THE Kraft Nabisco Championship and Poppie’s Pond
Repeat the mantra after me: Women’s Golf Does One Good, Women’s Golf Does One Good… Yes, I am nearly besides myself with glee at the fact that the 43rd Kraft…
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Cultural Festival in Rancho Mirage
Just in case you needed any further proof that Rancho Mirage is the place to be when it comes to cultural happenings of all sorts in the Palm Springs Valley,…
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Inbee Park: Master of Her Kraft
One of the absolute best things about toiling as one of two intrepid bloggers reporting on all things travel- and tourism-related regarding the world-class city of Rancho Mirage is “media…
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The Third Annual Documentary Film Festival
The Palm Springs International Film Festival, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, may be the grand-daddy of them all, but our beloved valley is host to enough such celluloid celebrations…
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The Brilliant Barones
I just love how certain Eastern or Midwestern power couples migrate to the Palm Springs Valley and settle in my beautiful home town of Rancho Mirage. When said power couple…
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Fabulous Fashion Week
If it’s the desert mid-March, it must be Fashion Week El Paseo! Of all the annual “weeks” in the Palm Springs Valley, the fashionista inside me must admit that this…
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Marx Madness in Rancho Mirage
If your impression of the City of Rancho Mirage Public Library is one that brings to mind a staid, silent place where laughter seldom should be heard, think again. On…
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Graeme Baxter Paints with a Passion
I just love Graeme Baxter. Not only is the man one of the gentlest and kindest individuals to reside in my hometown of Rancho Mirage, he’s one of those lucky…
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The Salvation Mountain Man Moves On
Leonard Knight, the man who gave us Salvation Mountain—the roadside attraction near the Salton Sea, which was immortalized in the 2007 movie Into the Wild—has passed away. Leonard, who was…
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The Rammy Awards
February is the middle of awards season in Hollywood. The Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Golden Globes—they’re all just warm-up for the…
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