December 2011

Wealth - The Art of Acquisition

Ellen Paris

No matter what you collect, experts agree passion rules when buying.

Style - Dream Makers

Jorie Parr

There are diamonds of every color of the rainbow.

psst! Cameo

Ellen Paris

The financial industry touts Fern as one of the country’s top investment advisers. Barron’s ranked him fifth on its Top 100 Independent Advisors list for 2011.

The Elements of Gracious Living

Kimberly Nichols

Fine food, fashion, and design round out an elegant evening at a Tuscan-inspired country club home.

It Takes A Village

Janice Kleinschmidt

Palm Springs’ downtown started 75 years ago as one woman’s vision to create a shopping/living development dubbed La Plaza.

'I Was Personally Touched'

Linda Mears Hardie

After seeing AIDS devastate New York’s theater scene in the 1980s, actor and 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards honoree Peter Gallagher devoted himself to the cause

psst! Intelligencer

Capra-esque Cocktails
As part of its celebration as being the place where Frank Capra wrote the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life, restaurants at...

Horoscopes - December 2011

Sherryl Nova

From ancient times, the solstice represented a time of completion, when crops were stored for market. Since the work was finished, it was time for celebration, a time when the best...

Editor's Letter - December 2011

Steven Biller

Shooting on location for Palm Springs Life sometimes goes like filming a movie. We often start somewhere in the middle of the story and sequence the final images when we lay out the magazine.

59 Top Dentists 2011

Finding the right dentist can be daunting and frustrating. What you need is a strong recommendation from a trustworthy source.

psst! Shell We Dine?

Janice Kleinschmidt

Lobster may be the epitome of fine dining in most restaurants, but ounce for ounce it can’t touch the grandeur of abalone.