Places

Our Favorite Wedding Venues

For many wedding couples, Greater Palm Springs is their happiest place on earth.

Cool It, Man!

Tramway to Heaven

Making a New Amigo

There is a great scene in Raymond Chandler’s “The Long Goodbye” when detective Philip Marlowe goes into a bar in the late afternoon to have a drink in memory of an old friend.

The Secret Is Out

Hidden Gem: Shop Brings Collectors’ Eyes to Palm Springs

Surf’s Up!

Bodies of water in the desert? Unnatural. Waves in the desert? Call ’em supernatural. Following a pandemic-delayed debut and technically complex 2024 unveiling, waves at the Palm Springs Surf Club (PSSC) are now barreling in full.

Hidden Gem: Music Heals

It’s not easy to locate Music Heals, a tiny store on North Palm Canyon Drive. The best way is to wait until Friday nights, when a drum circle forms. “Sometimes, they have 25 drums out there,” says Jason Nutter, owner of Music Heals.

New Year/New Gear

The desert’s ever-growing sports calendar is shifting to a new gear this spring, compliments of The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix. Hosted at the eponymous club’s Twin Palms track, the three-day racing event (held from March 21 to 23)

Some Like It Hot

My best friend and I packed a picnic dinner and headed to Zabriskie Point in Death Valley National Park before sunset. “Zabriskie Point” is also the name of a 1970 American film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.