I’m sure you’ve seen it around town. It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s glossy, it’s colorful, and it’s chock-full of stunning images and superlative copy. It’s a guide, an entertainment, and an impressive thing to behold. It’s R/M magazine, the once-a-year publication that is mailed to all Rancho Mirage residents, placed in guest rooms at our…
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With so much perfect weather available year round in the Palm Springs Valley, I never feel badly about biding some of my time sitting in a darkened theater watching scintillating cinema on a sunny day. And with the desert’s next film festival only a few weeks away, I’ll have that opportunity at Cinema Diverse: The…
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Our premiere hometown green space—Rancho Mirage Community Park—is in the midst of more than just a quickie facelift. Truth be told, the work that is in the final stages of completion is a total reimagining of one of the most popular outdoor spots in our city. The fully funded $6.5 million project will add three…
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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 wonderland. If you’re in the area this summer (specifically Friday through Sunday, August 14 – 16), be sure to head on up to Idyllwild, where…
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Once upon a time, my take on a liquid diet was combining vodka, gin, and tequila in the perfect proportion for the tastiest Long Island Iced Tea I could brew. Then I discovered Juice It Up! So now, when the need arises to quench my thirst during teetotaling hours, I head to Juice It Up!’s…
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Rancho Mirage has no shortage of burgers, some of the best of which may be had at Johnny Rockets on Highway 111 across from The River. But lest one forget, franchise owners Marriette Simoni and husband Nick Thomas have created a family eatery that is much, much more than a beef patty or two stuck…
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One of the great masterminds of music who most moves me has to be one Paul Tollett, president and CEO of mega promoter-producer Goldenvoice, and the man who gave us not only the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival (whose twin weekends will soon bask under our swaying, sunny palms on April 10 to 12,…
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As odd as it seems, my fellow-blogger Diana Dodge and I are so busy being separate social butterflies throughout Rancho Mirage and the entire Palm Springs Valley that we often find it challenging to spend quality time together. So when she invited me to lunch a few Fridays ago, I knew precisely where I wanted…
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Cuisinier Joel Delmond has practiced his beloved art of cooking in many of the world’s most beautiful places’ kitchens, starting in his native France and continuing through Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, Egypt, Greece, and Morocco. But apparently, he likes the Palm Springs Valley of Southern California—and specifically, the City of Rancho Mirage—the best. He’s been…
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The 26th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is officially in full swing (through January 12) but my eyes are still seeing stars from attending the Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center last Saturday, January 2! If you thought gala organizers (led by the incomparable gala chairman Harold Matzner) couldn’t top last year’s…
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