La Quinta Cove

Great little gifts are quite affordable right at the Museum…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2I7leKiUiQ

The first Hollywood connection with the Desert Club was its architect!  Spend a cool morning or afternoon at the Museum and learn some Desert Club trivia.  Here’s a look: 

Lots of fun at the opening of “Old Hollywood and the Desert Club” on Friday evening (July 19).  Mae West, Clark Gable, and Lucille Ball impersonators charmed the attendees who braved the heat to see the new exhibit. 

Grand entrance of the “stars”     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GALVXR5SXQE

We love Lucy     http://www.youtube.com/user/CovePotato#p/a/u/0/VAeZJI-ffgg

Licensed golf carts are now legal on SOME streets in La Quinta, many in the Cove and the Village.  (Country clubs/gated communities have their own regulations.)  Licenses can be obtained at City Hall for $20, good for two years.

What carts can be licensed?  Owners must present proof of insurance, and carts must have seat belts, windshield, headlights and red reflectors, turn signals, parking brake, horn and mirrors.  Only carts designed for two passengers with a covered passenger compartment are eligible.  If your cart fits this profile, you can get a license and use the designated streets.  For all information on the City Golf Cart Program go to http://www.la-quinta.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=10089 and click on “Brochurs is available HERE”.   A permit sticker for approved carts looks like THIS:

Approved carts will have this sticker, be driven by licensed drivers (over 16), and obeying all of the California laws for automobiles.  There will be no 4-seater carts, nor back-facing seats, and they will be operated on the approved streets (not Montezuma, Eisenhower, Bermudas or Tecate).  Consult your map carefully, as there IS a route to get you into the Village.  If you see what appears to be an ILLEGAL CART, contact the police, not City Hall. 

Having carts on our streets will be a challenge to automobile and truck drivers, so be careful.  Carts will do a lot to diminish the use of gasoline, and provide a fun means of transportation around our beautiful Cove.

Museum Manager, Johanna Wickman, tells about the “family circus” and how they influenced PT Barnam and other large three-ring circuses.

Museum Manager, Johana Wickman, tells the interesting story of this legendary figure.  Drop in and see for yourself, Tuesday - Saturday 10-4:00.  FREE and COOL.

Want a little break on a Thursday afternoon?  Fun for young and old?  Inter-generational mixing?  (and free?)

Juy 1: Dan Crow returns with music for all

July 8: Ventriloquist John Gandleman with puppets

July 15: Wildlife Company brings a menagerie of interesting critters

July 22: Juggler Johnathon

July 29: Mariachi duo, Rafael and Katia

Here’s an overview of what’s in store at the PT Barnum exhibit.  A great escape from the heat, and right on our doorstep.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdhFiR83TbA

Percussionist Chazz Ross returns to the Library on June 24 at three, for a free musical show for the whole family.  Come and enjoy the fun.

It’s been a banner year for mallard duck production at the Park, with two hatching periods, about two months apart.  Here’s a look at feeding time at the zoo.  The lady is feeding them chicken feed and bread.

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