So, we’ve talked a little bit about the Arizona Centennial celebrations happening all around our great state. Have you heard about the “deal of the century” happening on Valentine’s Day at Monti’s La Casa Vieja? How about a steak dinner for just 75 cents, just like they served them 100 years ago? Here’s the scoop… […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – January 2012
The January 2012 METRO light rail ridership numbers are back over the 1 million mark with 1,172,347 boardings marking the beginning of a strong looking year.January was another pretty impressive month for year over year growth with a 9.1% gain over January of 2011. January 2012 ridership numbers look like this: Total Boardings for January: […]
Bravo For Encore
Last year, I started talking about a cool project called Encore on Farmer that was under construction in downtown Tempe. Encore isn’t for everyone. In fact, if you are not 55 years of age or older, it’s not for you. However, if you do qualify to live at Encore, you will have a spiffy new […]
2012 Willo Historic Home Tour
Everyone LOVES the Willo Historic District. Yes, everyone. The annual Willo Historic District Home Tour attracts thousands of people each year because of this love affair with cool homes in this awesome downtown Phoenix location. The self guided tour of Willo allows people to peak inside of some really great homes while walking the tree […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Super Bowl of Social Media
Today is the day. The BIG game, the commercials, the pizza, beer and wings. As with just about everything else in life these days, you can also throw in a BUNCH of Tweets on Super Bowl Sunday. Sit back, enjoy the game and follow every armchair quarterback as they dissect the game while telling you […]
Teen Hit By Light Rail Train
For a while, it seemed like light rail accidents made the news fairly often. Cars and trains just didn’t seem to play well together when the system was new. Most of the time, we would hear that people were not paying attention to the road or were unfamiliar with the location of the tracks. It […]
Money is Cheap Cash Still King
During this time of record low mortgage rates, many people still seem to be surprised when they hear of how many homes are selling for cash. Recent numbers released by the Arizona Regional MLS show that 2011 saw the second highest number of home sales in the last decade, which was surpassed only by the […]