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Cinco de Fun Day

May 5, 2011 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

Hey, you only live once, you may as well have a LOT of fun doing it, right?!? Around here, we love our holidays. The 4th of July, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, etc., etc. Cinco de Mayo is always a lot of fun, as well. So, I heard of a great way to kick off some […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff Tagged With: Cinco de Mayo, Rail Life, urban living

Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff: New Ideas Help Fight Crime And Budget Cuts

February 3, 2011 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

The Tempe Police Department is getting creative amidst budget cuts. The official numbers for the crime rates in Tempe should be released soon according to Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff‘s most recent opinion piece in the Tempe Republic and the good news is that overall crime continued to decline in spite of budget cuts experienced […]

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Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Happy Hour Rail Life Style

January 16, 2011 by Rail Life 2 Comments

I guess it’s no big secret that a large percentage of light rail ridership in Arizona is from recreational riders. ie: People out having fun going to ball games, restaurants, concerts, arts festivals, museums and more. One of my friends that lives along the line knows how to have fun with the best of the […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Pic of the Week Tagged With: flickr pic of the week, happy hour, Rail Life, Restaurants Near Light Rail

REBlogWorld in Vegas– Where The Cool Kids Play

August 14, 2010 by Rail Life 2 Comments

The buzz for the annual REBlogWorld and the BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas is beginning to get pretty loud. This years events will be jam packed into three days of amazing material and out of this world fun. Yeah, I said fun. As in Las Vegas style fun and games with the […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Light Rail Tagged With: REBlogWorld

Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Happy 4th of July

July 4, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

A Sunday 4th of July makes for a fun and exciting weekend. Many communities around our great state took advantage of Saturday celebrations while the BIG Phoenix and Tempe 4th of July celebrations will happen this evening. As you can see below, I tried to do a short video of a neighborhood 4th of July […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Phoenix Light Rail Events, Pic of the Week Tagged With: flickr pic of the week, Phoenix Fireworks, Rail Life, Tempe Fireworks

Social Media Day at MADCAP – Mashable Style

June 28, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

So, you’re a geek, right? Don’t worry, you’re not alone in the world. In fact, I bet you might even have more than one or two “friends” that you have met because of being a geek, right? Heck, maybe you are NOT a geek but would secretly like to know what all of this geeky-social-media […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: Rail Life, social media, tempe

Tempe and Phoenix 4th of July Fireworks

June 26, 2010 by Nick Bastian 2 Comments

** Update: Information for Phoenix 4th of July Fireworks information is here <— ** The 2010 4th of July Fireworks shows in Phoenix and Tempe are sure to draw HUGE crowds again this year. Riding the light rail just might be your best bet to see the action at Tempe Town Lake and at Steele Indian […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Phoenix Light Rail Events Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Fireworks, Rail Life, Tempe Fireworks

Worldwide Photo Walk Coming to Rock the Light Rail

June 23, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

The 3rd annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk is coming to town. In Phoenix and Tempe, the photo walk will be rockin’ the light rail! What makes this photo walk different than the ones happening from Paris to New York to Germany? This one is going to utilize our light rail system to get to […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Phoenix Light Rail Events Tagged With: flickr pic of the week, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, Tempe Light Rail

Ignite Phoenix – Get There, The Easy Way

June 11, 2010 by Nick Bastian 2 Comments

OK, so i meant to post this a lloooong time ago. Hopefully, a quick post will still be useful to some. Ignite Phoenix is always a lot of fun. Tonight, hundreds of people will descend upon the Phoenix Art museum for a great time.. The event starts at 6pm: Here is the scoop straight from […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Phoenix Light Rail Tagged With: Ignite Phoenix

Light Rail Riders Rock First Friday

June 4, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

Once again, a First Friday is upon us. Time to hit the streets and check out what all of the “cool kids” are doing downtown. Tonight has a bunch of great stuff going on and light rail riders have a bunch things to choose from. First Fridays have some of the highest light rail ridership […]

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