Devour the Desert 

A Palm Springs Food & Culture Journal

The Local Design | You're Just My Type: Palm Springs Fonts
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The Local Design | You're Just My Type: Palm Springs Fonts

There are few places where a house number can make you smile.

Palm Springs is one of them.

Because in Palm Springs even the house numbers were designed.

That sounds like a minor thing until you start noticing it — the tall, geometric address numerals on a Krisel home, the crisp lettering on a vintage motel marquee, the careful typography on a mid-century storefront.

These weren't afterthoughts.

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The Local Flavors | The Cheese Blintzes at Liv's
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The Local Flavors | The Cheese Blintzes at Liv's

Nestled inside the Palm Springs Art Museum, Livs Palm Springs occupies one of the city's most charming dining spaces. Part museum café, part neighborhood gathering place, part hidden oasis, it somehow manages to feel both sophisticated and relaxed.

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The Local Culture | When Palm Springs Exhales
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The Local Culture | When Palm Springs Exhales

Every year, sometime around early June, Palm Springs exhales.

The snowbirds head north. The festival crowds disappear. Restaurant reservations become easy to find. Businesses close for the season. Parking spots materialize like miracles. The traffic on Palm Canyon Drive dwindles to a trickle.

And suddenly, the city feels empty.

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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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The Local History | Meet the Pioneer Women Who Created Palm Springs
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The Local History | Meet the Pioneer Women Who Created Palm Springs

Before Palm Springs was a mid-century modern oasis filled with Hollywood glitz, it was a rugged, isolated desert outpost. The oasis of palm trees and hot springs was a challenging place to live, yet in the early 20th century, a remarkable group of determined women settled this arid valley, laying the foundation for the glamorous resort town we know today.

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