Recently an amazing organization came to my rescue. Dear friends begged me to babysit their six-year-old twins for the afternoon, explaining that they just needed a little “alone time.” Remembering the Children’s Discovery Museum in Rancho Mirage, I put in a call and got the low-down. This amazing facility with over 60 hands-on exhibits is…
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Here in the Greater Palm Springs Oasis we are so fortunate to have more than a few places that merit multiple visits. The Living Desert is certainly near the top of that list of attractions. Located in Palm Desert just a stone’s throw from my home in Rancho Mirage, this zoo devoted to desert flora…
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Just to set the record straight, I am not the most delicate eater in the world. There, I said it. I love to chow down with the best of them, and even though I know my limits, I usually get exactly what I want. And that often includes a big ol’ side of beef! Steak…
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Marilyn Monroe is arguably the most famous—nay, infamous—film star in history. And with great fanfare she has landed in Palm Springs. Arriving recently in three pieces on a flatbed truck from her former home in Chicago, “Forever Marilyn,” artist Seward Johnson’s 26-foot tall sculpture of the leggy legend, has been lovingly reassembled and unveiled at…
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April is gone and with its departure came the close of the famous music festivals—Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival—that favored our fabulous Palm Springs Valley for three weekends in a row. As a die-hard music fan, I could have gone on forever attending week after week at the…
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I was absolutely beside myself when I recently returned home to my Rancho Mirage abode from running errands in the Palm Springs Valley to find in my mail stack the brochure for the monstrously magical McCallum Theater, which is located right down the 111 from me in Palm Desert. This gem of a performing arts…
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I have a Thursday evening tradition that’s hard to break: I head west on the 111 to the base of the San Jacinto Mountains in Palm Springs and join the multitudes who enjoy the weekly VillageFest. www.palmspringsvillagefest.com Located on Palm Canyon Drive smack in the center of town (from Baristo to Amado), this adored affair…
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I consider myself truly lucky to live so close to one of the most fantastic institutions in the Palm Springs Valley, the Rancho Mirage Public Library. Most of my visits there are solo, but now and then, I get to share my love of all things literary with children. Not my own, of course. A…
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As a born-and-bred Palm Springs Valley baby, I’ve been around the block a few times, so suffice it to say that personal or professional theatrics have never threatened me. I’ve tried my hand at acting but found that I was much more suited to off-stage antics, which is why I’ve supported the arts whenever I’ve…
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Rancho Mirage is home to some of the most magnificent private palaces in the Palm Springs Valley, and I’m counting down the days until one of the most famous family fortresses of all opens its doors to the world for visits by the public. Of course, I’m talking about Sunnylands, the sumptuous 200-acre winter home…
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