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Dine Your Way Through the Oasis with 2013 Restaurant Week in Palm Springs, California

The 2013 Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week takes place May 31-June 16! This is your exciting opportunity to experience some of the best, most fun and unique restaurants Greater Palm Springs has to offer, whether it’s your favorite hangout or you simply want to try something new. Talented chefs are already creating menu selections for this [...]

May 6, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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New Music Festival Hits the Stage in Palm Springs – A Free Concert between Coachella Weekends

Palm Springs, CA – Passion Pit, an indie band with one of the biggest hits in the country right now, will headline Tachevah: A Palm Springs Block Party, a new open-air concert scheduled April 17, 2013 between the two Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival weekends. Over 7,500 people are expected to attend the block [...]

April 7, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park Presents Desert Gold: History of Mining in the Dale District – 2nd Friday Old Schoolhouse Lecture Series

Prospectors and miners were drawn to the area known as the Dale Mining District, located 15 miles southeast of Twentynine Palms, as early as 1881 by reports of gold in the Pinto Mountains. By its peak production period in 1898, there were as many as 3,000 miners within the district. During its heyday, lode and [...]

January 24, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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Taos, New Mexico Boasts Its One-of-a-Kind Adventures

Taos, NM – Taos, NM – the town named a “best winter destination” by Travel + Leisure; one of the “best small towns in America” by Smithsonian Magazine; one of the “prettiest towns in America” by Forbes Magazine; and a “top arts destination” by American Style Magazine – is unveiling all that the town has [...]

January 24, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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What’s New in Tucson, Arizona – January 2013

Tucson Science in the City: Downtown Tucson will host the second annual Tucson Science in the City as part of the statewide Arizona SciTech Festival, Saturday, Feb. 16. Scientific demonstrations and hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities for kids ages K-12 will be presented in the morning at the Children’s Museum Tucson. In [...]

January 18, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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San Diego’s East County 2013 Calendar of Events for Spring 2013

San Diego’s rural East County boasts a variety of exciting annual and special events to welcome visitors throughout the year. From the Annual Julian Fall Apple Days and Harvest to the bloom of the wildflowers in the Anza-Borrego Desert each spring, visitors to East County can find an extraordinary range of colorful street festivals, parades, [...]

January 16, 2013 · admin · Comments Closed
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Third-Annual California Restaurant Month Spans 33 Spectacular Destinations in 2013

SACRAMENTO (November 14, 2012) — Visit California invites visitors to sample and savor the Golden State’s internationally renowned wine and food this January during California Restaurant Month. As one of the nation’s most diverse and agriculturally bountiful states, diners can expect delicious dining opportunities across California in an unprecedented 33 destinations, including nine new destinations, [...]

November 14, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Exploring the ‘Wild West’ of San Diego’s East County

San Diego’s East County conjures up images of the Wild West when cowboys, pioneers and prospectors set their sights on this vast inviting frontier with its quaint rural towns nestled amongst rolling hills, alpine mountains and desolate desert expanse. Visitors can experience this exciting chapter of San Diego’s pastoral past at various historic sites and towns [...]

November 8, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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Condé Nast Traveler names Terranea one of the Top Three Resorts in Southern California

Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (November, 2012) – Terranea Resort, Los Angeles’ premier oceanfront vacation destination, continues to receive top industry accolades including its most recent ranking as one of the top three resorts in Southern California by Condé Nast Traveler in the annual Readers’ Choice Awards. The Spa at Terranea, The Links at Terranea, the [...]

November 7, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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The 5th Annual Desert Woman’s Show Returns to Rancho Mirage, California

Rancho Mirage, CA – The City of Rancho Mirage is pleased to officially welcome the upcoming 5th Annual Desert Woman’s Show to the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, November 17 & 18, 2012. The weekend-long Expo is expected to draw over 5,000 attendees and will shine the spotlight on women’s issues while focusing on improvement and enlightenment [...]

October 25, 2012 · admin · Comments Closed
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