October 2010

40 Under 40 Selections

Bright as the desert itself, this group of impressive young professionals promises to achieve greatness in the Coachella Valley

Detours - Temecula

Could you be in Napa? Perhaps, but you’re in Southern California’s stature-gaining wine country: Temecula

A Powerhouse of Style

BY GREG ARCHER

Aided by Anne Bancroft, Dean Martin, and Hugh Hefner, Lainie Kazan emerges as an influential woman in her own right

Video Link - Ryan White

Ryan White — black belt martial artist, golfer, and certified fitness consultant living in Palm Springs — has released a DVD titled Black Belt Golf: White Belt Lesson.

Word Association - Dr. Ruth Anderson

Dr. Ruth Anderson, an anesthesiologist, pain management physician, and exercise physiologist in La Quinta, has published Get Moving! Live Better, Live Longer (Xibris).

PSST! - Well, Well, it’s Susie Ellis

SpaFinder’s president travels the globe — and still relaxes at home in Indian Wells

PSST! - Chewy With Chocolate Overtones

Even teetotalers can enjoy the combined health benefits of red wine and chocolate, thanks to Marché Noir of Irvine. The bakery served samples of its Cabernet Brownie at Fashion Week El Paseo’s food and wine event in March.

Far Santa Rosas

BY ANN JAPENGA

Some places in the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument beckon you with meadows and mossy boulders. Other places — such as the far Santa Rosas — say “Stay Out.”

Horocope - October 2010

SHERRYL NOVA

Venus and Mars glow in the early evening sky, and their alignment in Scorpio makes us all more compulsive. Like the kid in Willy Wonka, we want it and we want it now.

Editor's Letter October 2010

Dear Editor: Back in the late 1960s, a college roommate once lectured me, “There’s no such thing as too thin, too tan, or too rich.” Those first two assertions have long since been disproved by anorexia and melanoma.