Big change of pace - from Kilimanjaro to Palm Springs. I’m a sucker for these colorful retro Americana spaces that are all over the town. This is the milkshake shop “Great Shakes” - and yes, I also bought a shake, obviously. •• Known as LA’s resort town, Palm Springs has gone through many revivals. From a town of glamorous desert vacation homes for Old Hollywood and the Rat Pack, to the home of modernist architecture, to perhaps the most LGBTQ-friendly city in all the US (the city council is currently 100% LGBTQ), Palm Springs, like the rest of California, thrives on reinvention. •• It’s quirky and puzzling and wonderful, like so much of the Southwest desert is. I can’t wait to explore more. . . . .