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Movie Colony MakeoverIn 1954, screen idol Cary Grant and his wife, Betsy Drake, walked through the gate into lush greenery, expansive lawns, palms, citrus trees, rose gardens, and cacti surrounding a 1930s copy of a Spanish Andalusian farmhouse. Grant remained at the estate until 1972. |
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Redirecting an Architectural EyeIn a sleeveless white T-shirt and slacks, a Nikon hanging around his neck, the renowned photographer Leland Lee is also the star of this production. |
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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 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 Road to Fame and FortuneFascination with celebrity never dies. The desire to connect to Hollywood — the excitement, the razzle-dazzle — remains as strong today as it was in the ’50s. And Palm Springs will always be part of that Tinseltown allure. |
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Steve (Stephen) Chase Q&A on LifestyleSlender and tanned, prematurely gray at age 38, interior designer Stephen Chase has already received a generous share of international recognition. His work has won numerous design awards and appears frequently in publications like "Architectural Digest." |
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A Star TurnA case of wine, each bottle chosen from a different vintner, greeted architect Joseph Ambrose when he arrived home after his first meeting with Rod Stewart. “The attached note said he hoped the gift would inspire me to give special attention to his project,” Ambrose recalls of the 1986 meeting. |
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Bionic Houses - Little Tuscany HouseLance O’Donnell designed and built his family’s house at 2299 N. Via Monte Vista in Palm Springs using the power of the great outdoors as a “timeless, low-tech solution” for cross-ventilation. |
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Bionic Houses - Smoke Tree HouseArchitect Suzanne Zahr Fleming, who designed a house on Smoke Tree Lane in Palm Springs, suggests going green simply means good design. “The most effective way to promote energy efficiency is to design a house that takes full advantage of natural light, passive solar energy, shading, cross-ventilation, and efficient space planning,” she says. |
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