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Post #360884 by Wildsville man on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 2:08 AM

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Palm Springs - My Way

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November 2004
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Following Sinatra's footsteps in the California desert

In search of post-round Rat Pack sustenance, I repaired to the Caliente Tropics Resort, a tiki-inspired hotel at the foot of the mountains bordering downtown Palm Springs. Frank and the boys frequented its Cellar Bar. I found The Reef bar, but Joel Cutler, the hotel's director of sales, told me the Cellar Bar had gone under. "A previous owner filled it with concrete," Cutler said, later joking that if I wanted to unearth any Rat Pack secrets, I should "come back with a jackhammer."

just some stuff I found