Old Town La Quinta — Attraction in La Quinta

A nice area of La Quinta to visit for a little shopping (not many retail shops here) or a nice meal. There are plenty of restaurants for lunch or dinner. It’s considered “Old” La Quinta, but when we arrived we were a little disappointed to learn that it was only built about 20 years ago and was just designed to look old. There is street parking available, and adjacent free parking lots for times when it gets a little busier. I admit, we expected a little more and were a little disappointed. We thought that we might spend several hours here, but ended up only spending a little more than an hour to...

Went to Cali Rosina Tea shop. Yes please. I came out with the poolside coconut lavender tea with hint of lemon. Talk about delish. Sug and I had a craft taste test and I could've chosen a few I absolutely desired. Don't sleep on their chocolate varieties. Literally from all over the world in one shop. Ding ding!!! Sweet touch. I didn't try but the smell filled the shop and made me ask what was cooking? Avacado toast!!! 3 or 4 orders came through as we taste tested. What a treat! Then we headed over to TQLA's for brunch. Yummy!!! Thanks to @Chefwivesclub for the tour...

This place is so, so nice! I only wish they could actually ever unlock the bathrooms so I wouldn’t have to leave Old Town every time I need to defecate. Thanks Old Town management you guys are really killing it, the classic mark of a a really good and effective team is the INABILITY to accomplish basic tasks, and not being able to consistently unlock a door is a fantastic example of that inability. Please don’t take this as too big of an insult just use this to be better, or else I might have to take a dump in the middle of Main Street next time I have...