Phoenix
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I’m pointing out interesting factoids to you in bold. Phoenix arts economy is flourishingKyle LawsonThe Arizona RepublicJun. 6, 2007 People may not realize it, but Phoenix maintains a thriving growth industry: the arts. A national survey released today states that the city’s non-profit cultural institutions and their audiences contributed $361 million to the Valley’s economy
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Blog posts have been spotty due to my current “vacationing” status. I’m vacationing at home, working on writing, catching up on errands, etc. It’s been lovely. Thursday I’m going to Vegas for the Americans on the Arts conference. Anyone else gonna be there?
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Portrait of me as the Unabomber. It was so COLD! I got to ride the mechanical bull, something I’ve wanted to do my whole life. I lasted 48 seconds. The guy really cranked up the bucking near the end. They said, Keep your eyes on the bull’s head and I did. Then I literally flew
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To start off the week, I’m going to offer a list of my favorite things in Phoenix: 1. My FloristA sandwich-and-salad restaurant in a converted flower store, My Florist offers delicious food with fresh bread, affordable wines, and a ferocious live piano player several days a week. 2. The Willo GroceryAttached to My Florist and
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Friends tell me it snowed in the Phoenix metro area over the weekend. One colleague claimed on the news they showed a girl in Mesa playing in the snow—in flip flops. Another said on the news, they interviewed several people from the snowy areas and under their names it said “Saw Snow” as their newsworthy
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