McLaren at Desert European Motors in RM
While window shopping for a new car—which, frankly, I don’t really need, but a guy still loves to look!—I happened upon a fun sneak preview of a fab automobile at…
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Keep Eating Despite Restaurant Holidays
As August arrives (August? Already?), I’m reminded that many of the Rancho Mirage fine wining and dining establishments I patronize regularly the rest of the year are about to give…
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Bronzing Your Bod at Sunstone Spa
With such an embarrassment of abundant sunshine as we have in Rancho Mirage and the Palm Springs Valley, it’s easy for me to maintain a healthy, golden glow year-round. But…
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3 Great Places to Dine in Rancho Mirage
Dining in Rancho Mirage Dining in Rancho Mirage can be a lot of fun. Here are three establishments we highly recommend. 1. Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse Babe’s has crowned Brewery…
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Summer Wine Dinner Series Ends at Westin Mission Hills
In vino veritas. And the plain truth is that, if you’ve so far missed out on the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa’s interactive summer wine dinner series—held once…
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Rancho Mirage Community Park Renovation Almost Complete
Our premiere hometown green space—Rancho Mirage Community Park—is in the midst of more than just a quickie facelift. Truth be told, the work that is in the final stages of…
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Indian Wells Tennis Garden Expands Again
Did William Shakespeare play tennis? I guess only his trainer knows for sure. But according to Larry Ellison—the billionaire co-founder of Oracle who not only owns sprawling Rancho Mirage estate…
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Rancho Mirage is Foodie Heaven
When my foodie friends ask me to extoll the culinary virtues of the Palm Springs Valley, I always zero in on Rancho Mirage because—in my humble opinion—my hometown has it…
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Jazzing It Up in Idyllwild
Taking a short drive—barely an hour from my home in Rancho Mirage—through the San Jacinto Mountains transports me from my beloved Palm Springs Valley desert into a cool Alpine mountain…
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Babe’s Beer Wins Again
Just a few weeks ago we revealed here that Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse—that famed eatery and brew purveyor ensconced at The River in Rancho Mirage—had recently been crowned Brewery of…
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