Living and Learning From the Resort Life
Denise Harnett, whose father just happens to be Palm Springs Chief of Police Al Franz, was born in Thousand Oaks, California but raised in the Palm Springs Valley. After a…
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The Magnificent Kellers
Anyone who spends any time at all in the Palm Springs Valley knows that the area has long been home to an astounding array of amazing philanthropists. If I were…
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Rancho Mirage’s First Annual Writers Festival
My hometown is about to get a whole lot more literate, what with the recent announcement of the First Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, which is to take place at…
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Eisenhower Medical Center Named Leader In Health Care Equality
Let’s face it, in many parts of our beloved country being a part of the LGBT community can be a difficult road to travel, which is one of the many…
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Gay Wedding Bells in Rancho Mirage
Well, they’re finally going to do it! Now that marriage equality has returned to California, my San Diego friends Stephen and Diego (real name, I swear) are tying the knot. …
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Modernism Week’s Fall Preview – Save the Date!
It’s time to start looking ahead to some of the sure-to-sell-out events for the Fall – Winter – Spring 2013 -2014 Palm Springs Valley season, and one of my all-time…
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The Show-stopping The Show
Living in Rancho Mirage—smack dab in the center of the gorgeous Palm Springs Valley and all the wonderful world-class attractions, events, entertainment, and dining option s it has to offer—it’s…
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Very Big Little Films
Lest any of you think that hardworking Palm Springs International Film Festival director Darryl Macdonald takes the rest of the year off when said world-class event wraps every January, rest…
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Wet Fun in the Palm Springs Valley
Yes, it’s hot in the desert in the summer. No one ever pretends it’s not, even if we frequently joke about it being a “dry heat.” But as we all…
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Sunnylands: The Consummate Presidential Host
The June 7 – 9, 2013 visit of Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China to Rancho Mirage’s legendary Sunnylands estate garnered much-deserved worldwide attention…
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