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Friday, January 16th, 2009
It appears some Eagles fans are already scouring the internet for hotel rooms in the Tampa area for the first weekend in February. Hey, I can’t tell people what to do, but I can suggest that these fans delay their travel plans until after Sunday’s NFC Championship. You see, the ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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A Hidden Paradise in the Arizona Desert
Welcome to the Duquesne House bed and breakfast.
If you travel just 50 miles southeast of Tucson you enter another world, ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
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ASU Karsten Golf Course
Daryl Crawford, Director of Golf
1125 E. Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: 480-921-8070
Fax: 480-784-4836
The ASU Karsten Golf Course, Home of Champions, provides an incredible championship golf setting, conveniently located just 10 minutes from Sky Harbor ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Hike teaches lessons about trails, water
It was like deja vu all over again. My daughter Maureen and I found ourselves walking the western portion of the Canelo Hills in southern Arizona just a month after having strolled the eastern segment of these beautiful, rolling hills.
Like the eastern section, this leg ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Vistal Golf Club
701 E. Thunderbird Trail, Phoenix
(602) 305-7755
Vistal Golf Club is situated about as far south in Phoenix as you can get. This course bumps up against the South Mountains and is exactly what I thought Arizona golf would be like. Very firm fairways nestled in between lots of sand, ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Birds, plants, butterflies and more at Boyce
SUPERIOR - Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park feels like a sweet little secret.
It's tucked just off the highway, with only a small sign to signal its existence. Even its entrance and parking area, although lush with precious shade trees, disguise what awaits visitors beyond ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
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Sedona, Arizona: So, it’s that time of year again. Spring is in the air and a romantic getaway with that special someone is just waiting to happen (yeah, right!).
But what if, say, one is unattached and looking for something ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
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Tuck into Tucson AZ
The aroma of the farmers market at St. Philip’s Plaza ranges from roasted corn to fresh tamales to blazing-hot chili peppers. Yet as I strolled among the booths selling emu oil, lentil soup and handmade soaps, ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Butterflying is easy, free ... beautiful
As good butterfly stories go, Marceline VandeWater and Gretchen Bickert have their share of doozies. VandeWater, a Scottsdale botanist, recalls seeing a pair of metallic black-blue pipevine swallowtails so busy mating that they let themselves be devoured by a preying mantis.
“It was ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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NO question — we were way off the beaten path.
Sasabe, AZ., has a population of about 30 and a general store that includes a bar.
The rutted dirt road we had been creeping along in southern Arizona near the Mexican ...
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