Arizona

  • LDV, Scottsdale AZ

    LDV, Scottsdale AZ

    Next up in our Sippin` September series is Lawrence Dunham Vineyards, or LDV.  We have been coming to this tasting room for years, and owners Curt and Peggy have been very good to us over the years.  Unfortunately, on this particular day the tasting room was closed for harvesting down in Wilcox. However, since we…

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  • It’s Sippin’ September!

    It’s Sippin’ September!

    Next month we are presenting our fans with Sippin’ September, 30 wineries in 30 days!  We will be featuring a new winery every day in the month of September. Join us on our adventure to meet the members of each winery/wine tasting room, as well as ask questions and learn more about each winery.  It…

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  • Polar Play Ice Bar at Odysea, Scottsdale: Our Visit

    Polar Play Ice Bar at Odysea, Scottsdale: Our Visit

    Polar Play Ice Bar is a bar inside the Arizona Boardwalk in Scottsdale, kept at 23 degrees F. We discovered it after visiting the Odysea Aquarium while hanging out in Scottsdale for the 4th of July weekend. 

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  • Our Favorite West Side Hangouts

    Our Favorite West Side Hangouts

    Hello everyone, today I’d like to share some of our favorite spots on the west side of the Valley of the Sun.  One thing I like about Phoenix is that we have a lot of really good local places that are not chains, or at least are local chains.  I think that Phoenix has really…

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  • Arizona Stronghold Barrel Tasting

    Arizona Stronghold Barrel Tasting

    Join us as we talk about the Arizona Stronghold Barrel Tasting event.

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  • A weekend in Old Town Scottsdale

    A weekend in Old Town Scottsdale

    Recently, we took a short staycation in Old Town Scottsdale. Take a journey with as we visit some of our favorite spots, and try some new ones. I think by reading both of our views, you can see how different they can be.

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  • The Cottonwood Hotel

    The Cottonwood Hotel

    In our third and final installment in our Cottonwood series, we’ll talk about our stay at the Cottonwood Hotel. For our stay in Cottonwood during the AZ Stronghold Library Crawl, we decided to try out the Cottonwood Hotel.  Going in we knew that we were staying a building that had been renovated for hotel rooms.…

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  • AZ Stronghold Dinner Crawl

    AZ Stronghold Dinner Crawl

    Recently we attended a library dinner crawl event at the Arizona Strongholds tasting room in Cottonwood.

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  • Old Town Cottonwood

    Old Town Cottonwood

    Last weekend we made a trip up to Cottonwood which is one of our favorite places to visit in Arizona.  There is so much to cover, so this is the start of a three part series where we will talk about Cottonwood wine tasting, our last Arizona Stronghold event of the year, and our stay…

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  • A Night out at the Phoenix Theater

    A Night out at the Phoenix Theater

    This week we had a night out at the Phoenix Theatre, and here is a look into our night.

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