Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you
With the price of eggs at Albertsons ranging up to $8 a dozen, it may have occurred to you to buy chickens to produce eggs …
Visit an Old West replica — no, not Tombstone
Once upon a time, Tombstone was a real town. Not anymore. As I wrote elsewhere, it is a fading theme park for aging cowboy fans. …
480 free dogs are waiting for you
It is sorta like an after-Christmas sale at the Pima Animal Care Center on north Silverbell. Use the coupon on the PACC website and you …
Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog
Outdoor ice skating is back in Tucson and this year the weather co-operated. It’s been chilly and below freezing at night, unlike previous years when …
Elon Musk, your room is ready now
Back when rocket guy and space-voyager-wannabe, Elon Musk, was a still a teenager rattling around South Africa, a group of Americans decided to build a …
Not exactly a farmers market, but fun
The Sunday market beside the Rillito Race Track is called a farmers market, but there are more venders selling prepared foods than farmers selling fresh …
Bigger and better museum art fair
Well, it’s not just earrings and earrings and more earrings! The Tucson Museum of Art‘s Fall Artisans Market is not only larger this year, it …
Walking my new favorite neighborhood
After watching volunteers from the Living Streets Alliance paint 6th Avenue by Armory Park in late October, I drove around the area and discovered a …
Tears at a Day of the Dead altar
For years I photographed the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park in Los Angeles and Pasadena. You can see some of them here …
Cycling the mean streets of Tucson
The car-free route for Cyclovia this year went right through some neighborhoods where streets are lined with light industry and vacant lots. The housing in …