Devour the Desert 

A Palm Springs Food & Culture Journal

The Local Culture | Joseph Barbera Found a Home in Palm Springs. His Cartoons Still Feel at Home Here.
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The Local Culture | Joseph Barbera Found a Home in Palm Springs. His Cartoons Still Feel at Home Here.

There are people who come to Palm Springs to escape their work.

And then there was Joseph Barbera.

Barbera was one-half of the team behind Hanna-Barbera, an animation studio whose work is embedded in American pop culture, whether or not we recognize the name.

Tom and Jerry. Yogi Bear. Huckleberry Hound. The Flintstones. The Jetsons. Scooby-Doo. The Smurfs.

It is a rather impressive list for two men who began by making cartoons about a cat trying to kill a mouse.

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The Local Architecture | Atomic Dreams & Coffee Shops: John Lautner, Googie and the Palm Springs State of Mind
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The Local Architecture | Atomic Dreams & Coffee Shops: John Lautner, Googie and the Palm Springs State of Mind

By the 1950s and 60s, Palm Springs had become an unlikely playground for architectural experimentation. Hollywood stars escaped Los Angeles for weekends in the desert, bringing money, glamour, and a taste for the futuristic. Architects arrived eager to test radical ideas under endless blue skies.

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