Showing posts with label Palm Springs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palm Springs. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

This is How we Do... ♫ ♪

We knew when we went to bed last night that we had a pretty 'busy day' ahead of us.


A.m. rituals, work some, then...Spaaaaa Daaaaay!(Oprah voice) A real spa day! Say wanted to 'reward' us for helping her with her website...what better way, than spa day!?


We were up early again this morning, hopefully it's turning into a habit. I'm sure the nicer weather and the places we are going is going to make that time even earlier. It feels great to be up & at 'em, getting all of the usual stuff out of the way, then by 9 a.m....It's on!


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After getting up, I walked Savannah, tried to go into Petsmart but I was too early...again. I did read the sign wrong, they open at 9 a.m., not 8...boo. I'm sure we both would have enjoyed it. We all met up in Joon Van and while they worked diligently, I made cafe' and worked on some of my stuff. A couple of hours later, everything is looking good on her site and everyone is ready to blow off some steam at the spa...yes, I just said that! haha We packed up and drove Downtown to the Spa Resort. The weather is perfect today, it's a little overcast so it won't be too hot, perfect for Nana's set-up. We walked into the club...Sayward giving us the grand tour. This place couldn't be a better place to be. The Spa has a fitness center, a full day (women & men, just separate) private spa with mud baths, saunas, massage, tranquility rooms and 3 different pools as well as an attached hotel, restaurant and casino. After the full tour, we were signed in, given keys and the doors were opened to our afternoon playground. We all went off in different directions: Say-Pool, Me-locker room, J'-Showers.




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I started in one of the weight rooms, there were a bunch of different machines for pretty much everything: arms, legs, chest, butt, abs, back. I moved around the room mostly working the things I would like toned, it's not every day you get good machines like that! I finished up on a spinning bike for about 15 minutes at a good pace with some pretty good resistance. J' did his own workout with weights and jump rope. We both met Say out by one of the mineral pools after our workouts. The sun has been peeking in and out of the blankets of clouds that are lying on-top of us. It's super nice.


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There is a great breeze that is the perfect blend of warm and cooler air. I feel like a kid getting into all of the different pools, all 3 pools are set at a different temperature, the cool breeze against your skin is such an exhilarating feeling...makes you feel your skin! Sayward asked me what I was thinking... I said, "I was just thinking to myself...do I want to get into this pool...or that pool." She giggled with happiness that that was what I was contemplating at the moment.




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Our lunch was probably the most refreshing thing we've had to eat in a minute...other than the world's best sandwich yesterday...A huge chicken salad with spinach, cukes, roasted peppers, tomatoes, egg whites, bacon bits, olives, BIG blue cheese crumbles, cheese and avocado, with the most amazing homemade salad dressing. The salad was of amazing proportion and was just divine...yummmmerssss. I don't even have a picture because I wasn't missing out on any of that!


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We said our see-ya's to Say and were driving down the road by 6:30 p.m.




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The Coast was calling our names, we had to mush on.


Wish us safe travels...


PEACE

Monday, March 18, 2013

It's Poppin' in Palm Springs

Today seemed like a good day to switch it up a bit...time to move on. Palm Springs here we come!


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We drove in around 12:45-ish, maybe even 1 p.m. Palm Springs is a gorgeous area, the landscaping is done just beautifully: lush green plants & trees, among the prettiest flowers everywhere. When we mentioned to a friend, a few weeks ago that we would be in Palm Springs, she said she would be here for another couple of weeks...another reason to stop for a few days. We drove into town and stopped to find our bearings before driving all over...only finding the town is much smaller than we thought so driving around to find things was much easier.


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We connected with our friend, Sayward, over the phone...she wouldn't be back in town for a couple of hours. We used that time to go frolic downtown! The downtown area of Palm Springs is pretty awesome. It's very artsy! The way it is laid out, it kind of reminds me of a mix between Lincoln Road in Miami with a blend of Denver. I love it! ♥ 




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They have the Forever Marilyn statue: a 26 foot tall bronze & stainless steel statue of Marilyn Monroe, in her most famous pose in her white dress blowing all around her, it weighs over 34,000 lbs.! It was pretty rad. 




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They even have their own Walk of Stars...not with the handprints but cool nonetheless. We stopped and talked to a chick on the street, who recently just became homeless and couldn't be more happy with herself. J' was giving her ideas about selling her art at the upcoming art festival next weekend. We named her "Palm Springs Chrissy". She is the most positive, proud, happy, outspoken 'homeless' person I've ever talked to...it was a nice, upbeat conversation. We walked the entire downtown area, getting some pretty nice pictures, we found some great parking spots and then headed over to meet up with Say where she is staying. We pulled up and there she was, just as beautiful as ever! It's always nice to see radiant, shining people. We got parked behind her & leveled-up, then over to enjoy her hugs. I'm sure we sounded like chickens: squawkin', gigglin', talkin', hugging, laughing...great! After getting settled in our spot, we joined her in her rig for the remainder of the night, chattin' away getting all caught up on the last 3 months of our lives. She is really easy to spend time with, she sees life in the positive and has good insights on a lot of different topics. The night was relaxing and full of good energy...the time just flew by. 


We will spend a few days here with Say, taking time for work and time for play. She says there is sooo much to show us...woohoo, our personal tour guide!


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PEACE