Where to make a New Year’s wish in Tucson
In Spanish it’s El Tiradito. In English, it’s The Castaway. And for decades it has been a place Tucsonans bring a candle and make a …
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Painted Ladies gentrify historic Barrio Viejo
Just south of downtown Tucson is the Barrio Viejo which was built between the 1860s and the early 1900s by newcomers heading West after the …
Stolen Yoda restored along with Darth Vader
Since the 1960s the neighborhood of Winterhaven in Tucson has done a Christmas decoration Festival of Lights. Block after block of over-the-top decorated homes and …
Cactus Christmas mashup with La Catrina Lady of the Dead
The Tucson Botanical Garden seems to be throwing everything into the mix for this year’s holiday season. They have 3 Christmas trees plus Korean fabric …
Lunch with Joy at the oldest cantina in Arizona
[Note: part of this post was originally published in April 2019] My sister Joy, who lives south of Tucson, suggested–actually insisted–that we go to a …
Her quarantine is over!
Because of a family emergency, my niece flew from New York to Tucson three weeks ago to stay with me. My trip out to the …
Tucson history mural from 14,000 years ago until now
On the walls of a Tucson Electrical Power station is a four panel mural depicting the history of Tucson area going back to before humans …
Undersea Nemo Mural has Surprising Models
It’s official name, according to the artist Joe Pagac, is “Harboring Beauty”. Around Tucson, however, it’s known as the Finding Nemo mural. It takes up …
Another wild Tucson mural and one that may vanish
Biking across the open desert on this Joe Pagac mural are a rattlesnake, a road runner and a horned lizard hanging on for dear life. …
Rillito Bend mural is wildly more than it appears
Dedicated in March of 2020, the mural to mark a southern side of the Rillito Bend neighborhood was created by a now-retired certified nurse midwife, …