the living desert palm desert california

Best Places to Occupy Kids

The Living Desert immerses you and your kids in the animal's habitat, make a splash at a resort pool, or visit a local public park.

Kent Black Attractions, Best Of, Current PSL

What are the best places to occupy your kids in the desert? The Living Desert is a fave, make waves at a resort pool, or visit a public park.

seymours palm springs

Best Quiet Bar for a Classic Cocktail

And for Best Use of Foam in a Cocktail? Bar Cecil has created a drink with a creamy foam that "almost looks like a lemon meringue pie when it comes out.”

Kent Black Best Of, Current PSL, Restaurants

Seymour’s at Mr. Lyons in Palm Springs has an atmosphere of calm when you pass through the velvet curtain, a well-crafted drink, and peace.

salton sea

Never Get Off the Boat

A strange and wonderful ride through the communities surrounding the Salton Sea.

Kent Black Attractions, Current PSL

Writer Kent Black shares a strange and wonderful ride through the communities surrounding the Salton Sea — a world away from Palm Springs.

Eight4Nine Palm Springs

Gotta Have It

The desert’s tastemakers have tried it all, so we asked where they dine and what they order. They responded with passion, and a little drool.

Kent Black Current PSL, Restaurants

The desert’s tastemakers have tried it all, so we asked where they dine and what they order. They responded with passion, and a little drool.

kaufmann house palm springs

Selling the Kaufmann House

The next owner of desert modernism’s Richard Neutra-designed crown jewel will need about $20 million and, as previous stewards attest, a passion for preservation.

Kent Black Current PSL, Modernism, Real Estate

The next owner of the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs will need $20 million and, as previous stewards attest, a passion for preservation.