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Wander and Wonder
SHUT UP AND DRIVE
You didn’t come to Palm Springs just to lounge
around by the pool with a tangerine mimosa
(although, there is certainly no shame is filling your
itinerary and your stomach with just that). The
Palm Springs Art Museum (101 N Museum Dr) is a
great way to combine culture and air-conditioning
when the desert temperatures break triple digits.
If you’d like the mid-century modern aesthetic
to call your mantle home, swing by Bon Vivant
(766 N Palm Canyon Dr), whose colourful and
collectible glassware will instantly brighten your
space even if you can’t take the sunshine with you.
No pilgrimage to the desert is complete without,
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well, a pilgrimage to the desert. Less than an hour
drive from downtown Palm Springs is Joshua Tree
Park. The gnarled branches of its namesake are at
once ominous and beautiful. Do you like rocks? You’ll
find a ton of those here too. If you’ve got time for
a detour, take a moment to visit the strange and
eerie world of Noah Purifoy’s Museum, a sprawling
sculpture park devised from repurposed “junk”.
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