Palm Springs Weekend

To celebrate our 2nd year wedding anniversay, D and I took a weekend trip to Palm Springs. On our way there, we made a breakfast stop at Hadleys and I had my date banana shake. Next we stopped at the Cabazon outlets. D found some deals at the Nike outlet for some more running gear. He was especially proud of the deal he found on a pair of shorts.

Then we drove to the Palm Springs tram, which rotates as it goes up the mountain. We ate lunch at the top and took in the view.


The food is really nothing to write home about, but here I am, doing it anyway. This is the "Santa Fe Chicken Wrap".


An aerial view of Palm Springs.


There's snow at the top of the San Jacinto mountains, even though it was in the 90's in Palm Springs last week (it wasn't that hot when we were there).

After coming back down the mountain, we checked into our hotel, the Doral Princess Desert Resort, which we bid on through Priceline.

D took a quick swim, even though it was windy, as can be seen here:



On Rachael Ray's recommendation, we ate at the Kaiser Grille for dinner. I had made reservations for 5 p.m. (for the early bird special), but after walking on the main strip for a bit, D was famished. So, we ended up going to dinner at 4:30! I think that is a record for us.

The ambience is pretty nice.


Here is D's pork chop. Overall, we enjoyed our food, but it wasn't at the very top of any of our rankings. We overheard another couple talk about Rachael, too. I guess they didn't pay very good attention to her though, because they neglected to ask about the early bird dinners. Apparently, the waiters keep them under wraps, so you have to specifically ask for the special menu. I felt bad because the woman ordered something from the regular menu that was also on the early bird menu, and the waiter did not even say anything! Doesn't that seem unethical?

The next morning we went to another R.R. pick: More than a Mouthful Cafe. I'm afraid R.R. led us a bit astray with this one. It was kind of overpriced, and the portions, while large, did not really justify the prices. D enjoyed his eggs benedict and I had french toast with boysenberry syrup--yum. The menu even mentioned that the breakfast soup, which R.R. ordered on $40 a Day, was a "Food Network Favorite".

Overall, it was a fun weekend get-away. D had fun zoom-zooming in the Mazda 6. The past two years have gone by pretty fast. I'm looking forward to the years to come.