The Silver Pony

It’s a shame that the Silver Pony doesn’t have any windows. The country-tinged dive bar in South Phoenix boasts excellent views of South Mountain from the parking lot, but in exchange for some scenery, patrons get a watering hole that feels like a home away from home. What kind of home? The kind where the […]

Vistal Golf Club

We stood on the tee of the par-3 eighth hole, nestled in a box canyon on the base of South Mountain. We saw rocks to the left of a sloping green, a large sand trap guarding the front, and nothing but nastiness to the right. A thing of beauty, in other words. If we turned […]