Having ridden this event in the past, I knew this was going to be fun. It happens twice a year (spring and fall) and takes a different route each time. Usually held on a bike boulevard, this time it was the Treat Avenue corridor. The “course” is usually about 3 miles in length and anchored […]
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They were the anchors of neighborhoods and parts of town. If you said you lived near a specific one then your conversant probably knew about where you lived and how to get to your house. Each had its own collection of stores. Usually anchored by a grocery store and a drug store, they may have
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If I hadn’t seen it for myself, I would not have believed it. the Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona Campus is huge–it takes over the mall for two days every April. This year I was invited to this event by my author friend, Lisa Schnebly Hedinger. She and her co-author, Julie
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They say if you give a cyclist a cookie… Oh, wait, that was a mouse! Seriously, the Tour de Cookie bike rally in Marana, Arizona, was fun offbeat and tasty. Less of a bike rally and more of a fun outing with friends, this ride really didn’t have a beginning, middle or end. We started
They helped define the recreation scene in the Old Pueblo. With our hot summers, being a kegler indoors in the A/C was where it was happening. My dad was one of those midwestern transplants who brought their love for the 10-pins with them. At one time in the late 60s and early 70s you could
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The automobile was king in Tucson in the 1960s. The brand of car and model your parents drove said something about your household. And the dealers who sold them shaped the landscape of the town. Some names were local, a few national who came to this untapped market. This is all well before the Auto
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This was a simple out-and-back (OAB) hike I found quite by accident in the Saguaro National Park West. Since I was unable to connect up with the Beyond-Tucson group for their hike, I decided to set out on my own. Since there were so many well-marked trails and it was still early (8:30am), I chose
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Every February, usually the last Thursday and Friday of the month was rodeo break from school. It was our week to dress up in boots and pearl button shirts and cowboy hats. And the big event was the parade. The La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros rodeo parade is the longest, non-mechanized parade in the world.
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It has a power and magnetism few places have. From the “A” on the basketball floor to the banners in the rafters, it is the spirit of Arizona. McKale Center is an electric place. I had the chance to see a game in the hallowed structure. The first time I’ve been there in some time.
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My sister related a story to me earlier today about a memory she had of downtown Tucson as a little girl. “There were three dime stores downtown,” she related to me. “I remember the cosmetic counter at McLellans, the lunch counter at Woolworths, and the escalator at Kresge’s.” The “Five and Dime” stores she mentions
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