The Church of Bob

remember to advertise here next time Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The Church of Bob It’s the Memorial Day long weekend and in Arizona we’ve come to call it the beginning of the summer holiday season. From now until Labor Day we can expect temperatures in the 90′s and up so if you have a reason for going someplace “cooler”, now is the time. Memorial Day is also the day to remember the victims of war and for me those who fought to get us out of them. So it’s only fitting that this weekend marks the 8th...

Catch the Mid-Town Bus

If you can read this ad so can your customers Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Take the Mid-Town Bus How does that saying go? “If you wait around long enough it will come to you” or is it “If Mohammad can’t come to the mountain, the mountain will come to Mohammad”. When I first saw Cottonwood in the 70′s on my way to a party in Jerome it was a speed bump. I’m not sure if they even had a stop light. Now it has too many and round-a-bouts ( I like round-a-bouts better than stop lights, they’re...

Yo Mama Don’t Dance?

Momma Mia !! I could have advertised here! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Yo Mama Don’t Dance? And she don’t rock and roll? Where do you take your little old lady when the last band she followed was Lawrence Welk? Well actually there are quite a few places that cater to the vintage crowd. My mama is 86 and even after decades of being surrounded by rock and roll her usual comment is ” Why is it so loud?” Not like my ex-mother-in-law who stole my Creedence Clearwater Revival CD. There are several fine dining...

Gringo Cinco

  Vendese su basura aqui, muy barato!! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Gringo Cinco Cinco de Mayo is the weekender that we “Gringos” get to celebrate all that Mexico has given us. Arizona is a crossroads of influences coming from the South, East and West that allows us to mix them to our liking. Like a machaca burrito smothered with green sauce and “gringooized” with sour cream. Sour cream is the gringo addition. Try to find sour cream anywhere that isn’t a tourist trap in Mexico. It isn’t “authentic” but it...

And Your Bird Can Sing

Twiddle le dee this add space could have been me Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. And Your Bird Can Sing Walk out “Into The Woods” this weekend and you’re likely to meet all kinds of critters. Strange birds flittering here and there as they migrate through our neighborhoods and the Verde Greenbelt. Some have names like “Vermillion Fly Catcher” others are known as “Red Hats”. You might get lucky and see the Fly Catcher at the 13th annual Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival and Iris Society show...

Your Mommas

Your Mommas Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Your Mommas We all have two mothers. We have depended on both of them. They both fed and clothed us and provided instruction for a better life if we listened. Both are limited in resources, one in lifespan the other in volume. One will most likely die before you the other we hope will prosper forever. Both have special days that deserve our attention and you better not forget. One is not until May 12th so relax you got time but be forewarned plan now, the other is this weekend till Monday! Both...

Puff Puffs on Main Street

Puff puffs in your hair, puff puffs everywhere Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Puff Puffs on Main Street These are the days of wine and roses. Everything is blooming including my allergies and the cottonwood trees. What do you call the “cotton”? that floats through old town like a fairy snow storm piling in drifts in the gutters and shop doors. Fellini called them “puff-puffs” in his autobiographical film about his home town, my favorite, “Amorcord”. Like a warm Mediterranean night this is the best time...

Latin, Blues, Legends

Latin, Blues, Legends It’s a Latin invasion. McCain’s fence can’t stop it, Sheriff Joe can’t arrest it and Governor Brewer won’t give it a license but it’s here and your kids are gonna love it. It’s coming from Brazil, Columbia, Cuba and Mexico via Tucson and it’s infectious. It’s a Vox Urbana and its raw garage Cumbia which started in Columbia where it blended West African and Carribean strains with Moorish influenced Spanish stock. It has spread up from Central America to Tucson and now the Raven in Prescott where you can experience it...

Use this area to offer a short teaser of your product or services. Contact Old Town Dave for details. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Raise a Glass It’s another sign of the time of year like the announcement of the gas hike “for the summer driving season” or the “Spring Forward and “Fall Back” announcement. While we lucky few in Arizona can ignore springing and falling the annual “BEWARE OF SPIDERS AND SNAKES” announcement really means that our short hibernation is just about over. Time to...

Spring Migration

Spring Migration The migration has started. First it’s friends from the gem show in Tucson then its Snow Birds from down south moving north. Soon as the thermometer hits 90 down there a panic sets in. It’s coming, the triple digits and the siroccos are coming! Cabin fever isn’t just a winter phenomenon. You don’t know what boredom is till your stuck in a shack, sweating, in your underwear, listening to the swamp cooler whine and rattle. Believe me I know. I grew up in Yuma and spent years in Tucson working projects till I rediscovered the enchanted valley of my...