ACE hotel.

So these past couple of weeks have been a bit hectic and crazy. I started my last semester and boy, has it consumed me. The first weeks are always busy because we have extra days in the skills lab, etc. I had my first official critical care rotation last week. I got to go in the Cath lab and watch angiograms. However, this was cut short because we had to go back to school for our lab class. This week, I will be in the MICU for 12 hours. I am very excited and am looking forward to all that I will learn.

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So, for one of the first weekends in January, my husband and I were finally able to take our mini vacation. Instead of buying gifts for one another for Christmas, we decided to put the money towards a night away. We chose to book a night at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. All I can say is WOW. The drive wasn't too long, and we left pretty early to make sure that we could really enjoy ourselves and the time away. The check in time wasn't until 3pm, but we got there around 11:30 to see if there were any rooms ready earlier. Luckily, there were and we got to settle down in our room before 12! We walked around the property and ended up sitting down at the pool for a couple of hours. We relaxed in the sun, with food and drink in hand. There was a DJ playing music due to the weekend holiday, which added to the relaxing environment. Later, we rented out a tandem bicycle to ride around Palm Springs. This was something that we had never done before, but we loved it! Later, we went back to our room and got ready to grab some dinner at King's Highway Diner--which is connected to the ACE and used to be an old Dennys. While eating in the diner, we got to play Bingo as this was their usual Monday night special. Although we didn't win anything, we had so much fun and got to see into the future of our retirement Bingo nights. The next day, we woke up, went and laid out by the pool, took a walk, and then sadly, had to check out. On our way out, we stopped by the downtown area and ate at this delicious restaurant called Palm Greens Cafe. It had so many vegetarian and vegan options and the food was amazing. We will definitely be going back to this place.We also were able to stop by "The world's biggest dinosaurs" on our way home. Pat had never been there before, so we stopped and took pictures and walked around.

Here are some pictures of our trip.

During our drive to the ACE

The lobby

Our amazing room

The walls are covered in canvas!

Lounging by the pool

Community fire place

Pat picking cuties

What a babe

Our successful bike ride on the tandem

Pat's dream of seeing the "world's biggest dinosaurs" has been fulfilled

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Overall, the Ace was fabulous. The ascetics and feeling of the hotel were just amazing. It was actually an old Howard Johnson that was fixed up and beautified, and they did a great job. The staff was really helpful and friendly and we were both able to relax and enjoy ourselves. We would recommend this hotel to anyone. The location, food, decor, and experience were all worth it and we will be making another visit here ourselves as soon as the time allows--That or visiting one of the other locations!

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Have a great week!

XO