Looking for live action outside of the Coachella Music and Arts and Stagecoach music festivals? Date Shed at Empire Polo Club (the Indio home to both festivals) satisfies those who dig the Coachella vibe. Proprietor Alex Haagen IV describes Date Shed as “not a bar with a stage, but a music venue that happens to have a bar. The lighting
A cigar is not just a cigar
The Complete Cigar-Friendly Escape
The pampering and relaxation ante for men is being raised at La Quinta Resort & Club, as the desert retreat launches Havana Club, a new cigar lounge and barber shop.
Anniversary Preparations
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa Kicks Off 25th Anniversary Preparations
In anticipation of the award-winning resort’s 2012 “silver anniversary,” Southern California’s renowned JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa is announcing a host of exciting updates in an effort to enhance the property’s overall guest experience.
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Palm Springs Life's Best of the Best Results
You vote. We reveal. That’s how Best of the Best works.
Together with KPSP LOCAL 2, we ask readers and viewers to weigh in weekly at www.mybestofthebest.com on their favorite people, places, and things in the Coachella Valley.
Purposeful Pampering
Indulge yourself and make the world a better place
Throughout October, select Coachella Valley salons and spas, in partnership with The Girlfriend Factor and Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention and Visitors Authority, are offering discounted spa treatments, salon services, and/or spa-themed getaway packages.
Birds on Board
Flamingo youngsters add to Marriott’s blossoming brood
More than 30 Chilean flamingos live on the grounds of JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert.
A Perfect Circle
Wildlife corridors enveloping the desert resort cities provide a magical journey to a new perspective
If you have been thinking you’re in an urban nexus with some fetching mountains on the fringes, what we’re about to tell you may be unsettling. Here in the greater Palm Springs area, you’re actually on an island — a puddle of urbanity surrounded by wildlands.
Miracle in the Sand
The words of a pioneer reveal a love for land that demanded respect, patience — and fortitude
Cabot Yerxa, who worked on his homestead from 1913 until his death — chronicled the lives of those who dug wells, contended with rattlesnakes, and built the cabins and roads that became Desert Hot Springs
Palm Springs – Explore the Urban Desert
A fun and informative guide to Coachella Valley cities
“It’s the magic air … like nowhere else on the planet — sensual, warm, healing, calming. A true remedy
for long life and health.” — Palm Springs resident Suzanne Somers
Cathedral City – Explore the Urban Desert
A fun and informative guide to Coachella Valley cities
Many desert dwellers gravitate to Cathedral City for its assortment of independent shops and restaurants.