Palm Springs, California, lies in the mountains and desert east of Los Angeles, surrounded by wind farms. “The 10,” as Californians call I-10, is the Sonny Bono Freeway there in memory of the city’s former mayor and member of the U.S. House of Representatives. A major street, Palm Canyon Drive, is lined with exotic restaurants and shops, much like Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Boulevard. Other streets are named for the rich and famous who lived here at one time or another – Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Ginger Rogers, Gene Autry, Gerald Ford and Monty (“Let’s Make A Deal”) Hall. There are said to be 110 golf courses in the area, and some Seminar participants played golf on Monday for $150 (a deal!). Courtesy Associates, who organized this biggest of fuel cell conferences in the U.S. and said this was their best ever, sure knows how to pick a location. The 2006 Seminar, November 13-17, will be in the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. That should be even warmer!
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