Live! from Palm Springs California Part III - Benita's 30th Birthday Celebration

Thanks so much for the overwhelming response to Part 1 & 2 of Live! from Palm Springs.

If you missed it, check it out here.

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We’ll just open Part 3 in the words of Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble as they entered the Flintmobile, 'CHARGE IT!

This day was absolutely grueling. After we settled in and rested, the first action item on the agenda was to learn a little more about the towns-people and their customs. Here’s what we discovered (Sacagawea style):

• there are an extraordinarily large number of hybrid cars
• the real estate market here is exceptional if you’re in the market for condo at a TREMENDOUS discount.
• the area is a little too close to the San Andreas fault, at least for my taste…unless you like a little rockin’ every now and then.
• ceviche is a requirement for any menu (and so is granola?!)
• it’s HOT! When people say “it’s a dry heat”, that’s true, but it’s still hot.

But most importantly during our discovery, we found the BEST Marshall’s (retail store) in America….bar none. The clothes were extremely fashionable at amazing prices. Lesson for next time: “Don’t pack a thing, just buy it when you get there”. By the way, the airline people really should be more lenient when it comes to the 50 lbs rule because, truly, 50lbs isn’t very much (nickel and dime-ing hard working Americans like us – I’m offended). Admittedly, I’m speaking selfishly here.

Anyway, the Marshall’s experience got us thinking “what other little shopping treasures can we uncover while we’re here”. Well, it didn’t take us long to find Cabazon Outlets in Cabazon, CA.

Okay, before I continue, we have to pause here for a moment and I have to take a deep breath because I really don’t want to oversell this place……

……..how can I say……

IT IS THE MOST AMAZING OUTLET MALL I’VE EVER BEEN TO IN MY LIFE!!

I didn’t even know Ferragamo had a “company store”. What the?! Are you kidding? And the Coach outlet….ACES! So after a few hours at the mall (which is HUGE), we decided that it was time to relax :)

Back at the hotel, while the sun was still high in the sky, we caught some rays by the pool. You might be thinking, but aren’t you naturally tan? The answer, of course, is yes; however, part of the fun in getting a tan is so that when you come back, everyone else knows you went somewhere warm with lots of sun.

Now, because one member of the trip is currently eating for two, we thought it best that we have a nice, well-balanced meal. It was at one of our meals, that the birthday girl gave us a cutesy decorated martini glass, you know, for our water.

Stay tuned for Part 4 to learn more about where all of these glasses were used. It’s a good thing that glasses can’t talk.

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