- Amanda Gorman mural
- Best Bookstore in Palm Springs
- Costco for my annual eye exam
- Double Dactyl poem before we left
- Eye cream by Bruno. He was standing outside a skin care shop and gave me a sample of cream. Then he asked about my routine for eye care (nothing), so invited me in to treat me to a sample. It still feels stiff around my eyes. He tried to sell me a bottle for $400. After a couple other offers that sounded like QVC, he got it down to $149, before he finally gave up on me buying it. He was fascinating and funny and a really good salesman, I could tell, but I just wouldn’t buy something like that.
- Friendly husband who makes friends wherever we go
- Grape Nuts at Smart & Final (A 4-pound box costs $8-something, which is why I go there to buy it.)
- Historical Society where we picked up brochures and looked at an antique postcard exhibit
- Ice Cream for Keith–chocolate chip cookie dough. (I’m not sure why it didn’t sound good to me today, but maybe because I had just finished an extra sweet tea.)
- Joke on the sidewalk – “I don’t want to end the year on bad terms with anyone. APOLOGIZE TO ME.”
- Koffi for a London Fog latte for me and Cortado for Keith
- Lucille Ball in several places around town. What is her connection to PS?
- Marilyn Monroe at the Palm Springs Art Museum
- Nostalgia walking around Palm Springs – Do people even know who all these old celebrities were?
- Oofos recovery sandals that Keith tried on at the Birkenstock store. Added to his wish list.
- Perfume at Sephora – After nearly three months of enjoying my samples, I finally committed to choosing Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana.
- Quart of water at lunch, at least – three glasses full
- Restaurant called Los Arcos for a burrito
- Sam’s Club for Strawberries for Milo
- Toffee sample outside a shop I’ve never looked twice at. But after the sales tactic of handing out free samples, we went inside and almost bought some. It was so delicious.
- Unity of the human community – “We’re all made from the same 11 elements. We have more in common than we do differences.”
- Very multi-seated pedal-powered party bike driven by Gavin, who was a very friendly and interesting person that we talked to for a while. That’s Keith with the umbrella, catching the rain that had just started.
- Windmills on the way home, as usual.
- Xeriscape everywhere we looked
- Young and old crowding the streets – Spring break is in full swing in our neck of the desert
- Zone of welcomed graffiti