Recap: Amgen Bike Races Take Palm Springs Valley By Storm!
As you know from my many blog postings here, I’m quite a huge fan of my hometown of Rancho Mirage, which sits squarely in the heart of the Palm Springs…
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AMGEN Bike Race Reminder: Monday May 13, 2013!
The Amgen Tour of California—the famous 750-mile, eight-stage bike race—will be here in a blink. It takes place from May 12-19, 2013 with an opening day start in the San…
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Shakespeare Scenes in the Palm Springs Valley
To go, or not to go—there is NO question… LET’S GO! If you’re a fan of the fabulous, bountiful Bard (of course it’s William Shakespeare of whom I speak), make…
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Rancho Mirage Library Presents: Palm Springs Writers Guild’s Fifth Annual “Days of New Works”
It’s well-known that I love my Rancho Mirage Library and all of its myriad programs. The library has kept me plenty busy through the high season, what with its vast…
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Coachella, Round 2!
The first weekend of Coachella is in the books and once again lived up to its billing as the hottest festival in the nation! There were plenty of celebrity sightings…
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Rancho Mirage’s Signature Cocktail – Caliente Mirage Margarita
The voting is complete and the winner is…. Under a blazing sun, five Rancho Mirage bartenders worked their jiggers off last Saturday at The River to capture the imaginations and…
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Palm Springs Celebrates 75 Years
The year 2013 will go down in history as one to celebrate. Aside from all the fabulous events that surround the 40th anniversary of the founding of my adopted City…
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Rancho Mirage’s Tolerance Education Center Presents “Tales of CA: Briggs, Bryant, Homophobia, and the Coming Pandemic”
The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage continues to offer a wide range of great programs to help both children and adults understand the terrible consequences of intolerance and bigotry. …
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Another Amazing Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2013
Watching pro Inbee Park play golf at this year’s Kraft Nabisco Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club was a bit like seeing a speeding freight train careen down the…
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Spring Has Sprung at Sunnylands
Spring Has Sprung at Sunnylands Although one of the Palm Springs Valley’s most popular free attractions is stunningly beautiful year-round, one would be disingenuous to not admit that there’s just…
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