Driving back to Flagstaff, Arizona, after my all too brief stay at the Grand Canyon, I took a break at the Planes of Fame Air Museum, in the town of Valle (approximately halfway between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon). The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Valle was established in 1995, and houses over 40 vintage [...]
Photo Of The Day: DeGrazia Gallery In The Sun
Even now, when I look at the image of the strange object in this Photo of The Day, I have no real idea of what it might be. It could be the dried out stomach of some long dead desert beast. It might be the desiccated heart of a saguaro cactus, or the former plant [...]
Photo Of The Day: Close To The Edge
As anyone who has visited Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park will know, most of the Canyon’s North and South Rims are not fenced off, which means that thrill seekers and foolhardy visitors alike are able to access areas of each Rim that are not exactly safe or necessarily stable. Clearly it would take an army [...]
Photo Of The Day: La Placita Village, Tucson
Ok, let me be straight up with you right from the start – La Placita Village, in downtown Tucson, Arizona, is not a traditional village in the old Southwest tradition. Instead it is delightful collection of adobe, brick, and wood frame buildings designed to resemble a Mexican marketplace. When I visited the complex on a [...]
Photo Of The Day: The Boy Who Cried Wolf!
“Look at the dog chasing the man,” said the boy, who seemed to be around seven or eight years of age. “What are you talking about?” asked his mother in obvious confusion. “There,” said the boy, “see, there’s a dog chasing a man?” It was late on a Friday evening in mid-September, when I, and [...]
Zoë Keating At The Compound
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrcXX4nWOA&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3] “Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music.” Zoë Keating will be performing at The Compound Grill in Pheonix, Arizona on February 27, 2011 at 7:30pm.
Photo Of The Day: Saguaro Sky
The saguaro (pronounced suh-gwahr-oh, [or] suh-wahr-oh) is a large, tree-sized species of cactus native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and small areas of California. The first time I saw a saguaro cactus – several in fact – was on leaving the Tucson, Arizona airport terminal in the company of [...]
Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture
The origins of the Zuni people have long intrigued Southwestern anthropologists, as well as those who appreciate and collect Zuni art. What is known is that the ancestors of today’s A:shiwi or Zuni people have lived at Zuni Pueblo for thousands of years. Recent scholarly papers report the Zuni language was segregated from all others [...]
Riding By Las Vegas
We approach Las Vegas and I see the fake Eiffel Tower in the distance. I make my friend stop the car in the City of Lost Wages. We stop at Cesar’s so I can throw away some of my quarters and my friend can have a coffee. Neither one of us are satisfied by the [...]
