Arizona

Over the years that we’ve been lucky enough to live in the Southwest and admire the architecture, we’ve encountered beautiful entryways and doors.  They are bright, vibrant colors and some are also rustic and worn down. They enclose gardens behind…

It was the last day of our whirlwind trip through Arizona, traveling east on I-40 from Flagstaff, headed for Durango.  We’d put 1700 miles on the car and were ready to be home, unpack and sleep in our own bed.  …

For years Amy has talked about a beautiful lodge that sits 20 feet from the rim of the Grand Canyon, with a restaurant that has huge picture windows that frame the views.   A place where you can sit and relax,…

What do you think of when you think, "Southwest"? Is it cacti? Is it the food? For us, it's adobe!

There is nothing more iconic that symbolizes the Southwest than the saguaro cactus (pron: sa-wa-ro).  And there is nothing like driving just outside of Tucson, Arizona where there are literally millions of them covering the hillsides.  They only grow in…

We love to seek out historic homes and unusual galleries.  DeGrazia Gallery is the combination of both, by an artist who worked in so many mediums, we suspect he was the type of student who entered art school and said …

Our friend Hildy Tucson knows pretty much everything about great foods finds from Southern Arizona.  So when she handed us a bottle of Agua Chiltepin as a holiday gift, we knew it was going to be fantastic.  It’s a non-alcoholic,…

Last September we spent four gorgeous days in the mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona.  A cute, historic college town with loads of foodie spots, we toured scenic roads where the air was crisp and clean, and the serene sound of…

As Mr.D put it so perfectly — if you want food that is fresher or more pure than True Food Kitchen you’d have to stand in the field and pull the vegetables out of the ground and eat them right…

We are smitten with the Arizona Inn — Tucson’s pink adobe boutique hotel on a fourteen acre estate, and we’ve nicknamed it The Tucson Valentine because it’s a place to fall in love, be married, with a sense of stepping…