Backstage at The Santa Fe Opera
A festive spirit prevails behind the scenes at The Santa Fe Opera, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this season. PSL went backstage and found elegant style and fashion.

Best of the Best - Readers Choice 2006
Palm Springs Life Subscribers selected the Coachella Valley’s best attractions, restaurants, spas, festivals, art galleries, specialty retail, nightlife, vistas, golf courses, services — even doggie day care.

Celebrating Georgia O'Keeffe
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum commemorates its 10th anniversary and unveils its expanded collection of one of America’s most famous artists. Now, more than ever, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum should not be missed.

Datebook - December 2006
Cathedral City celebrates the holidays with a Christmas tree lighting, ice carving demonstration, ornament making, games and entertainment, and a visit from Santa.

Editor's Letter
Palm Springs Life recently asked its subscribers to help us identify the best of everything in the Coachella Valley — from spas, attractions, and restaurants to golf courses, doggie day care, and art galleries, and (almost) everything in between.

Erica Hopper: Opposites Attract
The painter uses contrasting elements to convey emotion and desire

First Takes - Bird's Eye View
Hot-as-summer golf course architect Tom Doak and visitors to Stone Eagle Golf Club in Palm Desert — his first course in California

First Takes - Music Man
Will Schaefer quietly positions himself to become the desert’s “next big thing.”

First Takes - Party Talk
Long a favorite topic of conversation among those who don’t really know each other, weather brought together 15 people from as far away as Canada for dinner at LG’s Steakhouse in Palm Springs.

First Takes - Sun, Sand, Celebrity, Sin
An exclusive excerpt from Hollywood Celebrity Playground will appear in the January 2007 issue of Palm Springs Life. Don’t miss it!

First Takes - The New Look of Live/Work Spaces
Those who enjoy living and working in Palm Springs will soon have the chance to do both in the same place.

Intelligencer
Give Indian Wells Golf Resort credit for coming up with a bonus-filled package.

KCET In December

Oh Screw It!
It may be time to let go of that old wine-bottle standby: the cork.

Rear View - Ladies of the Canyon
Residents of now-abandoned Whitewater Canyon enjoyed a utopian lifestyle.

See It, Feel It, Touch It
The Da Vinci Experience stimulates all the senses at Palm Springs Air Museum, which transformed a hangar into 15th century Italy for the exhibition's U.S. debut.

Wealth - The Collection Market
Investing in art and antiques requires caution, knowledge, and patience.