When hiking trails in North Phoenix Mountain Park, you lose the awareness that you are in the middle of the 5th largest US city. I’ve found my favorite hike in Phoenix, Arizona! It’s the series of trails that cover the area around Squaw Peak in the North Phoenix Mountain Park. My friend Rambo (yes, that is [...]
Dutch Bros Coffee’s new decal As readers of my blog know as well you who even know me personally, I am a big supporter of Dutch Bros Coffee. And it’s not because they pay me! It’s because they have great coffee and do business uniquely different. They remember your coffee preferences AND your name. One [...]
The new AZ Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies stadium, Salt River Field at Talking Stick, is huge success. My team at work was fortunate enough to be approved to attend one of the final spring training games for the AZ Diamondbacks in their new stadium at Salt River Field. The D-Backs were playing the Cleveland Indians [...]
Talking Stick’s Salt River Fields: New stadium for AZ Diamondbacks and Rockies is class of Cactus League It was a perfect evening for a Spring Training baseball game. My first spring game ever under the lights. The Colorado Rockies faced the Arizona Diamondbacks at their new ballpark, Salt River Field at Talking Stick Resort. We [...]
The ultimate beach cruiser: Electra Townie I recently bought a new bike, the 3-speed Townie by Electra. Love it too. I was looking for a beach cruiser to ride the area Phoenix Valley trials and stumbled on this bike. I found this bike almost by accident at Sun Cyclery on North 7th Street. I was [...]
There have been a lot of cool things I’ve learned about Phoenix since moving here a few years ago. Things like the environment required for cacti to grow, desert creatures, numerous events and outings, and the appreciation of 70 degree temps as cool ones. The most surprising fact is that Phoenix is the home of the [...]
I had the fortunate opportunity to receive an invite to today’s Arizona Diamondback’s baseball game against the Colorado Rockies played at the very cool Chase Field in downtown Phoenix. The seats were special, located in the Deloitte corporate suite which sits directly behind home plate. (Thanks to friend Cathy for this invite!) While the temps [...]
