the cafe at shields date garden

lots of fun in indio, california. i read about shields, i wanted to experience it for myself. the parking lot is huge. the gift/souvenir shop is huge. there are lots of date samples. there is atheatershowing a film about dates. our lunch on the patio was most pleasant. my half a shields salad was interesting: spinach, asian pear, mango, walnuts, blue cheese, dates and cranberries. barc had a perfectly prepared medium rare cheeseburger with salad. emily took excellent care of us. after lunch we walked through the gardens. it reminded me of the stations of the cross with several additions. it was a fun place to visit. we know a lot about growing dates....don't try it at home.

the weekend before we went to palm springs, jake and i went to the bacon fest at the fair. normally when i go to the fair i have a whole list of things i want to get, one of them being a date shake. well, if you remember that post then you’ll know i was not able to consume one other thing and was not able to get my date shake. then i remembered that dates totally grow in the desert! and that i could probably get a date shake during our trip! and i was totally right. enter: shields date garden in indio, ca. there’s no way you can miss shields with this giant solider in a suit of armor pointing out the way. this side of the building is pretty unassuming. the other side though has got this risque looking sign talking about the romance and sex life of dates. see what they did they? dates. heh heh. of course i had to go watch it. of course. you have to walk through the whole store (which sells a variety of sweets, snacks, and of course dates) to get to the littletheaterin the back. it’s a