Palm Springs Life Magazine May 1998

Palm Springs Life Magazine May 1998ANNUAL REAL ESTATE ISSUE ON THE COVER Sand castles? That's just the start of the real estate opportunities available here in the Coachella Valley. From castles and condos to estates and compounds, the desert's living standard is still among the world's highest. And getting higher. But hurry; the availabilities are dwindling fast. Photograph by Michael Simpson FPG International LLC. FEATURES: Fore! For One! By Murray Olderman. Photography by John

A group of jolly good fellows (and gals) keep Christmas on track

The Beat Keeper

The valley's finest new restaurants offer the cuisine scene an expansive repertoire

cruising along Palm Canyon Drive and working the stands at Angel Stadium

PLUS: Monte Stettin's head-turning homes

forays into thrift stores and date farms

in which desert designers vie to see who can dress up the dining room most stylishly

Is cutting California's largest lake in two the way to save it

Worn for centuries in the Middle East and beloved by hippies

Legendary LIZA

Raymond Moore

All are unequivocally tenacious leaders and proud proponents of their Tribe and its future