“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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When Ben & Jerry’s announced its National Award winners at the Global Franchise Meeting January 15-18 in New Orleans, Louisiana, one Rancho Mirage man walked away with the Manager of the Year title. That’s no mean feat—and one that Jason Ackley (of Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop at The River) takes great pride in. Basically,…
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Truth be told, I’ve been seen dining at The Ritz-Carlton’s State Fare Bar & Kitchen a lot. It’s not that I don’t like to spread the love around to all of my favorite Rancho Mirage restaurants, but somehow I just keep finding myself heading up that Frank Sinatra Drive hill and luxuriating in the comfortable…
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I’m often in awe at the amazing number of wonderful women who call the Palm Springs Valley home. Charming, talented, and generous, they add so much to the fabulous fabric of our desert living. And one who literally deals with fabric is our very own homegrown designer, Trina Turk. Trina is often honored for her…
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There was a loud collective heavy sigh heard among foodies and bon vivants throughout Rancho Mirage, the Palm Springs Valley, and beyond late last year when it was revealed that Jerry and Barbara Keller—beloved local philanthropists who happen to have owned both Lulu California Bistro on Palm Springs’ main drag and sister eatery Acqua Pazza…
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You’d have to be living under a rather large rock to be unaware that we’re smack dab in the middle of “awards season.” Every year, it all starts off with the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards and the Golden Globes in January. February then sees the Grammys, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and, of…
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