Food

Dec. 8, 2017

Ring in 2018: Palm Springs, Coachella Valley and a Trip to Pasadena

Palm Springs and the other eight desert communities are another lands far from the maddening crowds of New York, Miami and Los Angeles where New Year’s Eve celebrations take on thousands of partygoers.  Our festivities are far more fun without the chaos of parking, highlighted by the California low-desert ...

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Nov. 16, 2017

Not Cooking? Where to Eat Turkey in Palm Springs & Beyond. (Cooking? A Simple Recipe After.)

 

Most resort towns "get full-up" during the holidays, and the desert communities are no exception. (As a kid, I always wondered why people went away. As an adult, I understand why; there aren’t any messes to clean-up.)  Here is a short list of where to go:

Eight4Nine (Palm Springs ...

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Nov. 3, 2017

Things to Do in November 2017: Palm Springs & Beyond

 

 

We are in the throes of the Coachella Valley season when the snowbirds fly in from their chilly residences keeping themselves warm in our California desert. In planes, trains, and automobiles they come looking for things to do, places to sun and places to buy in our arid ...

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Aug. 11, 2017

3-2-1: Yucca Valley

 

 

3-2-1: Yucca Valley

Three places to eat, two things to do and one place to stay, besides your new house.

In what was once a rural California desert town catering mostly to a nearby military base, Yucca Valley is gentrifiying into an inland Carmel-by-Sea. Celebrities are jetting in ...

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