Pools, golf, restaurants, Indian casinos (which have a lot of concerts) and shopping. It's a resort town. El Paseo in Rancho Mirage is also good for shopping and dining. There's a huge outlet mall in Cabazon which is 20 min away. Date shakes are pretty popular too. Palm Springs is a lot of gay men. Palm desert, Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells is a lot of retirees, golf courses and resorts. The aerial tram may still have some snow. I was in Indian Wells on Monday, quick day trip to hang at the pool. It was nice. I used ResortPass to buy a daypass at the pool, which was Vegas-esque. Lots of mid century modern designs, probably some tours. Just make sure it's not a coachella weekend, otherwise it may be all fucked up. There is also some huge gay week or weekend around that time called the white party or something. I think it takes over a ton of pools and hotels and the streets. The Parker is a cool hotel to check out, although I don't think they let the public go in the garden and pool area anymore. It's really awesome (super expensive to stay there). There is an Elmer's Pancake House as well as Dutch Brothers. If you run out of things, I heard the Salton Sea is interesting as is "salvation mountain". I've never been to either personally but they are in the area.
It's only a matter of time before he starts talking about his golf game and monogramed smoking jacket!
We gotta reserve this place: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1415908?source_impression_id=p3_1561069579_O2g8ID/Ikg0Brj/I It's the only one on this list in the US, and we're less than a 4-hour drive away.... https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/..._medium=email&utm_campaign=1617622898&ST=RF_A
It's popular there. It's an odd culture with so many retirees. Even going out to eat, all wealthy retirees. The tommy bahama store is huge
I used to volunteer to work the weekly parish bingo game almost 40 years ago, and those old ladies were vicious. If they didn't get exactly the cards/sheets they wanted, they'd tear your heart out and show it to you. And if they lost after all that, it was still my fault. It was a stressful 2 hours. It would be interesting to see how they react in Palm Springs.
Trying to find some good Christmas vibes this winter. I like cities that are cold-ish, lots of lights, big department stores all decorated out, hot apple cider, christmas lights, and all that jazz. Already did NY which was great and got some in London last year as well. I've done SF and Vancouver in the past and it was pretty good since I went to the Charles Dickens fair, which was really cool. Thinking maybe Boston may be good? Montreal? Not sure if I wanna do a Eurotrip, if the prices are good maybe. https://localadventurer.com/best-places-to-celebrate-christmas-in-the-us/
https://dickensfair.com/ Its back! Wish it was indoors, it was inside a convention hall and it was warm AF in there.
Gold Rush town Nevada City California is great that time of year....no neon...historical small town nestled in theh Sierras with lots of entertainment within a few blocks area..Victorian Museum, winery, Friar Tucks winebar, Crazy Horse Inn, lots of live music...Lola Montez theatre...gas lamps on the streets..one of my favorite places in Northern Cal...
May just do Disneyland. Maybe Leavenworth. Who knows. There's a dutch village in CA called Solvang, but its not that impressive tbh.
Lake Tahoe. https://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/LakeTahoeCA/activity/BestLakeThaoeChristmasThingsToDo.cfm
