Sunday ; Sunny and very warm, no wind, a perfect “June 18” type of day.
After lunch we headed into Palm Springs, to attend a Coachella Valley Symphony Orchestra concert at Annenberg Theatre, attached to the Palm Springs Art Museum, an extraordinary piece of architecture perched on the edge of Tahquitz Canyon, on the edge of downtown Palm Springs. WOW ! What a building ! What a canyon !
Today’s concert was “Best of Stage & Screen”. It was only the second symphony orchestra concert we have attended since “retiring” 17 ½ years ago. The concert was … okay. A bit disappointing. A bit mediocre. A bit short in duration. A bit expensive. HEY … it’s Palm Springs !
After the concert we went for an early supper at Sherman’s Deli, our favourite restaurant in Palm Springs. As always, we were not disappointed with our meal experience at Sherman’s. Joanne had Matzo Ball Chicken Soup, then a rack of barbecued baby back ribs. I had Sweet & Sour Cabbage & Beef Soup, then liver and onions. Oh, yes … Sherman’s knows how to do liver and onions !
When I parked the truck on the street about a block from Sherman’s Deli I had to be careful not to bump the lime green Lamborghini ! It certainly was … <blink blink> … shiny !
Monday ; Very sunny and very warm, temperature in the low 80’s !
This morning while Joanne did laundry I drove into Desert Hot Springs and ran some errands. I dropped some items for donation at Angel View Thrift Store, and then went inside to shop for … HMPH ! I couldn’t remember what I was supposed to be looking for in the thrift store. <shrug> Oh, well … I went inside anyway, planning to look around and maybe that would jog my memory. My memory wasn’t jogged, but … HA HA HA … I bought something that I totally didn’t need anyway. I’ll give it to Joanne as a birthday gift. HA HA HA HA HA !
When I returned home Joanne reminded me what I was supposed to look for at the thrift store. Oh, yeah !
In the afternoon I removed the truck’s wheel liners, hub caps, and valve extenders in preparation for tire service and rotation tomorrow.
I’m typing this a few minutes after 11 PM, as I watch/listen to the late night news on NBC Palm Springs … (<PANT PANT> … news anchor Olivia and weather woman Chloe). The news story is about a local organization teaching children how to play street hockey. HA HA HA HA HA … Palm Springs children have to be taught how to play street hockey. <ROFLMAO>
Tuesday ; Sunny and very warm, windy in the evening.
We drove into Palm Springs around lunchtime. First stop was Best Care Shoe Repair to pick up my repaired SAS grey shoes, then we went for lunch at Felipe’s Cafe, a Mexican restaurant in the same mall. Despite great reviews, which is why Joanne chose Felipe’s, we were both disappointed. Joanne ordered a shredded beef burrito, and I ordered a shredded beef taco salad bowl. We shared them. They were both unseasoned, relatively tasteless, and … mediocre at best. The complimentary tortilla chips and salsa served upon being seated were better.
After lunch we drove across town to the multitude of shopping malls at the intersection of Monterey Avenue and Dinah Shore Drive in Palm Desert. We shopped quickly at the 99 Cent Only Store, then Joanne went to Wal-Mart by herself while I went to America’s Tire to have a tire repaired and all seven tires rotated. EXCELLENT service at America’s Tire ! Quick check-in right at appointment time, tire with screw in it repaired, all seven tires rotated, quick check-out within an hour of arrival, as estimated.
Cost of one flat tire repair and rebalance ; zero ! Cost of seven tire rotation ; zero ! <blink blink> When I checked in the service writer/assistant manager asked where I had purchased the truck’s tires. Answer ; Canadian Tire in Penticton, British Columbia. I could only surmise afterwards that he thought Canadian Tire is the Canadian “affiliate” or “subsidiary” of America’s Tire, where flat repairs and tire rotations are free for life when tires purchased there. <shrug> Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, I guess !
Wednesday ; Sunny, very warm, a bit (Santa Ana) windy, cool in the evening.
This morning our early walk led to the weekly farmers’ market at the front gate of the resort. This afternoon I worked on reinstalling the spare tire underneath the truck, and <sigh> putting air into all the truck’s tires using my small air compressor. Yesterday the service technician at America’s Tire reduced the air pressure in all seven of the truck’s tires from 80 PSI (correct) to 65 PSI, the manufacturer’s recommendation for tire pressures … for an UNLOADED truck, not one with 4700 pounds of camper on its back.
AND … <heavy sigh> … he installed the driver’s side outer rear dually INCORRECTLY, with the inner tire’s valve blocked by the outer wheel’s “spoke”, preventing the installation of the necessary valve extender. I will have to return the truck to America’s Tire to have that tire and wheel removed and reinstalled correctly.
You would think that a tire service technician would know how to install dually tires correctly, wouldn’t you ?
Thursday ; Sunny and very warm during the day, cool in the evening,
<sigh> Last night around supper time our next door neighbours’ sixteen year old cat snuck out of their camper van … and hasn’t been seen since. After more than twenty-four hours, his survival and safe return seems unlikely.
This afternoon we went into Desert Hot Springs to run a few errands. We shopped at Angel View Thrift Store for an item we are looking for. They didn’t have it. BUT … I did buy myself a shirt. We also shopped for groceries at Stater Bros. In the evening I baked chocolate chip cookies as an alternative to a birthday cake for Joanne. It didn’t go well ! <shrug> Ya win some, ya lose some !
Friday ; Joanne’s 68th birthday ; HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE
Sunny and warm during the day, very chilly in the evening.
We left home at 5:30 PM and headed into Palm Desert to have Joanne’s birthday dinner at Mi Cultura Cuisine, a Peruvian and Colombian restaurant. It was interesting, but not as good as Pollo Dokys, a Peruvian Restaurant we went to here in Palm Springs a couple of years ago. Before we leave the Palm Springs area I think we should go to Pollo Dokys again.
After dinner we went to McCallum Theatre, an upscale live performance venue adjacent to College of the Desert. Very posh ! My birthday treat for Joanne was dinner at Mi Cultura, and a live performance of Fiddler On The Roof at McCallum Theatre. EXCELLENT touring theater company performance of a … not so feel good story. I think we’ve seen Fiddler On The Roof performed live before, at Rainbow Stage in Winnipeg, probably around … forty years ago ?
Saturday ; Cloudy and warm.
Slept late. Had a long exercise session in the warm mineral pool before lunch. Had a long walk across the resort all the way to the highway and back before supper. Another relaxing, lazy day at Sky Valley Resort.
DSK
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