Palm Springs Life Magazine November 2001

ON THE COVER — Tristan Rogers takes a spin around the Palm Springs Air Museum in his newly adopted hometown. He’s like a lot of other working daytime actors who have made the desert their home. Read about them in this special Soap-Opera-Stars-of-the-Desert issue. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.

FEATURES: Soap Stars-Of-The-Desert Issue!

The Superstar: Tristan Rogers
By Sarah Hagerty. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.
This Aussie got his big job in one of the great flukes in soap history.

The Working Actor: Ron Hale
By Sarah Hagerty. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.
The Palm Springs resident takes his home interior designing as seriously as his career. The results of both: Terrific.

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The Troublemaker: Judith Chapman
By Michael Van Essen. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.
Now co-owner of St. James at the Vineyard, Chapman made a career as a soap vixen. Not typecasting.

The Pioneer: Gloria Monty
By Michael Van Essen. Photography by Ethan Kaminsky.
The woman who saved General Hospital and ABC daytime today lives in Rancho Mirage.

The Patriarch: Jed Allan
By Sarah Hagerty.
Santa Barbara to Beverly Hills, 90210 to Palm Desert.

The All-My-Children Connection
Meet part-time residents of La Quinta, the Callahans, and Palm Desert’s Marj Dusay.

The Writer: Soap Dish
Memoir by Thom Racina. Herein the juicy, gossipy inside story by a soaps writer.

SPECIAL SECTIONS:

The Official Guide to The 2001 Skins Game Tournament
The sports' most popular event features champion Colin Montgomerie fighting off the challenges of Greg Norman, Jesper Parnevik and Tiger Woods.