Day 1 - 76 degrees

What a great first day here in the desert!  I woke up early yesterday and sat on my balcony for a little while looking at the mountains.  I then got dressed and headed over to Koffi, one of my favorite places here in Palm Springs.  Great coffee, and a beautiful courtyard out back where you can sit and stare at the mountains for hours.  I didn't stay though - I got a couple of coffees and some croissants and headed over to my friend Michelle's to help her with her yard sale.  I pulled away from the curb a little too quickly and tipped over the entire tray of coffee and milk.

Michelle was in the middle of her third panic attack when I arrived and thrilled to see me show up.  Having been through a few of these I know that the buyers start showing up when they want regardless of what time you tell them.  She'd had people arriving since before 7AM.  I helped her set up and then stayed for a few hours.

I would have stayed longer but when I got there I realized that her house number was 1841, not 1842 as I had written on the enormous box of supplies that I'd had shipped to her.  I left so that I could call UPS and reassure myself that my things were not already on their way back to NJ.  Fortunately they were not scheduled to be delivered till Monday.

I spent the rest of the day shopping - Trader Joe's, Target, and most importantly - the Apple Store!  I am now the proud owner of a Macbook Pro - my first official Mac ever.  I admit it - I love it.  I was always happy with my previous computers but this is the first time I have ever owned a computer that I can not wait to use.  Although it is so beautiful I almost don't want to.  I love it - I would marry it if I could.

Saturday night had a wonderful dinner at Tropicale with William and his new man Mark, as well as friends Bev and Stan and our friends from NY Lisa and Peter.  Great food and a wonderful evening.  Everyone looked great and we laughed a lot.  One of the highlights of the evening was a new lip gloss that Bev brought with her called See the Light - it has a built-in mirror AND light in the container.  Really amazing - I think we all tried it.

Time to head to Koffi. I am so glad to be out here.