Janelle Pietrzak's first experience with desert
came while driving cross country from Philadelphia, to a new job in
LA. Traveling with her partner, Robert, it was July and they made a
stop in Marfa, TX, then on to Joshua
Tree for two nights – most of which was spent at an aquatic
center in Palm Desert (40 miles away...
Patti
Brown wisited Yucca Valley for the first time in 1989 to meet, who
would become her future mother-in-law and real estate
mentor.
That
first trip Patti felt like she might be going on adventure that she
wouldn’t be coming back from and her first impressions of the
desert were that it was barren and somewhat far...
Born
in England, Jane 'Spider' Fawke grew up watching American Westerns
at a Saturday morning program near where she lived. It wasn't John
Wayne who captured her attention, but the beautiful vistas of
Monument Valley in the
background.
Growing up poor, Jane gravitated to the fashion
scene in Paris after...
Patty
Domany exemplifies the term 'entrepreneurial spirit'.
Patty
was introduced to the desert by her Los Angeles neighbors, who had
land in Landers. After spending a number of weekends with
them and driving the desert roads to find a place of her own, Patty
had a brief conversation with a 'Landroid' over coffee
one...
At
eight months old, after being born in Hollywood, Susan was brought
to her mother’s burnt homestead cabin in Pipes Canyon. The family
first lived under the stars and later in an Army tent.
Susan
was raised in upper Pipes Canyon – in what is known today at the
Wildlands Conservancy. She attended a one-room...