Guidebook for Yucca Valley
Drinks & Nightlife
Pappy's is the most popular music venue in the area. It's also a killer BBQ restaurant and bar, in an actual western movie set turned tiny town. Check their calendar before your trip for show listings. REALLY good food. Vegetarian options too! But I almost always get the pork chop!
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Pappy & Harriet's
53688 Pioneertown RdPappy's is the most popular music venue in the area. It's also a killer BBQ restaurant and bar, in an actual western movie set turned tiny town. Check their calendar before your trip for show listings. REALLY good food. Vegetarian options too! But I almost always get the pork chop!
Very popular live music venue, bar and restaurant. It's location, right on the corner at the JT crossroads (Highway 62 and Park Ave), makes it sort of the apex of town. Big patio for warm weather dining and full indoor bar, pool tables and dining areas. There always seems to be something lively going on here. Expect long wait times during holiday periods. Check local listings and their website for featured entertainment.
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Joshua Tree Saloon
61835 Twentynine Palms HighwayVery popular live music venue, bar and restaurant. It's location, right on the corner at the JT crossroads (Highway 62 and Park Ave), makes it sort of the apex of town. Big patio for warm weather dining and full indoor bar, pool tables and dining areas. There always seems to be something lively going on here. Expect long wait times during holiday periods. Check local listings and their website for featured entertainment.
Dive bar feel, late night fried food, burgers and sandwiches. Huge event room for live entertainment. Karaoke nights weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays (unless otherwise listed), DJ nights and live bands. Hang with the locals and rock out.
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Gadi's Restaurant & Bar
56193 Twentynine Palms HighwayDive bar feel, late night fried food, burgers and sandwiches. Huge event room for live entertainment. Karaoke nights weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays (unless otherwise listed), DJ nights and live bands. Hang with the locals and rock out.
Food Scene
Great coffee and baked goods, salads, sandwiches and bagels. WIFI to work or just hang out. Fun, friendly staff. In the heart of the best shopping in Yucca Valley.
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Frontier Café
55844 Twentynine Palms HighwayGreat coffee and baked goods, salads, sandwiches and bagels. WIFI to work or just hang out. Fun, friendly staff. In the heart of the best shopping in Yucca Valley.
GREAT SUSHI! It's seriously so good. The staff is sweet at the atmosphere is lovely. Plus, they have all you can eat rolls for $20 at lunch and $25 at dinner Mon-Sat!
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Kimi Grill
54850 Twentynine Palms HighwayGREAT SUSHI! It's seriously so good. The staff is sweet at the atmosphere is lovely. Plus, they have all you can eat rolls for $20 at lunch and $25 at dinner Mon-Sat!
Because it's amazing. Follow them on INSTAGRAM for the most accurate info on their hours and closures. DON'T TRUST THE WEBSITE OR VOICE MESSAGE, they are not updated. Early dinner, late lunch...typically Wed-Sun 2-7pm...but DO check first. There is often a wait. Hip and delicious, so worth it!
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La Copine
848 Old Woman Springs RdBecause it's amazing. Follow them on INSTAGRAM for the most accurate info on their hours and closures. DON'T TRUST THE WEBSITE OR VOICE MESSAGE, they are not updated. Early dinner, late lunch...typically Wed-Sun 2-7pm...but DO check first. There is often a wait. Hip and delicious, so worth it!
GREAT FOOD, and the nicest people! Perfect before or after a sweaty hiking day in Joshua Tree National Park. The owners also run St Francis Fountain in San Francisco!
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Crossroads Cafe
61715 Twentynine Palms HighwayGREAT FOOD, and the nicest people! Perfect before or after a sweaty hiking day in Joshua Tree National Park. The owners also run St Francis Fountain in San Francisco!
Just coffee. Incredible, strong, organinc, fresh-roasted, fresh-brewed coffee. Located behind Instant Karma yoga studio, with a patio for enjoying the sunshine (or umbrella shade) while getting a jolt. Pick up some ground coffee to make at the house or a bag of beans to take home. We ALWAYS do!
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Joshua Tree Coffee Company
61738 Twentynine Palms HighwayJust coffee. Incredible, strong, organinc, fresh-roasted, fresh-brewed coffee. Located behind Instant Karma yoga studio, with a patio for enjoying the sunshine (or umbrella shade) while getting a jolt. Pick up some ground coffee to make at the house or a bag of beans to take home. We ALWAYS do!
A cute little Spanish style inn near the North Entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. The restaurant is next to the pool and nice for outdoor dining when the weather permits. Good steaks, seafood, pasta and fresh organic veggies grown on the premises. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Wine, beer and cocktails.
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29 Palms Inn
73950 Inn AveA cute little Spanish style inn near the North Entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. The restaurant is next to the pool and nice for outdoor dining when the weather permits. Good steaks, seafood, pasta and fresh organic veggies grown on the premises. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Wine, beer and cocktails.
Good family-friendly Mexican place. Margaritas, beer and cocktails. Very close to the house, just 5 minutes down the hill at Joshua Lane and 29 Palms Hwy. Adjacent Kokopele Kantina has karaoke and the restaurant menu available until 11pm on weekends if you're in to that sort of thing ;-).
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La Casita
56895 Twentynine Palms HighwayGood family-friendly Mexican place. Margaritas, beer and cocktails. Very close to the house, just 5 minutes down the hill at Joshua Lane and 29 Palms Hwy. Adjacent Kokopele Kantina has karaoke and the restaurant menu available until 11pm on weekends if you're in to that sort of thing ;-).
Pie for the People!
58960 29 Palms HighwayBecause...GREAT PIZZA!
Indian food and pizza? You know Anthony Bourdain's rule about not eating at places that make 2 kinds of food? Break it! Sam's is legit. Delicious, and quite popular. Wait times expected during weekends and holidays, but take out is always an option. Order several dishes and share!
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Sam's Indian Food & Pizza
61380 Twentynine Palms HighwayIndian food and pizza? You know Anthony Bourdain's rule about not eating at places that make 2 kinds of food? Break it! Sam's is legit. Delicious, and quite popular. Wait times expected during weekends and holidays, but take out is always an option. Order several dishes and share!
Our favorite mercado to stock up on Mexican groceries, dry goods, produce, meat, snacks, beverages, etc. Cook your own feast, or grab trays of taco fixin's in the back to bring home and feed your crew. A full taqueria in the back of the market serves up the best taco's, enchiladas, tostadas, burritos, tortas, quesadillas, menudo, etc in the high desert. Fast, cheap and so delicious!
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Kasa Market & Taco Shop
56089 Twentynine Palms HighwayOur favorite mercado to stock up on Mexican groceries, dry goods, produce, meat, snacks, beverages, etc. Cook your own feast, or grab trays of taco fixin's in the back to bring home and feed your crew. A full taqueria in the back of the market serves up the best taco's, enchiladas, tostadas, burritos, tortas, quesadillas, menudo, etc in the high desert. Fast, cheap and so delicious!
Non-descript little place in the strip mall behind Wells Fargo bank. We stumbled upon it when the wait at Sam's was too long, and were thrilled to find great Vietnamese food and friendly service! I have food restrictions and was pleased that the cook/proprietress was happy to come out of the kitchen to answer questions about her menu. Plenty of gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options. Fresh and flavorful!
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Pho 85 Vietnamese Chinese Restaurant
57069 Twentynine Palms HighwayNon-descript little place in the strip mall behind Wells Fargo bank. We stumbled upon it when the wait at Sam's was too long, and were thrilled to find great Vietnamese food and friendly service! I have food restrictions and was pleased that the cook/proprietress was happy to come out of the kitchen to answer questions about her menu. Plenty of gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options. Fresh and flavorful!
Yep, good Thai food in the desert. The server might make fun of you if you order a level 5 on the spicy scale... definitely "at your own risk". She told me "People don't actually believe us that it's VERY spicy, it's the highest level so OF COURSE it is! Don't order 5 if you can't handle it". I like her attitude and the food was great (mine = level 2).
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Royal Siam Cuisine Thai Restaurant
61599 Twentynine Palms HighwayYep, good Thai food in the desert. The server might make fun of you if you order a level 5 on the spicy scale... definitely "at your own risk". She told me "People don't actually believe us that it's VERY spicy, it's the highest level so OF COURSE it is! Don't order 5 if you can't handle it". I like her attitude and the food was great (mine = level 2).
Parks & Nature
Probably the reason you’re here. Definitely a must-see, regardless. The West Entrance is 16 miles from the house. Named for our region’s twisted, bristled Joshua trees, the park straddles the cactus-dotted Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert. Keys View looks out over the Coachella Valley. Hiking trails weave through the boulders of Hidden Valley. Incredible camping in several campgrounds, stargazing for days! A climber and boulderer’s paradise. A photographer’s dreamland. Entrance fee is $25 per vehicle for a 7-day pass, $12 for a motorcycle or bicycle.
First make a stop at the Visitor’s Center for maps, and other info. Open 8:am–5:pm.
6554 Park Boulevard, Joshua Tree, CA
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Joshua Tree
Probably the reason you’re here. Definitely a must-see, regardless. The West Entrance is 16 miles from the house. Named for our region’s twisted, bristled Joshua trees, the park straddles the cactus-dotted Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert. Keys View looks out over the Coachella Valley. Hiking trails weave through the boulders of Hidden Valley. Incredible camping in several campgrounds, stargazing for days! A climber and boulderer’s paradise. A photographer’s dreamland. Entrance fee is $25 per vehicle for a 7-day pass, $12 for a motorcycle or bicycle.
First make a stop at the Visitor’s Center for maps, and other info. Open 8:am–5:pm.
6554 Park Boulevard, Joshua Tree, CA
The Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is a 31,000 acres (130 km2) native plants habitat and wildlife preserve located in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of the Transverse Ranges, in the transition zone between the higher Mojave Desert and lower elevation Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert. Due to its location within this transition zone, the area is especially high in natural diversity. The natural spring fed desert oasis found here is one of the 10 largest Cottonwood and Willow habitats in California. It is also identified by the Audubon Society as one of the most important avian habitat areas in California.
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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
11055 East DriveThe Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is a 31,000 acres (130 km2) native plants habitat and wildlife preserve located in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of the Transverse Ranges, in the transition zone between the higher Mojave Desert and lower elevation Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert. Due to its location within this transition zone, the area is especially high in natural diversity. The natural spring fed desert oasis found here is one of the 10 largest Cottonwood and Willow habitats in California. It is also identified by the Audubon Society as one of the most important avian habitat areas in California.
Sightseeing
Though it requires an advanced reservation (sometimes booking months out) for a “Sound Bath” (a spiritual and meditative experience inside the structure), even if you aren’t able to secure that, this is still a very cool place to check out.
Anyone interested in aliens or UFO-ology must visit! Built in 1954 over several months a circular, dome-topped building, 38’ tall and 55’ in diameter, constructed by George Van Tassel over the course of nearly two decades in perfect accordance with the instructions of an extraterrestrial visitor! Yes, you read that right!
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Integratron
2477 Belfield BlvdThough it requires an advanced reservation (sometimes booking months out) for a “Sound Bath” (a spiritual and meditative experience inside the structure), even if you aren’t able to secure that, this is still a very cool place to check out.
Anyone interested in aliens or UFO-ology must visit! Built in 1954 over several months a circular, dome-topped building, 38’ tall and 55’ in diameter, constructed by George Van Tassel over the course of nearly two decades in perfect accordance with the instructions of an extraterrestrial visitor! Yes, you read that right!
A beautiful, and VERY steep tram ride up the wall of Chino Canyon, with breathtaking views of Palm Springs and the valley floor below. Since it’s completion in 1963, nearly 18 million people have traveled the 10-minute, 2.5 mile ride, which begins at the Valley Station (elevation 2,643 feet) and ends at the Mountain Station (elevation 8,516 feet). There are over 50 miles of hiking trails at the top, as well as two restaurants, 2 documentary movie theaters, a gift shop and a natural history museum.
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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
1 Tram WayA beautiful, and VERY steep tram ride up the wall of Chino Canyon, with breathtaking views of Palm Springs and the valley floor below. Since it’s completion in 1963, nearly 18 million people have traveled the 10-minute, 2.5 mile ride, which begins at the Valley Station (elevation 2,643 feet) and ends at the Mountain Station (elevation 8,516 feet). There are over 50 miles of hiking trails at the top, as well as two restaurants, 2 documentary movie theaters, a gift shop and a natural history museum.
Shopping
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55872 Twentynine Palms HighwayVintage and used. Great stuff, fun store!
Beautiful jewelry, new and vintage clothes, accessories and desert style for days. If you forgot to bring a sun hat and you need the coolest one, find it here.
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Hoof & The Horn
55840 Twentynine Palms HighwayBeautiful jewelry, new and vintage clothes, accessories and desert style for days. If you forgot to bring a sun hat and you need the coolest one, find it here.
Ricochet Vintage Wears
61731 Twentynine Palms HighwayJam-packed with vintage and second-hand scores!
I could spend hours in this shop, and have! Some of our favorite pieces in the house come from here. Multiple vendors always have new stuff coming in. Antiques and vintage, local artisan crafts, industrial, reclaimed wood, indoor and outdoor furniture. Amazing!
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Route 62 Arts & Antiques
55635 Twentynine Palms HighwayI could spend hours in this shop, and have! Some of our favorite pieces in the house come from here. Multiple vendors always have new stuff coming in. Antiques and vintage, local artisan crafts, industrial, reclaimed wood, indoor and outdoor furniture. Amazing!
Funky trinkets and souvenirs. Camping and hiking essentials...even showers! Really everything Joshua Tree and high-desert related: books, guides, maps, toys, candy, gifts, supplies, t-Shirts, hoodies, hats, rocks and minerals, cards, socks...
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Coyote Corner
6535 Park BlvdFunky trinkets and souvenirs. Camping and hiking essentials...even showers! Really everything Joshua Tree and high-desert related: books, guides, maps, toys, candy, gifts, supplies, t-Shirts, hoodies, hats, rocks and minerals, cards, socks...
A cluster of tiny shops including: Space Cowboys Books, Dusty Deserette (vintage and resale clothing), Art Queen: featuring wearable art and wildly loveable screen printed objects by Shari Elf, galleries, and new stuff all the time. Open 11-5 most weekends, Summer hours vary
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Sun Alley Shops
61871 Twentynine Palms HighwayA cluster of tiny shops including: Space Cowboys Books, Dusty Deserette (vintage and resale clothing), Art Queen: featuring wearable art and wildly loveable screen printed objects by Shari Elf, galleries, and new stuff all the time. Open 11-5 most weekends, Summer hours vary
This charming, eclectic shop in a repurposed gas station is a must-stop in Joshua Tree. Lots of cool gifts, locally made coffee, candles, chocolate, t-shirts, cactus, jewelry, pottery and olive oil, along with an amazing selection of groovy vintage treasures, magazines, records and home decor. Also an event space available to rent, with a gorgeous back patio and bar. The owners are super friendly and fun to chat with, former set designers from LA with obvious talent for design and craft. Love the shop dog, Loyal, he's a real good boy.
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The Station Joshua Tree
61943 Twentynine Palms HighwayThis charming, eclectic shop in a repurposed gas station is a must-stop in Joshua Tree. Lots of cool gifts, locally made coffee, candles, chocolate, t-shirts, cactus, jewelry, pottery and olive oil, along with an amazing selection of groovy vintage treasures, magazines, records and home decor. Also an event space available to rent, with a gorgeous back patio and bar. The owners are super friendly and fun to chat with, former set designers from LA with obvious talent for design and craft. Love the shop dog, Loyal, he's a real good boy.
Be sure and stop here while heading in to, or returning from Joshua Tree. Plain and simple on the outside, but full of goodness on the inside! Beer, wine, rocks and minerals, great gifts, housewares and fine desert goods. The owners are sweet people (notice a hi-desert theme here?), happy to hang out and chat about wine, art and their love for the area.
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Wine and Rock Shop
59006 Twentynine Palms HighwayBe sure and stop here while heading in to, or returning from Joshua Tree. Plain and simple on the outside, but full of goodness on the inside! Beer, wine, rocks and minerals, great gifts, housewares and fine desert goods. The owners are sweet people (notice a hi-desert theme here?), happy to hang out and chat about wine, art and their love for the area.
Great prices for vintage scores. Stop in often, you never know what you might dig up!
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Black Luck Vintage
49950 Acoma TrailGreat prices for vintage scores. Stop in often, you never know what you might dig up!
Robert Dougherty and Janelle Pietrzak first worked together when she was his a pprentice at a vintage motorcycle shop. He is a skilled craftsman, specializing in custom fabrication and metal work. She is a textile artist, with a history in fashion design. Together they combine wood, metal and fiber to create objects, fine art, site specific installations and custom furniture. Visit Janelle's tiny shop in her textile art and creative studio and check out some of their work and many cool and beautiful items for sale.
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All Roads Design
55879 Acoma TrailRobert Dougherty and Janelle Pietrzak first worked together when she was his a pprentice at a vintage motorcycle shop. He is a skilled craftsman, specializing in custom fabrication and metal work. She is a textile artist, with a history in fashion design. Together they combine wood, metal and fiber to create objects, fine art, site specific installations and custom furniture. Visit Janelle's tiny shop in her textile art and creative studio and check out some of their work and many cool and beautiful items for sale.
Shari Elf's shop full of wearable art and hand screen printed items is full of humor and positivity. Shari is also the genius and craftswoman behind the Crochet Museum.
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Art Queen
61855 Twentynine Palms HighwayShari Elf's shop full of wearable art and hand screen printed items is full of humor and positivity. Shari is also the genius and craftswoman behind the Crochet Museum.
Arts & Culture
Starting in the 1950s, sculptor Frank Antone Martin fashioned concrete into over 35 Biblical figures. Despite the apparent theme, he created the park as his personal statement of peace rather than religious devotion.
Statues dot the hillside wrapping above the Evangelical Free Church of Yucca Valley. There are groupings of disciples listening to the Sermon on the Mount, apostles and other biblical characters in discussion or contemplation
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Desert Christ Park
56200 Sunnyslope DrStarting in the 1950s, sculptor Frank Antone Martin fashioned concrete into over 35 Biblical figures. Despite the apparent theme, he created the park as his personal statement of peace rather than religious devotion.
Statues dot the hillside wrapping above the Evangelical Free Church of Yucca Valley. There are groupings of disciples listening to the Sermon on the Mount, apostles and other biblical characters in discussion or contemplation
Salvation Mountain is located in the lower desert just east of the Salton Sea and about a hour and a half from Palm Springs. Salvation Mountain must be seen to be fully appreciated. Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint, and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world. From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top, the recurring theme of "Love" is everywhere at Salvation Mountain. Creator and folk artist Leonard Knight actually lived on sight for 30 years, painting and creating his masterpiece until a few years before his passing in 2014.
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Frelsesbjerget
603 Beal RdSalvation Mountain is located in the lower desert just east of the Salton Sea and about a hour and a half from Palm Springs. Salvation Mountain must be seen to be fully appreciated. Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint, and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world. From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top, the recurring theme of "Love" is everywhere at Salvation Mountain. Creator and folk artist Leonard Knight actually lived on sight for 30 years, painting and creating his masterpiece until a few years before his passing in 2014.
A great art museum, worth seeing. It’s not huge, so it can be visited in an hour or two. CLOSED WEDNESDAYS! Thurs 12-8pm, Friday-Tues 10-5pm.
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Palm Springs Museum Trail
101 N Museum DrA great art museum, worth seeing. It’s not huge, so it can be visited in an hour or two. CLOSED WEDNESDAYS! Thurs 12-8pm, Friday-Tues 10-5pm.
Noah S Purifoy was an African American visual artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Watts Towers Art Center and creator of this incredible outdoor museum. Located in an isolated area in the outskirts of Joshua Tree (but easy to get to), the Noah Purifoy Museum is an open field of "Assemblage" art (previously known as Junk Art), consisting of mysterious and disturbing forms which are open for the viewer to immerse themselves into... in other words: SUPER COOL! And free, tho small donations encouraged.
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Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum
62975 Blair LnNoah S Purifoy was an African American visual artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Watts Towers Art Center and creator of this incredible outdoor museum. Located in an isolated area in the outskirts of Joshua Tree (but easy to get to), the Noah Purifoy Museum is an open field of "Assemblage" art (previously known as Junk Art), consisting of mysterious and disturbing forms which are open for the viewer to immerse themselves into... in other words: SUPER COOL! And free, tho small donations encouraged.
It's World Famous...and it's in a One-Hour Fotomat Booth! One of these days curator Shari hopes to learn how to crochet, but for now she honors all of the anonymous folks (well, mostly old ladies) who went to the trouble to make the lovely creations that make up her collection and make the Crochet Museum possible. Check it out!
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World Famous Crochet Museum
61855 CA-62It's World Famous...and it's in a One-Hour Fotomat Booth! One of these days curator Shari hopes to learn how to crochet, but for now she honors all of the anonymous folks (well, mostly old ladies) who went to the trouble to make the lovely creations that make up her collection and make the Crochet Museum possible. Check it out!
Temporarily CLOSED until further notice, as the City of Palm Springs has forced Robolights to relocate.
At ROBOLIGHTS, You are taken into a parallel universe walking through immensely long zig zagging pathways that leads up to hundreds of giant robots, aliens & huge light displays everywhere, space ships, rocket sleds and art created out of aproximately a thousand tons of stuff including donated junk from over the last few decades that has come from family, neighbors, friends etc. Junk that would have otherwise ended up in a land fill but has been transformed into art everyone can enjoy.
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Robolights
1077 E Granvia ValmonteTemporarily CLOSED until further notice, as the City of Palm Springs has forced Robolights to relocate.
At ROBOLIGHTS, You are taken into a parallel universe walking through immensely long zig zagging pathways that leads up to hundreds of giant robots, aliens & huge light displays everywhere, space ships, rocket sleds and art created out of aproximately a thousand tons of stuff including donated junk from over the last few decades that has come from family, neighbors, friends etc. Junk that would have otherwise ended up in a land fill but has been transformed into art everyone can enjoy.