Sunnylands Totem Pole Dedication
I simply cannot stay away from Sunnylands. As you probably know by now, the former Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage has been totally refurbished and is open for small-scale…
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Fond Memories of the Music Festivals
April is gone and with its departure came the close of the famous music festivals—Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival—that favored our fabulous Palm…
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Time to Pretty Up The Pink Elephant Sign
We get an average of 350 days of glorious sunshine beaming down on our beautiful Palm Springs Valley each year. So it’s no wonder that Rancho Mirage’s landmark sign of…
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Agua Caliente Waters Café
For their visit to the Palm Springs White Party, my friends Chris and Kevin from Calgary decided they wanted to stay at a place they’d only viewed from afar—the Agua…
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Potter Asks, “Is it Time to Freshen Up?”
It’s no secret that the Palm Springs Valley is an amazing place to visit for rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation. And when a visitor returns home after time spent in our…
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McCallum Theatre
I was absolutely beside myself when I recently returned home to my Rancho Mirage abode from running errands in the Palm Springs Valley to find in my mail stack the…
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Certified Farmers Markets in the Palm Springs Valley
Buying groceries can be challenging under the best of circumstances. But add to that all the press about how our food is grown, raised, altered, salted, enhanced, and fattened, and…
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Desert Garden Tours
As a designer who dabbles in a variety of areas including home design, special events, and furniture and accessories, I was drawn to the annual Desert Garden Tour hosted by…
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Coachella Music Fest: Fab Beyond Words
There’s just one word needed to convey my love for the music festival known simply as “Coachella”: AWESOME! The Palm Springs Valley was abuzz last weekend with over 100,000 people…
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Palm Springs Walk of Stars
Lily Tomlin and her life partner, Jane Wagner, were honored recently with the 345th star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Their joint celestial body—the first for a same-sex…
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