Palm Springs VillageFest Extends Its Hours. VillageFest, the weekly street fair in beautiful downtown Palm Springs, just began its fall hours last Thursday. Located along Palm Canyon Drive between Baristo and Amado Roads, this very popular street celebration will now take place from 6 to 10 p.m. every Thursday evening. Palm Springs … [Read more...]
Ace is the Place in Palm Springs
It’s great to see Palm Springs is so often in the national news. Today I’m writing about our still relatively new Ace Hotel and Swim Club, because it’s featured in the December 2010 Food and Wine issue in their Where to Go -- BEST OF THE YEAR section. The Ace design style is somewhat quirky, with industrial materials used in the decor, and many of … [Read more...]
Cheeta, Palm Springs Icon
Local resident Cheeta, of the classic MGM Tarzan films made during the 1930's and 1940's in which he starred as the sidekick of Johnny Weissmuller, is being featured this week in Entertainment Weekly. The article heralds a new unofficial "autobiography" coming out in February 2009 called "Me Cheeta". See their video of Cheeta Reading his … [Read more...]
Paper or Plastic . . . or Reusable?
There are many small things we can do individually in "going green" - changing out our light bulbs, minimizing use of the clothes dryer, and setting thermostats at eighty - these are a few ways to start. (These steps alone cut our own power bill in half for July from two years ago.) Now here is a next step. The cities of Palm Springs and Desert … [Read more...]
