Bronzing Your Bod at Sunstone Spa
With such an embarrassment of abundant sunshine as we have in Rancho Mirage and the Palm Springs Valley, it’s easy for me to maintain a healthy, golden glow year-round. But sometimes, my busy schedule...
View ArticleSummer Family Fun at Omni Rancho Los Palmas’ Splashtopia
As a happy year-round resident of Rancho Mirage, I’m no stranger to the seasonal changes of the beautiful Palm Springs Valley. Spring and fall…winter and summer…I love them all. And even in the hottest...
View ArticleOptions Aplenty at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
One of my very favorite things about Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa—whether I’m there to play a little roulette, to see a live act at ultramodern performance venue The Show, or to take in a decadent...
View ArticleLate Summer Promos at Westin Mission Hills
Eight has always been one of my two lucky numbers. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because that’s the numeral you get when you add up the individual digits of my other lucky number—17. In any case, eight...
View ArticleKatie Fletcher of Rancho Las Palmas
One wouldn’t think that Katie Fletcher—growing up outside Tampa, Florida before interning in the public relations department of a skilled nursing facility in the Sunshine State—would see serving as the...
View ArticleHandcrafted Syrups Make The Ritz-Carlton Even More Special
“Ours is absolutely the only bar in Rancho Mirage to handcraft its syrups and use fresh juices in all of its cocktails,” head bartender Neil Goetz of State Fare Bar + Kitchen at The Ritz-Carlton tells...
View ArticleJazz Concert Series Returns at Westin Mission Hills
The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa recently released news of its fall line-up for “The Grooves at the Westin.” In partnership with Apaulo Music Productions, the popular jazz concert series...
View ArticleThe Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage’s Guided Nature Hikes
Anyone who meets Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage’s longtime recreation attendant Frank Sheckler truly has the pleasure of meeting the man. Tall, blond, and handsome—with a pacific air as soothing as, well,...
View ArticleFall for Rancho Mirage’s Pinzimini All Over Again
The fall season may not bring brilliant kaleidoscopic foliage to the Palm Springs Valley, but in many of Rancho Mirage’s best kitchens, it brings change of a culinary sort. To wit, Chef Juan Leon of...
View ArticleRancho Mirage is a Town of First Resorts
As odd as it sounds, sometimes I think we all need a little reminder as to how lucky we are as desert lovers, whether we live in or simply visit the magnificent city of Rancho Mirage. Just take our...
View ArticleStargazing at The Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage
Everyone knows that stars rain down year-round in the Palm Springs Valley. We’re all über aware of the rock gods and goddesses of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Hollywood royals...
View ArticleCelebrate Sinatra’s Centennial at Westin Mission Hills
“Luck Be a Lady,” “My Way,” “Moon River.” “From Here to Eternity,” “Ocean’s 11,” “The Manchurian Candidate.” Las Vegas, Hollywood, Rancho Mirage. An Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a Palm Springs...
View ArticleChristmas Dinner at Rancho Mirage’s Resorts
Whether you plan on dining alone or with family and friends on Christmas Day, you might not be in the mood to cook (and clean) at home. With so many restaurants closed on December 25, it’s nice to know...
View ArticleAgua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Gets Four AAA Diamonds Again
Turns out diamonds aren’t only this—and many other—girl’s best friend. For the last 80 years, AAA has engaged professional inspectors to annually evaluate and rate some 30,000 hotels to determine how...
View Article“Taste of Rancho” at Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa’s bluEmber
A seat at the table of chef de cuisine Brandon Testi at bluEmber—Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa’s signature restaurant—is always a feast for the senses. Never more so than when Brandon and his...
View ArticleBe My Rancho Mirage Valentine
Here he comes again—that rosy-cheeked, red-winged cherub—slinging his amorous arrows in every direction. Yes, Valentine’s Day approaches. If you have no idea how you and your honey will spend at least...
View ArticleLift Your Love Higher with a Hot Air Balloon Ride at Westin Mission Hills
A few years ago, to celebrate a significant birthday-no, I’m not going to divulge which one-friends took me for a surprise sunrise hot air balloon over the Temecula Wine Country. It was simply...
View ArticleAgua Caliente’s Sunstone Spa Named Number One
Any of us who have the distinguished privilege of living, working, or vacationing in Rancho Mirage—the desert city at the heart of the Palm Springs Valley—knows how fortunate we are, how special a...
View ArticleBurgers & Blues at Rancho Las Palmas
Omni Hotels’ Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage continues its Taste of Rancho Pop-Up Dinner Series with Burgers & Blues on Thursday, February 25 at 7:00 p.m. “Burgers and Blues is...
View ArticleRancho Mirage is a Wonderland of Spas
One of the wonderful fringe benefits of living in (or visiting) Rancho Mirage is the plethora of world-class spas found at each of our deluxe resorts. Three of these—Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa,...
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