Palm Springs, CA 2013

Brooke and Marc's wedding was in Palm Springs and while we were there we got to explore  Palm Springs a little. It's a desert resort town, and it was pretty quiet in June. The population is about a third gay and you could tell with all the artsy awesomeness and the good food and coffee. We walked about a mile up and down Palm Canyon Drive, the main street in Palm Springs.

Palm Canyon Drive, the main street in Palm Springs


View of side street off Palm Canyon Drive

We had the chance to grab pastries at Koffi, where they serve really good coffee, and sit outside in the shaded Corridor area. We also had breakfast Green Palms Cafe, which is delicious and has a lot of healthy and/or vegan choices. Our breakfast was somewhat healthy but not vegan. Though I didn't have time to check out the art museum, I took lots of silly poses in front of the huge "Forever Marilyn" statue outside the museum. 

Don Quijote? inside The Corridor area

Marilyn outside the Palm Springs Art Museum

Me and Marilyn!

Even the actual wedding venue was a very "Palm Springs" treat. It's an artist colony, called Colony 29, and soaking in the pool all day is definitely part of what you're supposed to do in Palm Springs! We got a pretty good taste of the city before we head out on our Mojave Desert Roadtrip. We even drove by the huge and alien wind farms on our way out.

Colony 29

Kevin wandering around Colony 29

 

Kevin, me, Marc, and Brooke soaking for 8 hours in a pool at Colony 29

Wind farms of California