Despite a warm invitation, sometimes mi casa no es su casa. My friends Brad and Jennifer—millennials from San Francisco who made a small fortune selling an app they designed in a rabid social media bidding war a few years ago—are Ritz-Carlton loyalists who would never dream of staying overnight anywhere else. But as Club® Access…
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Christmas and the holidays are a special time of year no matter where one finds oneself. But when that “where” is the Palm Springs Valley, there are truly magical Yuletide sights and happenings that last more than just a few hours of the day or night. So mark your calendars and stop off and one—or…
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A week or so ago, I penned a blog extolling the many virtues of the beautifully serene parks we have within the City of Rancho Mirage’s borders. Well, I’m back with some exciting news! The eagerly anticipated expansion and upgrading of Rancho Mirage Community Park (formerly known as Whitewater Park) has finally begun! On Saturday,…
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One of my favorite holidays of the year has got to be Thanksgiving, chiefly due to the fact that it’s all about showing gratitude for the abundance of good things in our lives. And when it comes to celebrating Thanksgiving in the Palm Springs Valley, Rancho Mirage’s four top-notch luxury resorts offer a veritable cornucopia…
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Anyone who’s been to Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse at The River in Rancho Mirage knows very well that this stellar spot is more than a restaurant, more than a bar, more than a great place for Bar-B-Que, and more than a great place for beer. It’s our very own microbrewery—not to mention a social hub…
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It’s hard to believe that summer is over and that the autumn season in the Palm Springs Valley is upon us. And a harbinger of great things to come is the recent seasonal opening of what is arguably one of the most amazing venues in the desert: Sunnylands, the former estate of Ambassador and Mrs.…
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If you’ve been watching “The Knick”—Cinemax’s hot new medical series starring Clive Owen, and executive produced and directed by the award-winning Steven Soderbergh—you know what it’s like to have been a doctor or a patient in 1900. Not fun! Every time I watch an episode, I thank my lucky stars that I live in an…
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My dear friend Robbie, a recent transplant from the U.K. to L.A., is special on many counts, and I always welcome his visits to Rancho Mirage. Not only is my pal a native Londoner who sorely misses his former hometown—he’s an inveterate fan of prime rib. So naturally, there’s only one place in the desert…
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Modernism Week has become one of the Palm Springs Valley’s signature events, growing and growing in both scope and popularity over the last few years. And now comes a quite clever way for the powers-that-be behind the scenes to not only draw attention to this great mid-February happening but to capitalize on its heightened elite…
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Anyone who’s compiling a complete list of the Top Young Turks of Rancho Mirage has got to place twentysomething pals Brandon Weimer and Leah Post at the very tippy top. The story of how, in 2006, the then-14-year-old high schoolers proved their entrepreneurial mettle is best told in their own voice, from their website (www.brandinitoffee.com).…
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