October 2009

A Storied Life

THE STACCATO TAP-TAP-TAP of the hi-hat punctuates the air as the lights slowly illuminate Rita Moreno in a red gown. She snaps her fingers to the familiar opening chords of “Fever,” a vision of...

BY JOAN PAGE MCKENNA

Back to School

While Palm Springs reflects the influence of midcentury modernism, Indio’s architectural gem reflects the influence of the railroad. Southern Pacific-style architecture distinguishes the...

Janice Kleinschmidt

Clear Artistry

Not long ago, author Anne Rice commissioned Craig Zeigler to make acrylic mirror-backed doll showcases to line a hall. Over the years, he has installed classy handrails in the Bob Hope house and...

Jorie Parr

Couture Made Easy

A woman, covered from turban to sweatpants, walked into Michael Costello’s boutique on Tahquitz Canyon Way. She told the designer how happy she was to see a little glamour on the storefronts in...

Editor's Letter October 2009

As we put to bed the Palm Springs Life Annual Progress Issue, I would appear to have my head in what our publisher, Milt Jones, refers to as “a very dark place” if I neglected to acknowledge...

STEVEN BILLER

Horoscope October 2009

Fasten your seat belt: It’s Saturn square Pluto. The last square was in 1993, and the next comes in 2016. What happens this year will set many precedents and integrate into a world culture by the...

SHERRYL NOVA

In With the New

While burgs around the country fretted and feigned helplessness over the last year, Coachella Valley cities spruced up, attracted luxury retailers, and coaxed entrepreneurs out of hiding and into...

BY SARAH REISS

Intelligencer - October 2009

Although the Palm Desert Art of Food & Wine has been canceled, wine lovers can make a short drive to the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival (Nov. 18-22), where chefs will compete for a package...

Libretto in Glass

Solo exhibitions by studio glass artists over the years at Palm Springs Art Museum — and the addition of the institution’s Kaplan/Ostergaard Glass Center — have offered a kaleidoscopic view...

STEVEN BILLER

Light and Natural Beauty

At a meeting one day, someone handed Eric Sakas an unlabeled cosmetic sample. He was so impressed that he tracked down the lab in New Mexico. In August, he launched his own nine-product cosmetics...

Janice Kleinschmidt

Palm Springs Air Museum Soars

Palm Springs Air Museum has weathered the spiraling economy and increased admissions (up 13 percent year midyear), including topping its Memorial Day flower drop attendance record of 1,700 by...

Janice Kleinschmidt

Prime Property

From atop a hill in Sonoma County, Michael Martini looks toward the San Francisco skyline where, on a clear day, he can see the Golden Gate Bridge some 40 miles away.

BY JANICE KLEINSCHMIDT

Wealth - Carpe Diem

Inside the building — the 7,200-square-foot headquarters office of HK Lane — President/CEO Harvey Katofsky appears to have perfectly timed the company’s debut

Women's Health and Fitness

Palm Springs Life, which publishes the Top Doctors issue and annual Medical Guide each July — recognizes the special nature of women’s health and dedicates this special section to encouraging...

Steven Biller