We visited the Arizona Science Center last weekend. It was a hot summer day, and my son picked it over a trip to the Grand Canyon. It had been many years since I’d visited the Science Center, so it was a good refresher. The building is currently undergoing major renovations, but there was still more [...]
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Parks and Recreation
Josh Kenzer over at the Scottsdale Visitor and Convention Bureau posted a great video from Rideguide.ca, who visited Scottsdale to get out on the local mountain bike trails. Josh’s original post: Spectacular Video of Mountain Biking in Scottsdale Local City and Mountain Bike Maps: Scottsdale Bike Map Phoenix Mountain Preserve Trail 100 Maricopa Regional Bike Map [...]
Hard to believe that the Sunday night concert season at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is tonight! These free summer concerts are a 25-year tradition at the train park, and now attract about 3,000 people, so get there early and know that you will probably need to park in the overflow parking across the street to [...]
photo credit: Dru Bloomfield – At Home in Scottsdale The 34th annual Mighty Mud Mania is today, June 19th, 2010, from 8:30am to 2pm at Chaparral Park, located at 5401 N. Hayden Road in Scottsdale. Parking is fairly limited, so there will be shuttles from Mohave Elementary School which is located on the northeast corner [...]
Time for some Friday fun. I started listing bank-owned properties again, after a short lay0ff, and have been working with several clients getting offers negotiated and agreed to by today, to qualify the 2010 Home Buyer Tax Credit. As a result, my writing has fallen behind, so I thought I’d share a few of the photos I [...]
The weather cleared Saturday for the 2nd annual Scottsdale Fit City Kickoff at the Civic Center Mall. The 5K Race / Walk was a first, and the mostly flat course was adjusted to workaround the flooding on Osborn. The day was absolutely beautiful, sunny, clear blue sky, and cool crisp air. Besides the run, there [...]
My husband coaches and my son plays on a Challenger Little League team. Created for kids with special needs, both physical and developmental, Challenger has been a part of our life for eight years. The rules are: games are two innings long, every player hits, every player runs all the bases. Sometime a team of [...]
