Natural Retreats’ iconic vacation rental home Villa Sierra, also known as “That Pink Door House,” is featured in Palm Springs Life Magazine’s new profile of comedian Margaret Cho, titled “Margaret Cho: Acts of Resistance.” Photographed in and around the pool, and lounging in several of the home’s many fabulous rooms, Cho shares her philosophy and outlook on life with writer Maggie Downs.
 

Downs writes, “Our (family) business completely went under because of AIDS,” she says, her voice dropping. Thousands of people in the neighborhood seemingly vanished. Beloved businesses shuttered their doors. The community that had felt permanent suddenly became fragile. For Cho, ACT UP and Queer Nation are not historical movements — she watched activists fighting in real time for their friends who were dying.
 

It was within that context of grief, fear, and fury that she discovered comedy. It wasn’t a fun career path or a means of escape. It was a life raft. ‘Humor is how we heal,’ she says. “It’s the only way.”’

Cho was in Palm Springs during Pride Week to prep for the filming of her stand-up special, “Choligarchy,” at the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre. “Choligarchy,” she explains, is a return to her political humor.

That history makes Villa Sierra a fitting backdrop. The iconic mid-century desert ranch is situated on a double lot in the popular Indian Canyons neighborhood. Enjoy grand entertainment areas and floor-to-ceiling windows that blur the boundaries between inside and outside.
 

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