While in Palm Springs we knew many recommend going on the Air Tramway and viewing Palm Springs from over 8,000 feet in elevation. We also knew of a few hot spots to make sure we ate at. We didn't know that the weekend we visited was also the weekend of the Short Film Festival. Although Palm Springs isn't all that big, there was no shortage of places to see, things to do, or places to eat great food.
We checked in on Wednesday at our small private Villa and then headed out to dinner at LuLu's California Bistro. Luckily we ate early because as we finished it was starting to get busy. We headed to the local grocery store with plans to buy a few grocery items so that we could stay in and cook for ourselves the following day. We had couples massages booked in the afternoon and figured all of Thursday we would stay in and just relax. We managed to watch all of season 1 of Game of Thrones and started some of season 2. We enjoyed a tasty bacon, egg, and sweet potato hash for breakfast. We made blackened Cajun grilled salmon for lunch, and decided to go out for dinner eating at a pretty good pizza joint (Bill's Pizza). Friday we explored the gorgeous views of Palm Springs thanks to the Air Tramway. Before heading up to the Tramway, we grabbed a huge bite to eat at Pinocchio's for breakfast. Huge doesn't even begin to describe the size of my breakfast omelet. Next we ventured over to the Tramway. The views were truly amazing. I'll admit I wasn't a huge fan of the Tramway. The going up wasn't as bad but the going down definitely bothered me a bit. Ironically it was the opposite for Marc.
We decided to go back to the hotel and use up some of the food we had bought at the grocery store. Saturday we made breakfast ourselves to again use up ingredients we had bought. We also hung out in our room waiting for our new room to be ready. We stayed in Villa 7 but then for the final night were transferred to Villa 4. At first, when booking the trip I wasn't sure how I felt about having to move rooms but the reviews for each Villa were so amazing that it seemed like a win win to be able to stay in multiple villas for the experience. Villa 7 was amazing but so was Villa 4. If we go back I will guarantee we will try out another Villa just to say we stayed in another one for the experience. They are all equally great! We enjoyed lunch in our Villa and watched the rest of season 2 and season 3 of Game of Thrones. Dinner we went out to Fisherman's Market and Grill. While in Palm Springs there wasn't a single bad dish of food we tried. One friend had said "Make sure you go to Sherman's Deli before leaving Palm Springs". We planned to get up somewhat early so we could get home by mid afternoon. Marc's parents were ready for us to be home. Food was on low supply with all that we had made over the past few days. We decided Sherman's Deli would be the perfect spot as we left Palm Springs. Oh the choices. It was overwhelming. Many of the choices were super sized. The breakfast we ordered to go was ok but the desserts we ordered were to die for. This trip was so memorable for so many reasons... the quality kid free time together, the adventures exploring Palm Springs, the food (we made and food made at all the different restaurants), catching up on a tv series we never found time for over the last year we've owned the series, and the conversations that weren't geared towards the kids or money or any other normal day to day topics.
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