Kaufman House, Palm Springs. Image Credit: Barbara Alfors

Have a Lost Weekend in Palm Springs

In “The Jet Set,” Don hooks up with some “very Euro” swingers and heads to their swanky pad in Palm Springs. The place was just dripping with mid-Century modernist glamour: clean lines, panoramic views, boozy pool parties with tiny men’s bathing suits. You can spend a weekend in mid-century style at Palm Springs’ Orbit In and the Hideaway.  Then tour the town for some spectacular examples of modernist architecture. Guided architectural tours are available year-round. Pick up a map of mid-century modern landmarks at the Palm Springs Official Visitor Center, which was once the Tramway Gas Station designed by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers. Stroll the modern Palm Springs Art Museum designed by California renowned architect E. Stewart Williams.

From Whitman to Draper

Dick Whitman became Don Draper in Korea. Get a taste of the culture in Irvine, CA nestled between the 5 and 405 freeways, a small city peppered with Korean restaurants like so much Kimchee – the spicy pickled cabbage served with every Korean meal. There are no less than six soft tofu restaurants in Irvine, serving up bubbling bowls of the traditional dish along with a wide selection of “banchan,” various side dishes served in small bowls with every meal.

The Drapers’ Roman Holiday

There were so few moments in which the Drapers weren’t functioning with at least a moderate undercurrent of palpable hatred. One of those times was in Rome. Forget how dysfunctional your relationship is at the Waldorf Rome Cavalieri Hotel. Though Conrad Hilton himself is no longer around to run into in the lobby or take you out to dinner, his legacy lives on at the Rome Cavalieri, now a Hilton hotel.

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