Vintage Watch Restoration

We were rooting around in the family safe and came across Dad’s old Bulova wristwatch. It had been Mom’s wedding day gift to Dad in 1946 and it was dead as a doornail. We braced ourselves: Restoring a nearly 70-year-old watch would not only be costly, we figured, but might also mean dealing with some […]

Vovomeena

This breakfast and brunch restaurant is a refreshing change in the sea of ordinary chain restaurants at Seventh Avenue and McDowell Road. Diners walk up to the counter to order dishes such as Pain Perdu, French toast made of banana bread pudding and topped with whisky caramel, and Tortilla Espanola, a traditional thick Spanish egg-and-potato […]

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is one of the nation’s top journalism schools and is home to Arizona PBS, the largest media outlet operated by a journalism school in the world. Students receive hands-on experiences in Cronkite News, a multiplatform daily news operation with bureaus in Phoenix, Washington and Los Angeles. […]

Welcome Chicken + Donuts

Chef Michael Babcock is known for his excellent fried chicken, found every day at his and co-owner Jenn Robinson’s Welcome Diner. Here, the name of the game is that chicken paired with super-crafty artisan donuts. From 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. every day, the menu includes a large selection of doughnuts, as well as both […]