Autumn in the Palm Springs Valley is such a glorious time of year, and, as always, there’s plenty to do. Although the desert can’t quite compete with the kaleidoscopic foliage in other parts of the country, we do have one of the most rainbow-hued line-ups of fun and fabulous events to offer in the fall.…
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If you’ve ever had any doubt that Rancho Mirage is home to one of the most highly esteemed medical centers in the country, doubt no more. The already-award-winning general hospital was just anointed with two prizes ensuring its top spot in Palm Springs Valley health care. For the fourth year in a row, EMC was…
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The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town! Well, not quite yet. But over the weekend of April 8 through 11, tens of thousands of them will descend upon the Palm Springs Valley from around the globe for the annual bacchanalian springtime ritual known as Jeffrey Sanker’s The White Party Palm…
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There are two bright red ribbons on the Palm Springs Valley social calendar each year. The later of the pair is Evening Under the Stars, benefitting AIDS Assistance Program, which takes place this year on Saturday, May 9 at the O’Donnell Golf Club in Palm Springs. But first there is the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards,…
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If Paris is the City of Light, and Buenos Aires, the city of my birth, is the Paris of the Americas, then I propose that one of Palm Springs’ nicknames could arguably be the City of Film Festivals. If there’s one thing our valley knows how to host, it’s a film fest. And one of…
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On the gorgeous last weekend of April, Palm Springs was temporarily turned into the City of Brotherly Love when 30,000 men from quite literally all around the world descended upon the Palm Springs Valley—many of them choosing to stay in rental homes and resorts in Rancho Mirage—to attend the annual festivities known as Jeffrey Sanker’s…
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Floridian Lexi Thompson can finally answer the question as to whether the water is sweeter in her hometown of Coral Springs or in Rancho Mirage at the heart of the Palm Springs Valley. The young pro golfer toasted her Kraft Nabisco Championship win on Sunday, April 6, with the customary victory plunge into Poppie’s Pond…
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Halloween—traditionally a time devoted to the wee ones who trick-or-treat through their local neighborhoods—has somehow turned into one of the most fun holidays of the year for kids AND adults. And for many in the Palm Springs Valley, it has the advantage of being linked to Palm Springs Pride—the annual event that celebrates “pride for…
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As a strong “A” (ally) of the LGBTQA community in the Palm Springs Valley, I’m always happy to be there to support my many friends and their causes as they work tirelessly to secure equal rights and marriage equality, support those with life-threatening diseases, and celebrate the diversity for which our region of the country…
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Let’s face it, in many parts of our beloved country being a part of the LGBT community can be a difficult road to travel, which is one of the many reasons I am so happy to live in the Palm Springs Valley, a place that strives to treat all of its residents and visitors with…
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