Playing Poker at Agua Caliente
Truth be told, playing poker has never been one of my passions. But watching people play poker, that’s a whole different story… Betting has rarely held my sway for me,…
Details
Script2Stage2Screen at Rancho Mirage
When Shakespeare declaimed that “all the world’s a stage,” he must have been (forward) thinking about the Palm Springs Valley. It seems everywhere you turn, there’s a troupe trudging across…
Details
Rancho Mirage High School’s Musical Theater University
The school year is well underway at the Palm Springs Valley’s newest high school in Rancho Mirage, and one of its signature programs—the Performing Arts Career Pathway—is humming along at…
Details
The Rammy Awards
February is the middle of awards season in Hollywood. The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Golden Globes—they’re all just warm-up for the…
Details
Rancho Mirage Welcomes “Dhat Island”
With all the great food and beverage establishments we have in the Palm Springs Valley, I seldom need to leave my hometown of Rancho Mirage to find somewhere special to…
Details
Eisenhower Medical Center Nurses
Some of my treasured regular readers may remember my writing last summer about my pal Heather from Houston, she who sold her mini-manse and relocated to Rancho Mirage full-time. One…
Details
Obama Returns to Sunnylands
I have to say, I was more than pleasantly surprised by the news that the President of the United States is returning to the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage this…
Details
It’s Time for Modernism Week 2014!
One of the Palm Springs Valley’s most interesting annual events is upon us, and I couldn’t be more excited about it all! Modernism Week 2014 takes place from February 13…
Details
Helping those with HIV/AIDS in the Coachella Valley
Many people are acutely aware that the Palm Springs Valley boasts some of the most award-winning and cutting-edge medical facilities for miles around—first and foremost being Rancho Mirage’s own Eisenhower…
Details
Park After Dark at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
Many of us have let our imaginations run wild about what happens after the lights go out at the zoo, but now the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens in Palm…
Details