Text and Image Photography--No Golden Palms in Palm Springs

The word "golden" doesn't cut it in Palm Springs

Today, I bring you a little bit of text and image photography to Palm Springs Daily Photo. The post begins with the words golden palms. No business in the city has picked  up that name.

We've got Twin Palms (the name of Frank Sinatra's estate) and Colony Palms (a hotel on Indian). Across the Coachella Valley there's Two Bunch Palms, 1000 Palms, Pacific Palms, Indian Palms, Rancho Las Palmas (that would be Palms in Spanish), Whispering Palms, Heritage Palms and Andres Palms.

Certainly golden palms exist in Palm Springs. When the sun reflects on the palms' trunks at a certain angle, they turn orange (or rusty brown if you look close), a beautiful site for sure.

Naming is an art in these desert cities. Consider Rancho Mirage, a name that is poetic, almost spelling out upper class as it sits right in the Valley's mid-section, prime real estate in a sun-drenched land.

At one time there was consideration of renaming Indio to Rancho Indio to give it some glamor, but you don't hear about that much anymore.

Names are important here. They spell class and given an air of sophistication.

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