BELIEVE

We were done and done with one, and then a few weeks later we were through and through with two. Both our kids were finally fully vaxed. We could travel again. So I bought incredibly expensive plane tickets to Palm Springs to visit my folks over winter break.

I LOVE Palm Springs. The palm trees alone are worth the trip. There are so many species. My wife will call them out as we drive, like Starbucks orders…

“There’s a SKINNY TALL, a SHORT FAT, a BEARDED REGULAR, a SHORT POTTED FAT, a MEDIUM POKEY SKINNY. Oh, look, a LARGE BEARDED FAT!”

(She might have been referring to me when she said that last one.)

(Although I’m probably an XL BEARDED FAT.)

But I digress.

I also love the restaurants, the way the streets are all named after movie stars, the cool mid-century modern architecture, date shakes from Shields, sushi that is somehow always fresh, and that you can’t hardly swing anything without hitting a fairway.