21st Willo Home Tour & Street Fair this Sunday, February 8th 2009:
If you follow my blog, you might know by now that I love historic homes. Perhaps it has something to with the fact that I grew up in Europe and once lived in a timbered house in Southern Germany (here is a picture on [...]

24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour December 6th and 7th, 2008

In the short existence of this blog I have written a couple of blog posts about Phoenix Historic Districts and this weekend we continue on the Journey through the Phoenix Historic Districts.
This weekend, the 24th Annual F.Q. Story Home Tour and Gift Sale will open on Lynwood Street. It will [...]

Phoenix Fabulous 4th of July - Fun and Fireworks
Wow, it almost has already been a year again since I have blogged about where to celebrate Forth of July in the Phoenix Metro area.
Most of the links in last years post point to updated information, however Scottsdale’s Family Barbecue will be celebrated at the [...]

Windsor Square Historic District Home Tour:
One of our most enjoyable traditions in Phoenix is the historic district home tour. We have an astonishing number of historic homes and homeowners who cherish their properties and gladly share them with the public. This time Windsor Square is opening its neighborhood, homes, and gardens to visitors for [...]

Historic Willo Welcomes Visitors This Sunday!
The homes do not have garages, walk-in closets, or entertainment centers. They were built in the 1920’s and ’30’s before people thought lots of storage space was essential in a home. But for every modern convenience they may seem to lack, the historic homes of Willo more than make up [...]

Google Street View on Google Maps: Dad, you left the trunk open!
Steve Belt covered the launch of Google Street View in the Phoenix and Scottsdale Area last October. I was fascinated and, for the most part, I was thinking that Google Street Maps would be a great additional marketing tool. I was right, and [...]

PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 2008:
The Valley of the Sun is a great place for outdoor activities and sporting events all year round. This coming weekend, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe are jointly hosting the P.F. Chang Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon.
This fun event (and I freely admit that I prefer being a spectator) is not [...]

Fabulous Phoenix Fourth…and More
Independence Day is a great family holiday, and we have plenty of choices for day and night fun with food and fireworks.
On Wednesday, July 4, head to Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix for the 22nd annual Fabulous Phoenix 4th from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. There you will find three stages with [...]

Roosevelt Historic District Revitalizes Phoenix:
A few years ago, Maria Capogreco’s friends told her she was taking a big chance opening a deli in the Roosevelt Historic District. But she had faith in the future of what once was – and soon would be again – a thriving urban neighborhood. She was right.
The former working class [...]

Yesterday, National Real Estate Auction Corp. held their auction at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Phoenix and I had to attend the event since I blogged about this last month. There were over 100 properties of all kinds consigned and approximately 80 to 100 people turned up a the ball-room of the Phoenix Airport Marriott. [...]