You've heard it before: Spend your hard-earned cash at local businesses, and that money will benefit your community a lot more than if you'd blown it at a national retailer or a chain restaurant. But there's nothing wrong with a little reminder this time of year, when there's too much shopping to do, and the holidays give people more excuses to dine out.
Next week, there are two occasions for spending locally. First, there's Local First Arizona's "Buy Local Week," from Dece
This time of year, there's a lot of talk about thinking of others instead of yourself. Whether it's shopping for the perfect holiday present for your sweetie or picking an angel off the Salvation Army tree, there really is something to be said for the joy of giving. Aww, can't you just smell the...holiday spirit??
If you don't want to battle mall crowds to pick up a toy for the Angel tree or school supplies for your office's donation bin, no worries. Shop today at one of 11 downtown businesses
Arizona Capitol Times just announced the winners of its annual "Best of Capitol" survey a few days ago, and it's interesting to see the restaurant picks of our local political movers and shakers.
Not surprisingly, Cheuvront's gets props (owner Ken Cheuvront is a state senator), while Durant's seems to be the go-to spot for just about any occasion.
Get a look at the winners:
By Joe Lanman on flickr Creative CommonsYou're going to need something bigger than that.I did my fair share of being out and about these past two weeks, soaking up the Nick Cave lecture at SMoCA, making a jaunt to First Friday and hitting the Canalscape opening at ASU Art Museum (among other events). So I was thinking I might stick my head in the sand over the weekend. Literally - I wanted to spend my daytime hours hitting some hiking trails.No such luck. Silly me. There's really too many gre
