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Sweet! Dylan's Candy Bar Comes to Palm Desert

Where: 9003 Shadow Ridge Road [map], Palm Desert, CA, United States, 92211

Many's the celeb that comes to the Californian desert in search of laid back hotels, Betty Ford rehab or Coachella, but now it's a famous brand that's making its entrance: the Marriott Vacation Club Shadow Ridge in Palm Desert has just opened a Dylan's Candy Bar.

The cavity-causing Marriott shop is the first on the West Coast. The brand, whose flagship store is the New York City emporium, comes from Dylan Lauren, daughter of famous fashion designer Ralph Lauren.

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Palm Springs Area Hotel Guide: Inside the La Quinta Resort and Club

Where: 49-499 Eisenhower Drive [map], La Quinta, CA, United States, 92253

While it's definitely the off-season for Palm Springs right now, it's also the best time to take advantage of cheap room rates at some of the desert's best hotels. We'll be rounding up some of the Palm Springs area's (including Palm Desert) most notable hotels this month. Got any suggestions or questions? Let us know.

We decided to take a spontaneous trip to Palm Springs with a few girlfriends this weekend. Forgoing the thought of sleeping on a friend's couch--or worse, the floor--we decided to hit up Hotwire to see what we could find.

And what we found and booked was a spectacular deal of $94 a night at the La Quinta Resort & Club, a sprawling Waldorf-Astoria Collection hotel made up of little casitas and villas in Palm Desert.

For realz. $94 a night. So we jumped in our friend's car and made the two-hour drive from Los Angeles into the dead heat of the desert.

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