A Home for the Homeless
A visit to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.
My Pal Tony
Tony Bennett and I agree; the Musical Instrument Museum is the best.
Happy Easter!
What to do on Easter Sunday? With the daytime high temperature forecast to be 99f, hiking and cycling are out.
Hey, the Phoenix Art Museum is air conditioned!
Shopping in the Olde Worlde
A collection of shops, pubs, and arcades from Northern England and Ireland. And one legal document.
Kung Hei Fat Choy
We celebrate the dawn of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit with a visit to the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Reprise: FLW
Things you can see at Taliesin West when you are too cheap to pay for the tour. Bonus: sculptures by the brilliant Heloise Crista.
Granite Mountain
A six mile walk at the eastern side of the McDowell Mountain Reserve. Rocks and plants were somewhat different than we’ve seen most places.
Paper Dresses!
They used to say “If you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t really there.” What becomes of that statement now that we’re forgetting our keys, why we went in to a room, a nephew’s name?
The O’Odham
A 1400 year old village of surprising complexity right next to the Phoenix airport.
Cabo (not that one)
We visit an old favorite, Casa Natalia, on the plaza in San Jose del Cabo