Palm Springs Life Magazine May 2001

ANNUAL REAL ESTATE ISSUE

ON THE COVER — Huell Howser has jumped into the desert real estate market, buying a home in Palm Springs as well as Twentynine Palms. Should you all dive in with him? With interest rates low, the Coachella Valley population booming and all the desert has to offer its residents, it’s not that difficult a decision. Photography and concept by David Glomb.

FEATURES:

Eureka! - Why I Decided To Buy in Palm Springs
By Huell Howser. Photography by David Glomb.
The popular host of public television’s California’s Gold series reflects on the allure of the desert.

What, Him Worry?
Interview with Antun Barbato by Stewart Weiner. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.
Last year’s Building Industry Association’s Real Estate Marketing Manager of the Year knows a thing or two about the current market. Like overbuilding and the disappearance of the $150,000 home. Interesting commentary.

Riding The Wave
By Susan LaTempa. Photography by David Glomb and Scott Van Dyke.
Some of the country’s hottest graphic designers and culterati have taken a fancy to the desert’s small-hotel architecture, opening some of the most interesting inns in the world. Come stay.

Housing Authority 2: The Rest of the Desert
By Howard Johns. Illustrations by Stuart Funk.
Howard’s original "Housing Authority" story showed where the celebrities live(d) in Palm Springs. Now, here’s the scoop for Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Indio.

SPECIAL SECTIONS:

Desert Homes & Gardens
Edited by Jean Penn. Designed by Bill Russom.
Our popular new section highlights some of the desert's most gifted muralists and explores the new wave in "natural" foods.