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Style - Hooked on a Feeling

“Make Life One Long Weekend” would be a great motto for one of our desert cities — except it’s already taken. As any Tommy Bahama aficionado can tell you, the phrase guides the way the lifestyle brand lives and breathes.

Lawrence Karol

Real Estate - Power to the People

As the Coachella Valley housing recovery continues to evolve, the area’s median price per square foot declined slightly in February. Of the nine desert cities, six grew and three declined.

Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

‘We Thought of Ourselves as One Community’

Some of the best history, characters, and color of Palm Springs unfold in its distinctive neighborhoods from the traditional ones developed from the 1920s until shortly after World War II to the midcentury modern enclaves designed by now-iconic architects such as Wexler, Frey, Cody, Palmer and Krisel, and others.

By Sheila Grattan

Top Women In Business Awards 2013

The 2013 Top Women in Business awards program, a Palm Springs Life event, honors Coachella Valley’s best and brightest talent from throughout the diverse business community. An independent panel of five judges selected winners in three categories: Business Leader, Entrepreneurship, and Corporate Leader.

Fewer Ingredients, Greater Flavor at Rockwood Grill

At Rockwood Grill, an all-day dining spot in the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, locally sourced ingredients are definitely the stars of the show — but that doesn’t mean they are piled one on top of another.

By Lawrence Karol

Swinging With the Pros

Though the mood may be idyllically mellow at The Vintage Club in Indian Wells, the members’ approach to improving their golf game strikes far beyond a leisure pursuit.

By Judd Spicer

The Long Road to the Perfect Short Game

Nothing is more harmonic than a man totally at ease in his natural element. To ascend the steep and spare beauty toward the apex of Stone Eagle Golf Club in Palm Desert is to observe such a portrait painted in full. There, amid the practice green’s bosom, works Dave Stockton.

By Judd Spicer

6 Dream Houses

Spectacular views, indoor/outdoor living spaces, and state-of-the-art amenities propelled six of the last year’s greatest home sales

By Carolyn Patten

Bob Hope on the Market

Bob Hope’s iconic Southridge house with the flying-saucer roof — possibly the most pointed-at property in Palm Springs — has come to market with an asking price of $50 million.

By Steven Biller

C-SPAN Will Document Palm Springs History, Literary Life

C-SPAN will be coming to Palm Springs for a week-long visit starting May 6 to record and feature the city’s history and literary life.