For Christmas this year I received a gift card from my wife to a fantastic store in Scottsdale called Penzey’s Spices located at 3310 North Hayden Road. I wasn’t sure what to expect but boy, was I pleasantly surprised when I walked in to the store. Penzey’s has a large selection of jarred herbs and […]
Around Scottsdale: Camelback Park
December 19, 2008 by 3 Comments
This past week the City of Scottsdale dedicated one of its newest additions to the parks system, Camelback Park. This beautiful 37 acre park is located between Camelback and Chaparral Roads and east of Hayden Road in Scottsdale. Some residents remember that location was home to the Villa Monterey Golf Course that went out of […]
Something Cool
December 18, 2008 by 1 Comment
I just wanted to share a quick story with you. Two weeks ago my wife and I went to the Desert Botanical Gardens Chihuly Glass Exhibit, which was blogged about on this site last week, and I took some pretty good pictures. Shortly after I got the pictures uploaded to my Flickr page I received […]
Around Scottsdale: The DBG and Chihuly at night.
December 12, 2008 by 1 Comment
The Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix are a spectacular site almost year round and most often seen in the daytime. Now the Gardens are open in the evening on certain dates until December 23, 2008 and the Chihuly glass exhibit is lit beautifully and provides a wonderful accent to the Gardens. In addition to the […]