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 …
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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 …
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
Murals are everywhere in Tucson, including on the side of a building next to a storage lots. In this one: Biking across the open desert …
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, …
Environmental friendly e-bike in Tucson
I stopped in at a nearby Post Office to mail my early-voting-by-mail ballot and out front of the Post Office was this e-bike. Clearly it …
Watching an amazing Romeo and Juliet on YouTube in Tucson
The Independent Shakespeare Company‘s free summer performances in Griffith Park are among the top 5 things I loved about living in Los Angeles. I didn’t fully …
Scary dangerous Phos-Chek drops
One way the Forest Service fights wildfires like the Bighorn fire now on the edge of Tucson is by dropping Phos-Chek, that red stuff you …