From One Rancho Mirage Mayor to Another
As outgoing Mayor Ted Weill handed over the City of Rancho Mirage’s reins to incoming Mayor Charles Townsend, he reflected in his last official “Mayor’s Message” on all that’s been…
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Rancho Mirage is Restaurant City
Ever since rooftops started popping up on Rancho Mirage’s Restaurant Row more than four-and-a-half decades ago, the city’s been known as a Palm Springs Valley gastronomic magnet for foodies near…
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The Fisherman’s Drops Anchor in Rancho Mirage
As much as I love Rancho Mirage and the entire Palm Springs Valley, you know I have been known to escape to the cooler coast now and then. When I’m…
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Rancho Mirage Restaurants Donate to Dining Out For Life
How often do you get to have a great meal and do a good deed all at once? Well, come Thursday, April 27, you can “Make One Meal Matter” when…
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Spring Music Fest Fashion Show at Forever 21
There are just about seven sleeps left before the triple-header-music-fest-weekends of Coachella 1, Coachella 2, and Stagecoach, which take place on—respectively—April 14-16, April 21-23, and April 28-30. That means that…
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Desert X Spoils the Senses with Site-Specific Art Installations
Weather-wise, March and April are two of the most beautiful months of the year to visit my beloved hometown of Rancho Mirage, where one can luxuriate in one of our…
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Coachella & Stagecoach are Almost Here
April always means good music in the desert. And with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival happening on the consecutive identical weekends of April 14-16 and 21-23 … plus…
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Rancho Mirage’s Hidden Breakfasts
The 2017 issue of R/M magazine—that gorgeous, 96-page glossy magazine that came out a month or so ago—has a dining story titled “Top of the Morning,” which lists all the…
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ANA Inspiration is Here!
From March 29 to April 2, more than a hundred pro and amateur women golfers will hit the greens at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage for the 2017…
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Bernie’s Moves From Palm Springs to Rancho Mirage
When Rand Howell and Geoff McIntosh began their romance more than 44 years ago, their favorite bar was a hole-in-the-wall named Bernie’s in Pocatello, Idaho. Back then, the pair fancied…
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