Let the Sun Shine In

Take a step back in time while glimpsing the future along the hippest, most mod half-mile strip in the desert. Spend the day — and evening — in Palm Springs’ Uptown Design District savoring...

MONA DE CRINIS

Déjà New

Most people don’t realize they’re familiar with the architecture of John Lautner. If you’ve seen Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Lethal Weapon 2, or Charlie’s Angels, you’ve...

MATTHEW LINK

STYLE - Enduring Love

It’s tempting to say that every day is Valentine’s Day at El Paseo Jewelry. “I sell happy things to happy people. I sell a girl’s best friend,” says the proprietor, who boasts the largest...

JORIE PARR

The Funny Face of Chicano Art

Cheech Marin has since amassed more than 400 works of art and counting. “It’s something that’s very immediate and visceral when I choose artwork.”

STEVEN BILLER

WINE - 'The Vines Started to Smile'

Making friends is so important to Mike Grgich that he promotes this philosophy to his tasting room staff: “Friendship first, then tasting wine — and possibly selling wine.”

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

WEALTH - A Prescription for Profits

The dynamics of rising medical costs, expiring drug patents, and health insurance play into investment strategies.

ELLEN PARIS

From Broadway to Las Palmas and Back

On Feb. 8, Zippel will direct Cy Coleman’s Broadway at McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, in honor of his longtime mentor and collaborator.

MATTHEW LINK

The Lost Krisel

After a neighbor’s sharp eye pegs a south Palm Desert house as a design by William Krisel, the architect recalls drawing the plans for the property, which is on the market again.

GREG ARCHER

Replaying the Classics

Architecture enthusiasts recognize the good bones of structures built in the desert in the 1950s and 1960s — even when the structures have lost their luster cosmetically or been misguidedly altered.

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

CAMEO - What Defines a Modern Man, Jacques Caussin?

Jacques Caussin was living in Detroit when he brought a modernism show to Palm Springs in 2001.

JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

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