RTH Shop — Local services in Palm Springs

Some nice things. High prices pay the rent, I guess. Nowhere else but L.A. could you put those price tags on those items and expect to have customers do anything but laugh their way out the door. But here, all you have to do is behave as if you're exclusive, curate your little boutique as if it's a museum, and then sprinkle some marked up chotchkies around for those with finite funds to take home as consolation prizes. If you buy something big, you're a mark. If you buy something small, you're a push-over. If you buy nothing at all, the shop attendants weep, and I'm assuming they're later beaten...

RTH is not just a store, but a gift. The fragrance of leather and wood permeate, special items ooze from every wall, table and ceiling inside and outside merchandised with a deft hand. The associates are experts and have deep product knowledge. I always find something new. One can spend $25 or $2500 and leave with something never seen before. All my gifts come from RTH. Clothes, jewelry, leather, ceramics, pottery, accessories and...

Cool little boutique right on La Cienega Blvd (Melrose shopping expanded). This shop, a few doors below Melrose, has a wonderfully curated feel to it. It sells a bit of clothing, some jewelry & bags, and pottery and home goods. Modern Bohemian. I loved most of what I saw in there; but don't have the disposable cash to make the place a habit; as...