A crafty Night Market at the MSA Annex
I had hoped that the MSA Annex Night Market would be a smaller version of the 626 Night Market, but it is not. Held in …
Category: Tucson
Lost Barrio: cacti faces and AirBnB furnishings
Tucked away in Barrio Antonio to the southeast of downtown, the Lost Barrio is a 3 block long, old brick warehouse that’s been converted into …
Murals and politics mix it up in Tucson
What are thought of as minorities in most of the U.S. are majorities in Tucson. Whites, non-hispanic whites, anglos –whatever we are called–are a minority …
Visiting a cool historic train on a hot June day
This was the plan on a very hot June day: 1) Visit the Tucson Train Depot Museum because museums are air conditioned, cool and interesting. …
Chromed bumpers become front yard sculptures
At least as far back as the early 1900s Tucson was (and continues to be) a haven for artists. So it is not entirely unexpected …
Too hot to shop? Not now that Covid regs are gone
Historically, in summer it’s just too hot in Tucson to attract tourists so many nifty things about the City just stop until September or October. …
Ranching lives in the central Tucson Campus Farm neighborhood
During a recent discussion about potentially selling off the land at the University of Arizona’s Agricultural Center on Campbell Avenue a long-time resident described it …
Hot Rods and the Men Who Love Them
Going to car shows is, for me, like a fun and colorful trip down Memory Lane. And I’m sure the same held true for the …
Yellow season in Tucson
It’s almost as if Mother Nature flipped a switch and all the Palo Verde trees across Arizona burst into bloom a few days ago. On …
Ancient Mayan and new Mexican sculptural warriors
In keeping with the idea from my last post that old and the new-imitating-the-old exist in Tucson… Last Saturday I visited the Tucson Museum of …