September 2012

PSST! - Then & Now

Marilyn Monroe, The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, and McCallum Theatre - Then, and Now.

PSST! - Art-A-Facts

J. Everette Perry

What’s old and new in our Palm Springs museums.

September 2012 Horoscope

Sherryl Nova

Hey everybody, you can buy green bananas! That Mayan thing is totally misrepresented. Current alignments are extreme, but offer us an opportunity to make changes for the better.

Publishers Letter

Milton W. Jones

Welcome to the 2012/2013 Palm Springs Life Desert Living Edition.

PSST! - Melvyn’s Serves a Kinder, Gentler Martini

J. Everette Perry

The service at Melvyn’s is so spot on that everyone not only knows your name, but also recalls what you last ate and — depending on how many Mel-tinis you’ve had — how your 401(k) is performing.

PSST! - Around the World in 8 Restaurants

J. Everette Perry

8 Coachella Valley Restaurants take you on a tasteful tour around the culinary world.

PSST! - Hottest Tickets

J. Everette Perry

Nine of the hottest events in the Coachella Valley and what attendance will set you back.

PSST! - High Roller Checklist

Western Sunshades, Pampered Pups, Beautiful Skin and more.

PSST! - Photo Magnet

By J. Everette Perry

With wide-open spaces, mountain backdrops, and the allure of year-round summer, the Greater Palm Springs area draws many luxury fashion houses to shoot their image campaigns in the California desert.

PSST! - Uptown Palm Springs vs. El Paseo, Palm Desert

J. Everette Perry

Shopping in the desert can be defined by two special areas, Uptown Palm Springs and El Paseo in Palm Desert, both with stores catering to a distinct look at feel.

Destination Medicine

Janice Kleinschmidt

Drawn by the desert’s transcendent beauty and desirable weather, people seeking a healing environment for recovery and rejuvenation seek the resort vibe of Greater Palm Springs.

A Valley of Art

The Coachella Valley's combination of talent and taste sustains a thriving community of art galleries and a world-class museum.

Retail Therapy

Mona De Crinis

From elegant to casual, modern to traditional, fun to functional, the Greater Palm Springs area teems with stores, centers, and streets that satisfy the most discriminating shopper. Let the spree begin!

The VIP Treatment

Steven Biller

Stay and play like a star in a celebrity estate, mountain-view mansion, or an architectural gem of a vacation house

Modernism Goes Mobile

A new app for your smart phone or tablet computer points you to architectural marvels throughout Palm Springs.

Meet the Moderns

Matthew Link

Fascinated by the area’s midcentury modern architecture, photographer James Schnepf set out to meet people who live in the past.

The View From Where?

You think you’ve seen our mountains, palm trees, architecture, and iconic places? Try them from Gary Dorothy's perspective.

Greetings from Cahuillaland

Ann Japenga

Leave behind modern Palm Springs and enter the lost world of Cahuillaland. Here, the rocks have names, and tricksters and shapeshifters dart around you. A kind of power — one anthropologist calls it “electricity” — abounds in objects we think of as inanimate.