Retro Palm Springs swings to a Frank Sinatra soundtrack and lounges poolside beneath moonlit palms, a place where movie stars retreat to soak up sunshine while dodging paparazzi.
Then there's the hip new Palm Springs of more recent years, where millennial meets midcentury modern, inspired by _ but not slavishly indebted to _ the swanky days of yore.
Two Palm Springs hotels, one new from the ground up, the other a fabled 1950s property redecorated _ twice _ by celebrity designer Jonathan Adler, demonstrate these two sides of the desert getaway's mystique.
