Meet Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage Concierge Carol Ragognetti
The crossed gold keys on a concierge’s lapel signifies that he or she has sufficiently mastered the art to gain entrance into the exclusive club known as Les Clefs D’Or…
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Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa’s Chef Neri
A diabetic pastry chef may seem as contradictory as a fisherman with aquaphobia, but for Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa’s Neri Tiburcio—diagnosed with type 2 of the disease…
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Roy’s of Rancho Mirage for Cocktails and a Light Dinner
The sad truth is that when a lady passes a certain age, she has to practice restraint in food and drink in order to maintain her girlish figure. Not to…
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Tour the Windmills of the Palm Springs Valley
Anyone with 20/20 vision who’s driven into the Palm Springs Valley from Highway 10 knows that the sight of towering white windmills is a local beacon. There are some 2000…
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The Ritz-Carlton’s Club Access
Despite a warm invitation, sometimes mi casa no es su casa. My friends Brad and Jennifer—millennials from San Francisco who made a small fortune selling an app they designed in…
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Holiday Dining at Rancho Mirage Resorts
The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! And in addition to gifts and good cheer, that means guests and a great many number of meals to prepare (and clean…
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CHEF SPOTLIGHT – Chef Richard Pelz, WALLY’S DESERT TURTLE
Some people are born to cook. And Richard Pelz is one of them. From learning to cook traditional French food with his mother, to working his family’s vineyard in the…
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Sunnylands Is Here for Valley Community
Most of we fortunate enough to live in or visit the Palm Springs Valley know of Rancho Mirage’s Sunnylands—the former estate of the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg—as the location…
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Dogs Welcome at the Westin Mission Hills—For Free!
My cool San Clemente friends Charlie and Chaz have two delightful dogs—a chipper Chihuahua and a chunky Chow—and I adore them all. But when they come to visit me from…
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My Favorite (Holiday) Things
Christmas and the holidays are a special time of year no matter where one finds oneself. But when that “where” is the Palm Springs Valley, there are truly magical Yuletide…
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