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Editor's Letter January 2012Sometimes, 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... |
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The Big ChillUntil recently, when most Americans thought about Greece or Italy, they were planning cruises to the Greek Islands and wine-tasting trips through Tuscany. |
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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. |
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Something to See HereActor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives |
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Elegance to OrderThe 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. |
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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. |
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Marilyn & Johnny, 1949-50Adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures (Sterling Signature) by Susan Bernard. Photos by Bruno Bernard. |
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Deep WatersJames 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. |
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The Big PictureIn 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 |
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Cross Dressing for SuccessIn the movie, released in December, Close plays a woman passing herself off as a middle-aged male butler in 19th century Dublin, Ireland. |
The Birth of a FountainA Mexican father, a pioneer godmother and a staff of desert midwives brought the airport terminal's new "baby" into existence. |
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The Gourmet Gossip - Gary SappingtonGary Sappington, free-lance chef, extraordinaire, prepares and serves divinely elegant fare for some of our most celebrated desert residents. |
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Merry Christmas and Bon AppetitStuffed 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. |
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The Gourmet Gossip - O.L. McKenneyTramway General manager and restaurateur O.L. McKenney shares a menu of customer favorites from the Firepit restaurant. |
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The Desert RidersThey 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 —... |
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The Most Wives ClubThe 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. |