One of the attractions of the Southwest in general and Tucson in particular is both the quantity and quality of the public art. It is difficult to travel around our city without being exposed to various works of art which are as much a part of the fabric of our community as are the streets, buses and even I-10.
May, 2008 Archive
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A desert oasis - Tohono Chul Park in Tucson, Arizona.
It’s a hidden gem in Tucson. That’s such a cliché, I know. Yet it’s true. I don’t mean hidden in the sense that it’s unknown, but in the sense that once inside the park, the feeling of being in a city fades away. The park is dedicated to educating people about the desert ecology and culture, and does so by being a lush, serene place to explore or just sit and contemplate. I did a bit of both.
A Trip to the Saguaro National Park - Tucson
The Saguaro National Monument is really one park divided into two distinct districts. The Rincon Mountain District, southeast of Tucson and the Tucson Mountain District on the northwest side of the city are about 30 miles apart. The Saguaro is the largest and slowest growing cacti in the U.S. and some of them I saw in the park were well over 30 feet tall.
WoW! I Found the Lost Barrio! - Furniture shopping in Tucson
One of the cool things about moving into a new house is that you have a great excuse to shop for new furniture, art and other stuff you just simply like. A neighbor suggested I go to Tucson’s Lost Barrio area. Glancing at my Miata, she also suggested I borrow her husband’s pickup truck. “You can’t tell what you will find that you can’t live without, or get home.” she said.
So off to Tucson in my borrowed F-150 pickup in search of the “Lost
