I just love being the bearer of good news—especially when it’s all about beer! And the good news is that, thankfully for the people who live in and visit the Palm Springs Valley, Rancho Mirage’s Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse was recently crowned Brewery of the Year in the California State Fair Commercial Craft Beer Competition.…
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Is it just me, or does summer scream burgers and fries? Thought so… Thankfully, when I don’t feel like grilling in my back yard, I don’t have to leave the sumptuous comfort of my home town of Rancho Mirage to find the best burgers in the Palm Springs Valley. When I’m in the mood for…
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Palm Springs Resort Cities Restaurant Week may have just passed, but I was excited to hear while dining at Rancho Mirage’s Catalan Mediterranean Restaurant that this fab establishment will continue its highly popular three-course dinner specials throughout June and July. Dinner with friends last week was pretty much a fairy tale come true. The busy…
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It’s here, it’s here! Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week, that is. Now through June 7, more than 100 venues across the Palm Springs Valley—including a plethora in Rancho Mirage—are offering eat, play, and stay deals of all kinds. Hungry? Great! Confused and overwhelmed? Not so great. But I can lead you toward the path…
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One of the things I look forward to most as summer approaches in the Palm Springs Valley is the fact that most of my favorite Rancho Mirage restaurants offer great specials to make sure a steady flow of customers continues in the triple-digit heat. One of the first ones to cross my desk—and to whet…
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Once upon a time, my take on a liquid diet was combining vodka, gin, and tequila in the perfect proportion for the tastiest Long Island Iced Tea I could brew. Then I discovered Juice It Up! So now, when the need arises to quench my thirst during teetotaling hours, I head to Juice It Up!’s…
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“Sun. Screen.” That’s the quite clever slogan for the 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest Short Film Festival & Film Market, which will showcase more than 300 short films from over 50 countries in 90-minute specially thematically programmed packages over seven days in late spring. Comedies, thrillers, films noir, dramas, romances, animated shorts, and docs will…
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April in our lusciously lush Palm Springs Valley means many things, two of the most exciting of which are “Coachella” (as in the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival) and “Stagecoach” (as in Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival). Both are brought to you by L.A.-based promoter/producer Goldenvoice, and take place in Indio at the Empire…
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For some, Easter Sunday is all about chocolate—milk, dark, or white. For others, it’s about paying tribute to their faith. And for others still, it’s an opportunity to dress up, spend time with family and/or friends, and partake in a fabulous brunch or dinner, at home or in the comfort of an amazing restaurant. I’m…
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It’s so nice to know that Rancho Mirage-based Eisenhower Medical Center—a revered desert establishment if ever there was one—isn’t just a state-of-the-art healthcare facility that takes an interest in the people of the Palm Springs Valley when they’re ailing and in need. Rather, the hospital has all sorts of programs, lectures, support groups, and special…
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