We had a wonderful game of golf on an executive course with Tom and Claire....really cheap too....$10! There is lots of reasonable golf in the area. We started playing this course around 3:30 and there was no one else on it. Wonderful views of the mountains all around and absolutely a perfect temperature. It really is paradise around here. We should have taken their suggestion to have a quick bite before the Valentine Day crowds but since we had a late lunch we decided to take our chances. Really crazy with people waiting up to 1 -1 1 /2 hours everywhere so ended up back in our hotel suite with a couple of sandwiches from Borders, a bottle of wine, a cancle and a rose....quite fun really. Seemed to be lots of screaming kids in all the restaurants around here so probably better.

We've booked a place for January of next year! Our plan was to look around at places but Claire pointed out people often book a year in advance so seemed like a good idea since then we will have the pick of places and know what we're getting. We decided to locate within a few blocks walking of Palm Springs itself as we really liked the animation there and it means we won't have to be constantly driving. It was great having this Internet connection in our room so did the preliminary looking online then went to a booking agency in Palm Springs and narrowed it down. It's in a super looking complex called the Deauville, 3 pools, tennis courts, lots of lush vegetation and fountains. Our unit is an upper one bedroom (with California Kingsize...even bigger than normal, of course!), two bathroom, large balcony very elegantly furnished suite of about 750 sq ft. We talked to some owners and it's an older, quieter crowd so should be perfect for us. We were very pleased to get that all sorted out. Initially the search is rather overwhelming because there is so much choice but lots of places are rather deserted and not really suitable for what we want.

Saw Lost in Translation last night...very amusing and thoughtful.

Jim's going to play golf today (could hit 80 degrees apparently) and I'm going to stroll El Paseo in Palm Desert...lots of neat shops and art galleries but you don't want a man dragging around...