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Palm Springs has always been known as the playground for the Rat Pack and other Hollywood elite.
Palm Springs Life Archives
According to The New York Times, Palm Springs is the perfect place to “dive into the past” and indulge your penchant for all things Rat Pack. The section “Live Like Frank,” in a travel feature called “12 Unexpected History Trips,” celebrated the city’s reputation as Hollywood’s second home and its fun-in-the-sun attitude.
But we already knew all that.
We know that at Melvyn’s at the Ingleside Inn (760-325-0046; www.inglesideinn.com) you can belly up to the same bar that brushed bellies with Frank and company. We’re always suggesting a visit to modernist-inspired Orbit In (760-323-3585; www.orbitin.com), a boutique hotel with midcentury-themed suites furnished á la Eames and Noguchi, and poolside sipping of Orbitinis. We love to spend weekends relaxing retro-style at Ace Hotel & Swim Club (760-325-9900, www.acehotel.com), grabbing a cocktail at the Amigo Room and lunch at King’s Highway, with its delightfully kitschy vibe and great food.
We also relish dining amid the orange minimalism of Trio Restaurant (760-864-8746; www.triopalmsprings.com) and lounging at the recently renovated, ’50s resplendent, and zebra-wooded Riviera Resort & Spa (760-327-8311; www.psriviera.com). The chronically hip folks at Playboy magazine like the Riviera too — so much so that the resort’s Starlite lounge made it onto “Playboy’s Guide to America’s Greatest Bars” in August.
Palm Springs — it’s the hot place to be, in more ways than one.
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