateur and innkeeper/owner of the historic Ingleside Inn and Melvyn's Restaurant was a gracious host to the world's elite and a generous humanitarian and philanthropist. His wit and talent for storytelling was legendary. In his signature self-deprecating manner, Mel Haber often recounted how he managed to parlay virtually no previous experience in the hospitality industry into an enormously successful business despite himself. He characteristically turned his jokes on himself, which was a large part of his charm that endeared him to countless visitors from around the globe. The irrepressible restaurateur documented his misadventures and encounters with the rich and famous at his renowned establishment in a 1995 humorous tome called  Bedtime Stories of the Legendary Ingleside Inn.  In 2009, he wrote a second book  Palm Springs á la Carte: The Colorful World of the Caviar Crowd at Their Favorite Desert Hideaway,  co-written by author Marshall Terrill.