Downtown Turnaround
You can hear the buzz: Finally, downtown Palm Springs has a makeover plan to excite anyone disheartened by empty storefronts on Palm Canyon Drive.

The Good, the Bad, and the Man in the Middle
Developer John Wessman stands his ground, takes flak, and wouldn’t have it any other way

The New Contemporary
Blossoming commercial architecture takes cues from modernism and infuses eco-friendly design and amenities.

The Connoisseur’s Eye
With a curator's passion for richly detailed art and artifacts of California's Spanish heritage, designer Martin Newman creates allegorical vignettes of Palm Springs history.

Editor's Letter
Look Out! Here Comes Tomorrow

Psst — Design
Design within Radar

Psst — Outdoors
The Great Outdoors — See it on a Segway, and Planning a hiking trail from East Valley to West.

Psst — Events
The Art of Food & Wine, and The Art of Theater.

Intelligencer
Cooking with Liberace, Canine Art, More Theaters Planned, Courting the Client in Style, and a Look Back to Architect William F. Cody.

In Store
Retreat with home accents that are soft, comfortable, and good-looking, too

Detours — Mazatlan
Natural splendors and civilized pleasures

Horoscope
Look Back to the Future

Well Grounded
In 1850, California became the 31st state in the Union. A mere seven years later came the genesis of Sonoma wine country when Hungarian nobleman Agoston Haraszthy founded the Buena Vista winery.

LUX Living
From contemporary condos to mountain mansions, the homes in new residential developments share a common denominator that makes the Coachella Valley so darn popular: the amenities!

Reign of Terroir
After almost 150 years and the opening of more than 300 wineries, Napa Valley finally earned the respect of the European Union. In May, the Northern California wine region won Geographic Indication status — the first such recognition of an American wine appellation.

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