Palm Desert

After reading a lot of gossip about Pappy & Harriet’s (NY folks taking over a desert joint, incurring wacky lawsuits, the whole shebang), we thought we’d have to see (and taste) for ourselves. The town is in fact an artificial movie set, albeit with real buildings, as opposed to those simple facades that they use elsewhere. Martin did not see any church, but the “town” had a bank, a general store, and even a film museum! And of course, said saloon, Pappy and Harriet’s. Yum, we finally got our Wild West burgers, and not to forget their world-famous Chili Fries. On the way, Kyrian met one of the cowboys inside the Wild West Theatre across the parking lot from Pappy & Harriet’s. He turned out to be an actor with a group called The Bravados, who invited us to their monthly Wild West Show the next day. Sure enough, we’d be back – if there weren’t a certain FEMA alert…Læs mere