Have a Creative Happy Hour at Fleming’s with Paint Nite
I’m not the most colorful crayon in the box when it comes to artistic talent. Sure, I did my fair share of finger-painting as a tyke, and tried my hand…
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All Set For Another Season at Sunnylands?
It’s only mildly coincidental that September 1st is my birthday, because that happens to be the precise day tickets to one of the most sought-after home tours in the entire…
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Summer Wine Dinner Series Ends at Westin Mission Hills
In vino veritas. And the plain truth is that, if you’ve so far missed out on the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa’s interactive summer wine dinner series—held once…
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Indian Wells Tennis Garden Expands Again
Did William Shakespeare play tennis? I guess only his trainer knows for sure. But according to Larry Ellison—the billionaire co-founder of Oracle who not only owns sprawling Rancho Mirage estate…
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Jazzing It Up in Idyllwild
Taking a short drive—barely an hour from my home in Rancho Mirage—through the San Jacinto Mountains transports me from my beloved Palm Springs Valley desert into a cool Alpine mountain…
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Fabulous Film Festivals Regale Palm Springs Valley’s Residents and Visitors
Desert visitors and residents are famous for their love of film. And with six notable local annual festivals, wise aficionados start putting dates on their calendars early to prevent overbooking…
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Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week
If it’s early June in the desert, it must be Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week! And there’s plenty happening right here in Rancho Mirage between May 29 and June…
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White Party 2015
It’s become a signature springtime ritual in the desert, hasn’t it? The coming together of tens of thousands of international gay males for mega-promoter Jeffrey Sanker’s annual White Party Palm…
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State of the City Luncheon
As two of Rancho Mirage’s many proud ambassadors, my fellow blogger Potter Palma and I were cordially invited to attend the recent State of the City: A Galaxy of Stars!…
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ShortFest 2015 is Almost Here
“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…
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