Editor's Letter January 2012

Sometimes, celebrities appear exactly as you expect when you meet them. And we meet many — especially when the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Jan. 5-16) draws the eyes of the...

BY STEVEN BILLER

The Big Chill

Until recently, when most Americans thought about Greece or Italy, they were planning cruises to the Greek Islands and wine-tasting trips through Tuscany.

BY ELLEN PARIS

What’s Growing On, Blake Miraglia?

Blake Miraglia passed on the commercial property he was looking at for a shopping center five years ago, but he bought the 40,000 trees planted on the land in Thermal.

BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

Something to See Here

Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives

BY STEVEN BILLER

Elegance to Order

The DeLucas opened their El Paseo location in 1994. Behind Joe’s desk hang celebrity portraits, including one of Frank Sinatra, who ordered a pinkie ring with his initials.

By Jorie Parr

Spring into Color

“It’s a very blue year,” says Susan Stein. Fortunately, Palm Springs Life’s fashion editor is talking literally rather than metaphorically.

Marilyn & Johnny, 1949-50

Adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures (Sterling Signature) by Susan Bernard. Photos by Bruno Bernard.

Deep Waters

James Egan was working in his father’s insurance business in Baltimore at the time he met avante-garde John Waters at a birthday party for drag queen Divine 37 years ago.

BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

The Big Picture

In November, Christie’s hammered the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction: German artist Andreas Gursky’s image of the desolate Rhine under gray skies. Rhine II sold for $4.34 million

Cross Dressing for Success

In the movie, released in December, Close plays a woman passing herself off as a middle-aged male butler in 19th century Dublin, Ireland.

BY ANTHONY MASSUCCI

The Birth of a Fountain

A Mexican father, a pioneer godmother and a staff of desert midwives brought the airport terminal's new "baby" into existence.

The Gourmet Gossip - Gary Sappington

Gary Sappington, free-lance chef, extraordinaire, prepares and serves divinely elegant fare for some of our most celebrated desert residents.

By Barbara Lawrence

Merry Christmas and Bon Appetit

Stuffed roast turkey, plum pudding, fruit cake — these are the traditional food for Christmas dinner and whose delightful odors emanate from every kitchen about this time of year.

by Shar Cracraft

The Gourmet Gossip - O.L. McKenney

Tramway General manager and restaurateur O.L. McKenney shares a menu of customer favorites from the Firepit restaurant.

By Barbara Lawrence

The Desert Riders

They are the true royalty of Palm Springs. Each Tuesday morning they emerge from the desert dawn, dressed in tailored riding pants and the customary — and not incidentally, custom-made —...

By Carolyn Patten

The Most Wives Club

The Gabors are to Palm Springs what fancy desserts are to a good meal: We could get by without them but they do add such a luscious finishing touch.

By Allene Arthur