Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Amazon Ups The Game with Kindle Fire
Amazon.com Inc. jumped into the tablet computer fray, escalating its rivalry with Apple Inc. as each aims to provide both the devices and digital stores where people buy books, songs and movies.
Standing on stage in front of a large New York audience, Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos Wednesday unveiled a music- and video-playing tablet dubbed the Kindle Fire. The color touch-screen gadget takes direct aim at Apple's market-dominating iPad—particularly with its price of $199, far below the iPad's starting price of $499.
Amazon debuted four new Kindles in New York on Wednesday with features including free wireless 3G, new e-ink, touch interface and streaming content. Stu Woo reports on digits.
The online retailer is gambling it can succeed with its tablet where several other giants, including Hewlett-Packard Co. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., have so far failed. Unlike those companies, Amazon already has a vast library of digital content to sell and tens of millions of credit-card numbers.
A Slew of Tablets
Amazon.com via Bloomberg News
A bevy of new and upgraded tablets and e-readers are on the market. See how the base models for the different devices stack up, including Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet.
The move highlights how the battle lines are blurring in retail, media and technology. Apple, once known as a computer company, is now the world's biggest music retailer and a leading phone maker. Amazon has morphed from a discount retailer of physical books to a digital department store that streams movies and sells its own gadgets.
Amazon's new Kindle Fire, which will offer magazine content and streaming videos, takes aim at Apple's tablet dominance. How does the Kindle Fire stack up against the iPad 2? Should Apple be worried? Stu Woo and Dan Gallagher join digits.
While Amazon has had some success in new markets—it claims its Kindle e-book reader outsells other goods it offers on its website, for instance—the Kindle Fire puts the company into a fast-growing but competitive field.
The competition is likely to heat up further, with Barnes & Noble Inc. expected to release its own tablet next month. The bookseller already has a tablet-like device in the Nook Color. The new tablet is expected to provide faster access to the Web, a broader array of apps, and better video-playing. A spokeswoman for Barnes & Noble declined to comment.
Overall, Apple has sold 29 million iPads since releasing it in early 2010. Apple had 68% of the tablet market in this year's second quarter, according to data tracker IDC.
While Amazon's new device could hurt the iPad, Allen Weiner, an analyst with industry-tracker Gartner Research, said Apple could do something from either a technological or pricing standpoint to lure consumers and content providers who might be tempted by the Kindle Fire.
The Kindle Fire is only Amazon's second foray into the hardware business, after selling the Kindle reader for four years. And though Mr. Bezos said in an interview that Amazon engineers drove the design of the gadget, people familiar with the device said the company outsourced some of the design and manufacturing to an Asian manufacturer.
Mr. Bezos said his tablet strategy was about more than selling gadgets. "Well, you can call it a tablet if you want. I call it a service," he said. A piece of that service is this hardware, and "the service is that deep integration with that content and that media," he said.
Amazon Unveils 'Kindle Fire'
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Amazon didn't let reporters test or touch the Kindle Fire at Wednesday's event, having company handlers show them off instead. The Kindle Fire has a smaller screen and less storage capacity than the iPad and runs Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
Amazon is now taking orders for the device, which ships on Nov. 15.
Amazon has had some success tangling with Apple. Both companies have competed to sell digital products such as MP3 downloads. Earlier this year, Amazon made a splash undercutting Apple's leading iTunes music store by selling the new album from Lady Gaga for just 99 cents.
The Kindle Fire also has a notable advantage over other tablets that have tried to narrow the iPad's lead: Amazon's library of digital content, which its tablet users can access. Customers can pay $79 a year for a service known as Amazon Prime, which gives them access to 11,000 movies and TV shows, as well as unlimited two-day shipping for physical goods purchased on Amazon.com. Amazon also sells single movies, TV shows and music songs, with a catalog that competes with that of Apple's iTunes store.
European Pressphoto Agency
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows off the new Kindle Fire tablet Wednesday. The device will be priced at $199.
Analysts said the tablet could boost Amazon's revenue because the device makes it easy to buy both physical goods and digital goods, such as books, music and videos, on Amazon.com.
Still, some speculate that Amazon won't be making much, if any, money from the Fire. But UBM TechInsights, which calculates the cost to build devices, said a preliminary estimate of the components in the Fire likely totaled about $150, netting Amazon a profit of about $50 a tablet.
Amazon's shares rose $5.50, or 2.5%, to $229.71 Wednesday.
"Consumers want email, Web access, games, video and music, and that's exactly what Amazon is delivering for a very reasonable price," said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst with Forrester Research. "The Kindle Fire is all the tablet that most consumers will need."
At the Wednesday event, Mr. Bezos also introduced two new versions of the black-and-white Kindles. The entry level one costs $79, while one with a touch screen costs $99. Both come with advertising on the home screen and on the screensaver; the ad-free version of the Kindles cost at least $30 more.
Book publishers said they expected the new black-and-white Kindles and the Kindle Fire to boost e-book sales, particularly after the holidays. Before the original Kindle launched, the fledgling e-book business had lost traction and had largely been written off by the publishing community.
Today some major publishers say e-books are 15% to 20% of revenue, and as much as 50% or more of sales on certain commercial fiction titles.
"What we saw today is really going to drive the adoption curve in the U.S.," said Maja Thomas, senior vice president of Hachette Digital, a unit of Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group.
Added Jane Friedman, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media Inc., a digital publisher, "Some will continue to want a pure e-reader. But the Kindle Fire is... much more than I expected, and it's going to be great for my company."
Amazon still faces the delicate task of promoting its tablet at the same time as its Kindle e-readers.
Some analysts said that the tablet—on which people can read e-books—might cannibalize sales of the dedicated e-readers. Amazon executives, however, played down those concerns.
"People are going to choose different devices for different content," said Russ Grandinetti, Amazon's Kindle vice president. They would choose the tablet for children's books, comic books and graphic novels, while opting for the black-and-white reader for bigger novels and biographies, he said.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Fall 2011 US Prime-Time Broadcast & Cable TV Schedule
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| abc | Dancing with the Stars Sep 19 | Castle Sep 19 | ||||||
| cbs | How I Met Your Mother Sep 19 | Two Broke Girls Sep 19 | Two and a Half Men Sep 19 | Mike & Molly Sep 26 | Hawaii Five-O Sep 19 | |||
| cw | Gossip Girl Sep 26 | Hart of Dixie Sep 26 | ||||||
| fox | Terra Nova Sep 26 | House M.D. Oct 3 | ||||||
| nbc | The Sing-Off Sep 19 | The Playboy Club Sep 19 | ||||||
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| hbo | Bored to Death Oct 10 | Enlight- ened Oct 10 | ||||||
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| abc | Last Man Standing Oct 11 | Man-Up! Oct 18 | Dancing with the Stars Sep 20 | Body of Proof Sep 20 | ||||
| cbs | NCIS Sep 20 | NCIS: Los Angeles Sep 20 | Unforgettable Sep 20 | |||||
| cw | 90210 Sep 13 | Ringer Sep 13 | ||||||
| fox | Glee Sep 20 | New Girl Sep 20 | Raising Hope Sep 20 | |||||
| nbc | The Biggest Loser Sep 20 | Parenthood Sep 13 | ||||||
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| abc | The Middle Sep 21 | Suburgatory Sep 28 | Modern Family Sep 21 | Happy Endings Sep 28 | Revenge Sep 21 | |||
| cbs | Survivor Sep 14 | Criminal Minds Sep 21 | CSI Sep 21 | |||||
| cw | H8R Sep 14 | America's Next Top Model Sep 14 | ||||||
| fox | The X-Factor Sep 21 | I Hate My Teenage Daughter Nov 23 | ||||||
| nbc | Up All Night Sep 14 | Free Agents Sep 14 | Harry's Law Sep 21 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sep 21 | ||||
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| abc | Charlie's Angels Sep 22 | Grey's Anatomy Sep 22 | Private Practice Sep 29 | |||||
| cbs | The Big Bang Theory Sep 22 | How to Be a Gentleman Sep 29 | Person of Interest Sep 22 | The Mentalist Sep 22 | ||||
| cw | The Vampire Diaries Sep 15 | The Secret Circle Sep 15 | ||||||
| fox | The X-Factor Sep 22 | Bones Nov 3 | ||||||
| nbc | Community Sep 22 | Parks and Recreation Sep 22 | The Office Sep 22 | Whitney Sep 22 | Prime Suspect Sep 22 | |||
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| abc | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Oct 21 | Shark Tank | 20/20 Sep 16 | |||||
| cbs | A Gifted Man Sep 23 | CSI: NY Sep 23 | Blue Bloods Sep 23 | |||||
| cw | Nikita Sep 23 | Supernatural Sep 23 | ||||||
| fox | Kitchen Nightmares Sep 23 | Fringe Sep 23 | ||||||
| nbc | Chuck Oct 21 | Grimm Oct 21 | Dateline NBC Sep 23 | |||||
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| abc | America's Funniest Home Videos Oct 2 | Once Upon a Time Oct 23 | Desperate Housewives Sep 25 | Pan Am Sep 25 | ||||
| cbs | 60 Minutes Sep 25 | The Amazing Race Sep 25 | The Good Wife Sep 25 | CSI: Miami Sep 25 | ||||
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Guide to Palm Desert and Palm Springs Fun
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Zin – An American Bistro - 198 S. Palm Canyon Dr. (at Arenas Rd.) Palm Springs, CA 92262 760-322-6300 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 760-322-6300 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Zin offers adventurous and robust dishes robust American entries like buttermilk-fried chicken, a Zin burger, a “very adult” macaroni and cheese and apple pie with great atmosphere and attentive staff.
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Spenser’s on the Mountain – Romantic dinner. 701 West Baristo Road . Palm Springs . CA . 9226 (760) 327-3446. Location is near edge of mountains downtown:
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Shame on the Moon Restaurant – Delicious and affordable, Where the locals go. Reservations a must: 760 324-5515, Hostess: Ginger
69950 Frank Sinatra Drive Rancho Mirage 92270-2831 SUMMER HOURS OPEN TUESDAY - SUNDAY at 5:30pm | |||
Daily Grill - 73-601 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260 760 779-9911 at 73-061 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA Phone: 760/779-9911
Serves good salads, a fine gazpacho, zesty pasta dishes, and various blue-plate specials. The sidewalk terrace invites people-watching, and the weekend brunches are very festive. A bit overpriced.
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City Wok - Chinese, across from Marriott in Palm Desert, Country Club.74-970 Country Club Drive Palm Desert, CA 92260 760-341-1511 Hours: Mon–Thurs11:30 AM to 9:30 PM; Fri & Sat 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM; Sun11:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
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Thai Smile - inexpensive Thai food in shopping center off Bob Hope and 111.
Pomme Frite - in Palm Springs - great mussels with wonderful fries served in paper cone with3 dipping sauces. Also get Veal Poulard if available (special for Wedesdays).
Wally’s Desert Turtle- very expensive but really good. La Bella Cucina - In Desert Crossings Shopping Center on 111 (near Fred Waring) - Family run Italian place with absolutely no atmosphere but delicious Italian food and really cheap!! Usually crowded.
Las Casuelas – The Original
(760) 325-3213
368 N Palm Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262
The original Las Casuelas may not have the party ambience of the larger, more touristy Terazza down the street . . . or the spectacular Nuevas in Rancho Mirage, but easier to get in, food is the same, excellent quality and the service is attentive and fast.
Las Casuelas Nueva
70050 Highway 111,
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Tel: (760) 328-8844
Always busy, well-run restaurant and bar, complete with dance floor, provides great Mexican food, friendly service and fun. Strolling mariachis start playing in the morning. Try the Carnitas (seasoned, twice-cooked pork with salsa and condiments). We’ve tried all three and found the food to be a bit better at this location.
Las Casuelas Terraza
222 S. Palm Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA 92262 (760) 325-2794
The restaurant is large. When you enter a costume clad hostess will seat you. I suggest the patio, as it is like sitting in a pretty garden in Mexico. They also have mariachis playing music here.
“C. C. Inn” a.k.a. The Cedar Creek Inn – Nice more formal lunch or dinner. Great salads. "Old world" Palm Springs. Cedar Creek Inn 1555 South Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92264 Reservations: 760/325-7300. Note: also restaurant in Palm Desert - Cedar Creek Inn on El Paseo - 73445 El Paseo, Palm Desert, 92260
P. F. Changs - The River, 71800 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 Phone: (760) 776-4912. They will take a reservation. Try the Lettuce Wraps (appetizer) and Dan Dan noodles or Lemon Chicken for entrées.
Mario’s Italian Café – closest to Marriott is Mario's Italian Café, Mario's Italian Cafe
42-104 Washington St., Bermuda Dunes, CA. (760) 772-6100. From Marriott, take Cook heading south and turn left at Hovley Lane East which becomes 42nd Ave. Continue across Washington Street then quick right into shopping center on right. You’ll see Mario’s. Large portions and excellent value. Really delicious.
Keedy's Fountain & Grill - 73-633 Highway 111; 760-346-6492), a 1950’s soda fountain. Great breakfasts and lunches. The pankcakes are fantastic. And for lunch, the burgers are THE BEST.
The Elephant Bar - 73833 Hwy 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260-4005 Tel: (760) 340-0456. Good alternative for a casual lunch. Not pricy, well located. Nice fast service. Big menu, happy hours, spacious. Quality of food is very good.
C.J.’s Diner - 74894 Lennon Pl Ste H1, Palm Desert, CA 92260 Tel: (760) 837-9650. Haven’t tried it but review looks interesting.
Pacifica Seafood - 73505 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Tel: 760 674 8666. Haven’t tried but rated #1 of 200 desert area restaurants.
Sherman’s Deli - 73161 Country Club Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260-2350
Tel: (760) 568-1350. Huge portions. Great food. People say New Yorkers won’t be disappointed.
Papa Dan’s – 73-131 Country Club at Monterey 568-3267
Arnold Palmer’s Restaurant - 78164 Ave 52, La Quinta, CA 92253-8909
Tel: (760) 771-4653
Worth going to once, if only to enjoy the clubby atmosphere and the “legend”. We enjoyed having a light fare dinner out on patio but be prepared, the place can be crowded and noisy. Food is good, but about 20% overpriced.
Peabody's Café - 134 S Palm Canyon Dr (@ Tahquitz Canyon Way) Palm Springs, CA 92262. Kind of a ritual, we always go to Peabody’s at least once for coffee and breakfast. Great people watching.
Benny's Bagels - Bagels/Bakery. Made fresh daily & cooked after boiling in the old, traditional way. No fat, cholesterol, or preservatives. 72-785 Hwy 111 (760) 568-4990 Tasty fresh and hot.
Tyler’s Burgers - 149 S Indian Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262-6603 Tel: (760) 325-2990. Haven’t tried it but looks interesting.
In n Out Burger - 72265 Varner Rd., Thousand Palms, CA 92276
Sunday through Thursday 10:30 a.m.-1:00 a.m.
Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m. Directions from Palm Desert area:
1. Take 111 to Monterey Ave
2. Follow Monterey "up" heading north past Country Club, Frank Sumatra, Gerald Ford, and Dinah Shore. 3. Go under I-10 overpass and take left onto Varner Road (access road that parallels I-10) heading to Ramon Road, which is next intersection. 4. At Ramon Road, turn right and it's in front of you.
2nd location in Indio: kinda sleezy neighborhood: 82043 Hwy. 111, Indio, CA 92201
Vicky’s of Santa Fe
45-100 Club Drive,
Indian Wells, CA 92210
(760) 345-977
Specials:
Grilled Vegetable Stack, eggplant, Portabello mushrooms, yellow squash, bell peppers, and herbed goat cheese; Seasoned Eight-Bone New Zealand Rack of Lamb; Homemade Apple Pie; Wedge of Iceberg Lettuce with diced tomatoes, applewoodsmoked bacon, and bleu cheese dressing; and Scallops served on sautéed spinach with mango salsa, drizzled with a little butter.
“Vicky’s is known for generous portions of good quality food served at reasonable prices.”
Dairy Queen
· Cook at 111 PALM DESERT CA 92260-3801
· 41-800 WASHINGTON ST (North of Fred Waring) BERMUDA DUNES CA 92201-8154
· E. Vista Chino at N Sunrise Way PALM SPRINGS CA 92262-3569
Ruby’s in downtown Palm Springs
155 S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262 (760) 406-7829
Aqua Paza - in the River Shopping Center in Rancho Mirage has lots of great appetizers priced at 50% until 6:30 or 7:00PM and then again after 8:30--small pizzas, calamari, etc--lively atmosphere and a real bargain. Another great bargain in RM is Halawaia Joe's, on 111, closer to the Cathedral City border--teriffic appetizer menu 50% off until 6:30PM. Great ribs, ahi tuna, potstickers, etc. in a beautiful building built into the side of a mountain. Enjoy. Make reservation inside or outside.
Castelli’s Restaurant
73-098 Highway 111,
Palm Desert, California 92260
Great Italian place, family owned well established restaurant that locals frequent more than tourists. It can be difficult to find so use map as it is just off hwy 111 on a service road. Just look for the busiest spot! Food excellent.
Sammy's Woodfire Pizza - Palm Desert
73-595 El Paseo Rd.Palm Desert, CA 92260 760-836-0500 http://www.sammyspizza.com/menu/
Goody’s Café
Some of the recent reviews are disappointing.
40101 Monterey Ave
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Take Country Club to Rancho Mirage, Monterey and CC., in the center, across from Albertsons.
La Tablita Restaurant - Mexican
Address: 68369 E Palm Canyon Dr, Cathedral City, CA 92234
Phone: (760) 321-5935
Delicious Mexican food, family owned.
Sidewinder Grill
Address: 66121 Pierson Blvd,
Desert Hot Springs, CA
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Palm Desert – Top Restaurant List
Palm Desert – Top Restaurant List
www.palm-springs.org/dining.htm or http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g32847-Palm_Springs_California.html
Alphabetical Guide to Restaurants
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Things To Do
Special Events Calendar
1. Palm Springs Street Fair – Thursday nights. They close main street for vendors, food, music. Palm Springs VillageFest. 401 S. Pavillion Palm Springs, CA 92262 Phone: 760--320-3781 An exciting attraction downtown Palm Springs every Thursday evening. Come for the music, food and fun
2. Massage - "All About Massage", 74-121 Hwy 111, Palm Desert just east of Portola. Phone 346-7949. Request desert stone massage from one of their more experienced masseusses. They place warm, not hot, stones on your back. Very calming and therapeutic. Ask for $10 coupon for first time visitor.
3. High country desert jeep tour - Take camera – Desert Adventures
4. Street Fair at College of the Desert - Saturdays and Sundays – Free – All year round. Open from 7 AM. Phone: 760-776-0152. 43-500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Open every Saturday and Sunday.
October through May, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
June through September, 7 a.m to Noon
Free Parking, Free Admission
5. Walking tour into Indian Canyons
Near downtown Palm Springs - Take camera.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
(July - September) 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Adults.......................................... $9.00
Seniors (62+)................................$7.00
Tours are in season only and approximately 1.5 hours and are 1 mile in length. Register at Palm Canyon Trading Post.
Adults...............................................$3.00
Children (16-12)................................$2.00
For Information or Reservations Call (760) 323-6018
Directions from Marriott Desert Springs
1. Country Club to 111 North
2. North on 111 past Gene Autry Trail.
3. This becomes E. Palm Canyon Drive and you're heading west on it.
4. Watch for Smoke Trail Lane on L as landmark.
5. Go about 500 feet more and take L at Sunrise Way heading south.
6. S. Sunrise becomes S. La Verne Way as you veer right.
7. Left @ S. Toledo Ave. that becones E. Murray Canyon Drive.
8. Follow as E. Murray Canyon turns West, then R at S. Palm Canyon Drive.
9. The hiking gate is at 38520 S Palm Canyon Drive on the left.
10. This is 0.4 miles past Old Rincon Villiage Rd
11. If you reach Andreas Canyon Rd you've gone about 0.2 miles too far.
Location:
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6. Walking tour into Indian Canyons at Taquitz Canyon with guide
“Hiking to a waterfall in the desert”, this is a deep gorge 2 mile loop trail to 60 foot water fall.
Location is at end of 500 West Mesquite, Palm Springs, 3 signal south of Ramon, at base of mountain.
8 AM is when guided hike starts. Get there 7:30 to 7:45 AM.
Another great place to go hiking near Palm Springs (Indian Canyons is their sister location that also offers great hiking). The trail is a loop through the canyon that takes you to a waterfall at the end of the canyon. This is a mildly strenuous hike, you need to be able to climb up rock stops that are 12-15 inches high. We went with people age 6-60 and everybody was able to do the full loop out to the waterfall and back.
Bring your camera for photos of the scenery, there are also hummingbirds in the canyon that you may be able to get photos of. Were closed toed shoes, either tennis shoes or hiking boots. The hike will take a couple of hours
Location:
1. Take 111 into Palm Springs which becomes E. Palm Canyon Drive.
2. Pass S. Farrell and Sunrise Way which run N/S.
3. Continue on 111/Palm Canyon business as it turns north.
4. After Octillo, turn left at Mesquite and at end.
Drive, walk or bike tour of the homes of the Stars
Pick up rental bikes in old Palm Springs historic area, then follow self guided maps past home where all the stars screwed and drank their brains out, Elvis, JFK, Marilyn, the Gabor sisters, Liberace, etc.
Pick up free map of the stars' homes at
Palm Springs Visitor Center
2901 North Palm Canyon Drive
Corner of North Palm Canyon Drive and Tramway
Palm Springs CA 92262
Open 9 - 5 PM Daily
760-778-8418
7. Casino Gambling - not in the center of Palm Springs. Instead, head south on interstate to casinos in the Indio area. Better casinos and odds. But sleazy oldsters.
8. Jeweler - M. Schwartz Estate Jewelers. Downtown Palm Springs @ 112 North Palm Canyon Drive (just North of Tahquiz Canyon intersection. north of Ramon Road Palm Springs, CA 92262, (760) 327-7524. Say hi to Betty, Carol and Mel (owner) & Mr. Isaac Outland, the negotiator and great guy.
9. Drive Up to Idyllwild – a quaint mountain village.
Located a mile high above neighboring desert communities, Idyllwild offers a respite from the summer heat, and a cool, snowy wonderland in winter. The highways to Idyllwild are State Scenic By-ways, which provide stunning views, diverse terrain from the deserts below up to our towering pines, all on well maintained, easy mountain roads.
From Palm Desert, take Hwy 74, start at Hwy 111 just west of Cook. Takes about an hour to drive there.
Chamber of Commerce info:
Shopping
Fry’s - about 7 miles from downtown Huntington Beach.
10800 Kalama River Ave
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone: (714) 378-4400
M- F 8 to 9. Sat 9 – 9. Sun 9 – 6
Fry’s Wedsite
Fry’s Ad Specials
1. Depart 512 13th St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
2. Turn LEFT (North) onto Main St which changes to Ellis Ave.
3. Go thru Beach Intersection and continue heading away from H.B.
4. Turn LEFT (North) onto Brookhurst St - Mimi’s Café on Brookhurst @ Ellis)
5. Turn RIGHT (East) onto Talbert Ave with Shell and Chevron gas on corner than over F’way.
6. Turn RIGHT (South) onto Mt Shay St
7. Then right again onto Kalama River Ave, Fountain Valley and Fry’s is in rear.
To exit, you must bear right and get back on F’way then off at Brookhurst exit.
Fry’s @ City of Industry
8 – 9 Mon - Fri
9 – 9 Sat
9 – 7 Sun
13401 Crossroads Parkway North
City Of Industry, CA
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Thousand Palms Oasis Hiking Trails
29200 1000 Palms Canyon Rd, Thousand Palms, CA, 92276
http://maps.yahoo.com/map?q1=92276&mag=5&ard=1#mvt=m&lat=33.806653&lon=-116.341479&mag=5&zoom=13&q1=Marriott%20Desert%20Springs%20Hotel%20Palm%20Desert%20CA&q2=29200%201000%20Palms%20Canyon%20Rd%2C%20Thousand%20Palms%2C%20CA%2C%2092276
http://coachellavalleypreserve.org/
The Coachella Valley Preserve is located 10 miles east of Palm Springs near 1000 Palms. It is a 17,000 acre site that is home to the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, which is found nowhere else in the world. It is also home of the spectacular Thousand Palm Oasis which is fed by water seeping out of the San Andreas Fault. There are also several other Palm Oases, including the Willis, Hidden Horseshoe, and Indian Palms. Located in the center is the Paul Wilhelm Grove that is also the location of the Preserve's visitor's center. The preserve has several hiking trails including the McCallum, Hidden Palms, Moon Country, Pushawalla Palms, and Willis Palms trails.
http://www.hiking-in-ps.com/cvpreserve.php
Trails in the Coachella Valley Preserve
- Pushawalla Palms Trail loop - Hike along an uplifted section of the San Andreas Fault Zone on the Pushawalla trail.
- Willis Palms Trail - A fairly easy hike to a palm oasis.
- McCallum Trail - A nice hike through the Coachella Valley preserve.
http://coachellavalleypreserve.org/
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