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Desert Wedding Weekend with Friends

·Palm Springs, California·#travel#spring#desert#friends#wedding
A person swims in a bright turquoise pool, surrounded by dark green trees and distant mountains under a sunny sky.

Two of our friends got married in Palm Springs this weekend, and a whole crew of us came out for it, booked into the ACE Hotel & Swim Club on East Palm Canyon. Most of the daylight went to the pool, which has the mountain sitting right behind the hedges and a bougainvillea going off at one corner.

The night ran through a supper club with a guy working a mic from a stool, then a tiki bar built into a lava-rock wall with clamshells wedged in it, then another bar with a whole sailfish mounted over the wood paneling. Palm Springs keeps its old rooms.

The wedding itself was on a lawn under string lights, red cups and cornhole boards instead of a dance floor. The bride threw bags in her dress. Well after dark there were still six guys in shorts holding down one end of the boards, and one of them had gotten hold of a microphone.

The morning after: loungers dragged into the shade, big hats, nobody moving fast.

A person speaks into a microphone on a stage in a restaurant with dining tables and other patrons.Two people with wide eyes and open mouths take a selfie in front of a dark rocky wall with clam shells and a flower.Two people hug and smile under a wooden ceiling, lit by red-tinted light, with a fish taxidermy and plant behind them.Three people gather outdoors in front of a large tree and mountains, holding red cups.A garden party at dusk with people playing games on grass, string lights, and palm trees in the background.Six men stand on grass at night; one holds a microphone under string lights, with a building behind them.Six people pose and smile outdoors at night, with string lights visible overhead.Three women in bikinis and hats relax on lounge chairs outdoors on a sunny day with grass and trees.

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