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El Tour de Tucson 2025

El Tour de Tucson is a fixture on the calendar, particularly with the cycling community.  With 10,000-plus riders on the three top distances (Century, Metric Century, Half Metric Century) plus the shorter rides and running events, this is an immersive event for the city and county. The 2025 edition of this event was a turning […]

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Embracing Arizona: Martin Auto Museum

Being the car nut that I am and have been most of my life, it was only natural to make my way to the collection.  Really, in the car-culture crazy Phoenix Metro area, it was a great starting place. This is really owner and founder, Mel Martin’s, personal collection.  It’s not just the 175 or

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Embracing Arizona: “Isabella Greenway, An Enterprising Woman”

This was a book like few I’ve read.  I was looking for something to give me some more background on Arizona and this book was recommended to me. And it certainly delivered. “Isabella Greenway, An Enterprising Woman,” is based almost entirely on letters exchanged between Isabella, her husbands and family and other notables in the

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Embracing Tucson: Brandi Fenton Park and Sculpture Tucson

Brandi Fenton Memorial Park in North Tucson is actually a multi-faceted site.  That is, it is home to a memorial, fine art, history and green space. Sal and I frequent it often.  Recently our friends up at Meet Me Wednesdays approached us about putting together an art walk at the site.  It actually came together

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Embracing Tucson: In Search of the Elusive Murals

As we’ve mentioned in this space before, Tucson and environs are teeming with murals and other works of art. Since returning to Southern Arizona in July 2024, I have personally seen almost 700 pieces of art. However, today we are focusing on the murals. What started this discussion was a conversation with my friend and

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Embracing Arizona: The Hunt Tomb

He was the longest-serving governor in Arizona history. George WP Hunt served seven terms in that office between 1912 and and 1933. His final resting place is this white pyramid overlooking Downtown Phoenix and The Valley from a hill in Papago Park. Influenced by Egyptomania among architects and designers probably led to the choice of

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Embracing Arizona: The Penske Racing Museum

[Editor’s Note: this is an expansion of the “Embracing Tucson” series because the writer has traveled beyond Tucson and taken in sights and things of interest in the rest of the state. Thanks for reading.] While it isn’t listed in Atlas Obscura, the Penske Racing Museum is, nonetheless, a hidden gem in Arizona and the

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Embracing Tucson: Visiting Epes, Gene and Hi

Coming up on an anniversary of sorts for Randolph Park.  The largest park in the city, the midtown green space was donated to the city in 1925. It features a golf course, zoo and baseball park along with some significant 3-D sculpture and just plain green grass–and a lake. The heirs of Epes Randolph gave

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Embracing Tucson: The Coit Museum of Pharmacy

While I had planned a visit to the museum for some time, I decided to be spontaneous and take in the Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Health Sciences on this incredibly hot June afternoon. After dealing with some challenging parking and a bit of a hunt to find the entrance, I found myself at the

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