January 2012

Elegance to Order

By Jorie Parr

The 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.

18K for Your Sweetie

For a mere $18,000 (OK, it’s actually a mere $17,999), you and your beloved can enjoy a romantic getaway on a private Caribbean island accessible only by boat or helicopter.

Wheels - The Best Car in the World?

BY PAT DEVERAUX

“Harmony” might seem a strange word to describe a blazing yellow, 202 mph, 562 bhp supercar. But that’s what comes to mind after spending a few minutes with the new Ferrari 458 Italia.

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.

Cross Dressing for Success

BY ANTHONY MASSUCCI

In the movie, released in December, Close plays a woman passing herself off as a middle-aged male butler in 19th century Dublin, Ireland.

Horoscope - January 2012

BY SHERRYL NOVA

An intense Uranus-Pluto connection will dominate the next months. Expect more of a warlike movement to challenge the power structure of corporations.

Marilyn & Johnny, 1949-50

Adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures (Sterling Signature) by Susan Bernard. Photos by Bruno Bernard.

Something to See Here

BY STEVEN BILLER

Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives

New Books By Local Authors - January 2012

REX JOHN of Palm Springs has published a thriller titled Makeovers, SHANNON MARIE DUFFY of Palm Springs has co-authored with John Zakour of New York a young adult novel titled Stormy Knight

The Big Picture

In 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

Editor's Letter January 2012

BY STEVEN BILLER

Sometimes, 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 entertainment industry.

The Big Chill

BY ELLEN PARIS

Until recently, when most Americans thought about Greece or Italy, they were planning cruises to the Greek Islands and wine-tasting trips through Tuscany.

What’s Growing On, Blake Miraglia?

BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

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.

Deep Waters

BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

James 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.