The new light rail system opening in December looks pretty easy to use. Most of the 20 mile route contains 2 sets of tracks where the cars will pass each other. At each station, you simply board a train heading in your desired direction. For instance, most stations are built in the middle of the […]
Business owners – Taste of Downtown coming to Phoenix
Attention, business and restaurant owners between 7th Street and 7th Avenue, Buckeye to Camelback, and along the Phoenix portion of light rail line. You have a unique opportunity to advertise your business with the help of the City of Phoenix. Recently, Mayor Gordon's office sent a letter to downtown restaurants and business owners inviting them […]
2009 NBA All Star Game in Phoenix to be big test for Light Rail
Many sports fans know that the 2009 NBA All Star game will be played in Phoenix on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. This game represents a fun filled weekend for celebrities, NBA pros and fans alike. One of the biggest changes for this years venue will be the fact that people will be able to ride […]
Come Join Rail Life for Happy Hour!
Tomorrow night, August 5th, at 5:00 PM, a few of the Rail Life crew are getting together with a bunch of geeks friends from Twitter and from the Re.net. (a bunch of real estate bloggers, don’t worry, they won’t try to sell you stuff. LOL) We are meeting at the Depot Cantina in Tempe. All are welcome, […]
Free tickets – Maricopa County Home & Garden Show
Rail Life has some free tickets left to this weekends Maricopa County Home & Garden Show at the University of Phoenix Stadium. These great shows are held a few times per year and allow you to get some really good home improvement ideas. According to their web site, this years schedule is as follows. August […]
Adding more Life to Rail Life
As we patiently wait for the Rail Life site to be up, we want to start a few new things with the blog and I bet some of you can help.. I am thinking about weekly or bi-weekly stories, maybe even video interviews, with people that live, work, study and or play along the upcoming light rail line. You know, […]
Public Transportation – One (funny) man’s opinion
How ironic that, last night, some of us from Rail Life were leaving a really cool place on Mill Avenue called La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Wine Bar. As we left, we were stopped by “G-Money,” who asked our opinion of public transportation! 🙂 We chatted for a minute and then decided, as any blogger would, that we […]
The Memorial Day 2008 Super MeMe
I woke up early this am and saw that my new friend, Laurie Manny, the Queen of Long Beach Real Estate, had MeMe'd, me! You see, her "partner in crime," Mary McKnight started the whole Memorial Day 2008 Super MeMe thing. Since I just met these two ladies at the recent Unchained, Social Media event in […]