Knock Three Times
From bright energy to moody smolder, The Alexander House can wear many looks
O Pioneers
The Coachella Valley’s businesswomen from Nellie Coffman to Marion Davies enabled our desert communities to grow. Palm Springs Life honors three in a long line of desert entrepreneurs.
The Coachella Valley was shaped, sustained, and reinvented by women, which is celebrated with the 2016 Women in Business program, a Palm Springs Life event.
Highway 62 Revisited
The high desert wind carries a tune that musicians have played for a long time
Clive Wright’s house, perched in the rocky hills above Joshua Tree National Park, doubles as his music production business, Desert Sky Studios.
Eat This Now
These 12 dishes are amazing. Go ahead. Prove us wrong
This ‘best of’ list fulfills its premise, but mostly it’s about passing along a tasty morsel in the Coachella Valley that might be overlooked.
Rock Around the Clock
In winter, a different kind of snowbird flocks to the desert to pursue its passion. Chances are, you won’t run into one on El Paseo.
Every Saturday during the May-through-October rock-climbing season, Joshua Tree National Park hosts a pop-up coffee klatsch called Climbers Coffee.
The Accidental Opera Star
One time Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition winner Angela Meade returns triumphantly to the desert
Angela Meade knows what the word opera evokes in many people, because she once made that association, too.
How Green is Our Valley
It started with dates and grew to be part of America’s winter salad bowl. Can it continue?
Farming advocate Margit Chiriaco Rusche’s vision is to use the Coachella Valley to grow support for local agriculture and cultivate the next generation of California farmers.
Home Grown
The Coachella Valley is known for its produce. So why is it easier to buy grapes from Chile and tomatoes from Mexico?
Making the connection between food producers and consumers can be a challenge at a time when “local food” is the buzzword with everyone from restaurant owners to casual home cooks waving the locavore banner.