Palm Springs Revisited
By Bob Enzel Life in Palm Springs is good …very good. Logistically though, I’m next door in La Quinta visiting a friend with a lovely house at the Trilogy Golf Club. We’re here–three of us– to attend the National Ski Areas Association Convention and Trade Show. An annual occurrence—always held somewhere warm—where owners of ski […]
Plunk!
By Bob Enzel The August issue of GOLF Magazine had an article “How to survive an Island Green.” It showed photos of the following five psychologically difficult holes 1. Grand Cypress Resort, South Course, Orlando, FL (Par 3, 8th hole) 2. PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, CA (Par 3, 17th hole) 3. Coeur d’Alene […]
Lake Tahoe Golf
By Bob Enzel It was mid-August in Lake Tahoe where three of us lodged comfortably in Incline Village, NV, home of Diamond Peak Ski Area. Our intention during our 5-day visit was to play four different golf courses owned by either ski resorts or lodging specialists at the lake or within the beautiful surrounding pine […]
San Diego…Sea and See Worthy
By Ted Heck It took me only 88 years and $3,000 to get from Philadelphia to San Diego. Long ago I wanted to visit the seaport in Southern California, after watching movies of World War II sailors and soldiers moving in and out of the harbor, kissing wives and girlfriends on the dock. Years later […]
THE FOLLIES
You have to see it to believe it. Show girls and show guys, all over the age of 50, with most over the age of sixty. The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies began in 1992 and is still going strong when we were privileged to view its 20th Year Anniversary show in 2011. Over the years, […]
When a Rose is a Thorn
It was probably inevitable. I’d held out for years and years, but I finally caved this New Year’s. New Year’s Day, to me, has long meant a fresh pot of coffee, a pastry or two if the household opinion was I had been behaving myself gastronomically over the holidays, and semi-napping through two hours of […]
