Holiday Dining at Rancho Mirage Resorts
The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! And in addition to gifts and good cheer, that means guests and a great many number of meals to prepare (and clean…
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CHEF SPOTLIGHT – Chef Richard Pelz, WALLY’S DESERT TURTLE
Some people are born to cook. And Richard Pelz is one of them. From learning to cook traditional French food with his mother, to working his family’s vineyard in the…
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Sunnylands Is Here for Valley Community
Most of we fortunate enough to live in or visit the Palm Springs Valley know of Rancho Mirage’s Sunnylands—the former estate of the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg—as the location…
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Dogs Welcome at the Westin Mission Hills—For Free!
My cool San Clemente friends Charlie and Chaz have two delightful dogs—a chipper Chihuahua and a chunky Chow—and I adore them all. But when they come to visit me from…
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My Favorite (Holiday) Things
Christmas and the holidays are a special time of year no matter where one finds oneself. But when that “where” is the Palm Springs Valley, there are truly magical Yuletide…
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Cello’s Pantry in Rancho Mirage
I am always hungry and I love to eat. But let’s be honest. Sometimes I don’t want to go out, I don’t want to cook, I don’t even want to…
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Elite Rancho Mirage Retailers Hayman – Summers and PIRCH Team for Holiday Open House
As a professional interior designer, it’s quite literally my job to love all pretty things for the home, and to shop for them often. If, in doing so, I can…
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Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage Spa Director Timothy Williams and the Five Favorite Things About His Job
Every time I visit the spa at the Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage, reveling in the exquisitely luxurious space under the hands of gifted professional therapists, I’m reminded not only of how…
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Walking Tour of the Inns
Although my dearly departed mother was a faithful employee of a small resort—serving cocktails for years at the original Palm Springs Racquet Club in the ’50s and ’60s—I’ve always preferred…
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bluEmber Kicks Off its Wine Dinner Series in Style
The only thing better than dining at bluEmber—the signature restaurant of Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage—is dining at bluEmber on one of the evenings it’s…
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