Video by Joel Hochberg I’m writing poolside. Stretched out on a chaise lounge with my lap top, a glass of iced tea and K. D. Lang on disk crooning in the background. There’s a dusting of snow on Mount San Jacinto. The palm trees in the foreground are glistening in the morning light and swaying…
DetailsAs the sun dips behind the Santa Rosa Mountains and the palm trees sway and rustle in the evening breeze, happy hour percolates in Rancho Mirage. Smile as you glide on to the patio at bluEmber at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa. Order you favorite libation, settle into a cushy lounge chair and let…
DetailsThe Palm Spring Art Museum is an officially designated Rancho Mirage HOT SPOT. In 2010 guests staying at Rancho Mirage resorts receive a VIP Access Privilege Card that provide adult admission discounts at four Palm Springs Valley HOT SPOT attractions. Just so you know – I’m crazy about museums. Make a point to stop in…
DetailsPlay like a pro and dress like a slob. Not good Rancho Mirage form in-season when the hotshots fill the town and everyone puts on the dog day and night. They say clothes make the man. Maybe. Depends on the man or the lady for that matter. A little distinction wouldn’t hurt when you’re hooking…
DetailsTickets for the 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first LPGA major of the year, are now on sale. This year, golf fans can make a major contribution of their own by supporting the charity of their choice. One hundred percent of the proceeds from advance ticket sales will be donated to charity. Tickets and can…
DetailsThe Indian Canyons is an officially designated Rancho Mirage HOT SPOT. In 2010 guests staying at Rancho Mirage resorts receive a VIP Access Privilege Card that provide adult admission discounts at four Palm Springs Valley HOT SPOT attractions. Since the beginning of time, long before Hollywood discovered the desert, a thriving community of people lived…
DetailsThe recent rains have capped our mountains with snow. What a sight! The Palm Springs Valley is surrounded by snow-topped peaks. With a cobalt blue sky overhead, palm trees swaying in the foreground and golfers dotting the emerald green fairways of our courses I imagine that this must be what paradise looks like.
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Along with the Masters Tournament at Augusta, the Kraft Nabisco Championship has enjoyed the longest continuous run of any Major. This LPGA tournament was founded by Dinah Shore and today the $2,000,000 purse attracts the top lady golfers in the world to the California desert each spring to duel it out for the championship and…
DetailsThe Living Desert is an officially designated Rancho Mirage HOT SPOT. In 2010 guests staying at Rancho Mirage resorts receive a VIP Access Privilege Card that provide adult admission discounts at four Palm Springs Valley HOT SPOT attractions. Anytime there’s a cheetah involved I’m there. Loved these streamlined felines ever since I first experienced them…
DetailsThe Egyptians did it with rare oils, the ancient Chinese mastered it with discipline, the early Greeks and Romans couldn’t get enough of it and the Swedes perfected it as a treatment for tension. In the new world the Huichol Indians, descendants of the Aztecs, made it as part of their Shamanistic practice. Today, massage…
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