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2009
While others plotted their post-Thanksgiving pre-dawn assault on big-box stores touting flat-panel TV bargains, Kirk and I eschewed such banal pursuits in favor of more sensory pleasures! The day after a thoroughly wonderful Thanksgiving hosted by long-time friend, Cathy Colbert, in her darling R...
11/28/2009
There are luxury foreclosures available throughout the Coachella Valley, from La Quinta to Palm Springs. Check out the best of these high-end bank-owned homes which have just come on the market and give me a call if you'd like further information. This custom-built home in La Quinta's Tradition C...
11/24/2009
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The Living Desert's annual fall plant sale takes place this weekend so Kirk and I headed over there yesterday after the eventful morning on El Paseo. We'd breakfasted at the newly-opened Italian-themed cafe, Il Sogno, where we spied a favorite artist in town from Flagstaff. Connie Townsend, an ar...
11/22/2009
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Picture this. I'm happily tucking into a Saturday breakfast repast of savory Quiche Lorraine and French-press coffee at brand-new cafe, Il Sogno, overlooking Palm Desert's scenic boulevard El Paseo when I spy a familiar face approach the outside bistro tables. "Surely that can't be Connie Townsen...
11/21/2009
Until today, I'd given my hometown of La Quinta short shrift in my autumnal quest to explore Coachella Valley's plethora of hiking trails. A few days ago, Sue, aka The Energizer Bunny, and I crossed off the trails crisscrossing the Rancho Mirage foothills on my hiking to-do list, adding them to t...
11/19/2009
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Here's a foreclosure to jump on in Hidden Canyon of La Quinta. On the market today, this Ridge View 3 floorplan offers 3031 sq ft home with 4 bedrooms (plus den) and 3.5 baths. With a mountain literally rising up in the backyard, this home enjoys a unique setting and dramatic vistas. This home's ...
11/16/2009
Here's an amazing bank-owned home on the Greg Norman course at PGA West, La Quinta. One of the largest floorplans in the master-planned community, this Ventana boasts a hefty 4057 sq ft ($245/sf) with 3 bedrooms and 4 baths. Overlooking the 2nd hole of the Norman course with incredible mountain v...
11/16/2009
Rancho Mirage's Art Affaire, the last major art festival of the year here in the Palm Springs desert takes place this weekend, November 14-15. The 9th annual event is held in Whitewater Park, a gem-of-a-park with appealing contours and gorgeous mountain vistas of the nearby San Jacinto Mountains....
11/14/2009
Palm Desert is always in the vanguard artistically and architecturally here in the Coachella Valley. It was the first to commission signs—themed using giant slabs of flagstone—announcing various entry points of the city. The other cities quickly followed suite and the Valley is now replete with d...
11/13/2009
Up at 5, on the trail at 6 a.m.! Kirk marvels at my new-found ability to rise and shine. Well, the first part anyway. This marks my third hike within four days. How on earth did I morph into this avid hiker? This morning the Energizer Bunny, aka Sue Cook—a fellow Windermere agent—and I tackle a 3...
11/06/2009
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