October 2006

Focus on the Coachella Valley

Experts: The “maturing, more sophisticated, more diverse” desert proves again that retail follows rooftops and that tourism contributes more to the local economy than old measurements had reported.

Eastward Ho!

Shellie Karabell

In today’s Coachella Valley, the rush is east, where land is plentiful and rapidly rising in price and real estate developments are the new gold mines.

Art in Focus

Steven Biller

Contemporary photography prevails in the season opener at Modern Masters Fine Art

Wheels - Maserati GranSport V8

Patrick Deveraux

The superfast Maserati GranSport V8 impresses in sharp Italian style.

Rear View - Defending the Past

Ann Japenga

If were introducing a column on personalized ringtones or celebrity baby fashions, I’d need no justification.

Detours: Los Cabos

Sharon Apfelbaum

A desert by the sea, Los Cabos boasts a dry, subtropical climate with bright days.

40 Under 40

Steven Biller

On a hot, but no less festive August evening, our editors and sizable photography crew converged on Viceroy Palm Springs to meet the Coachella Valley’s new generation of movers and shapers.

Reporting for Duty - k.d. Lang

By Jude Camillone

k.d. Lang champions the arts, charity, and freedom en route to her Palm Springs performance.

A Study in Success

By Shellie Karabell

Richard Heckmann sets an example for MBA students at his enterprising new school in Palm Desert.

Letters to the Editor

Steven Biller

Monthly letters we recieved from our readers.

First takes

Here is a sampling of the 61 machines replicated by Italian artisans for The Da Vinci Experience:

Intelligencer

Two Coachella Valley spas — Hyatt Grand Champions Resort & Spa in Indian Wells and Two Bunch Palms Resort & Spa in Desert Hot Springs — made it into the third edition of 100 Best Spas of the World (The Globe Pequot Press, 2006).