The Tempe Fantasy of Lights Parade is this Saturday beginning at 6pm. In addition to floats, fire engines, and costumed characters participating in the parade, there will be a “Winter Wonderland” contest where some lucky person will win a $250.00 Mill Avenue shopping spree. Approximately 20 businesses along Mill Avenue will participate in the Winter […]
CityScape Brings Outdoor Ice Skating To The Desert
Outdoor Holiday Ice Skating is coming to CityScape in Phoenix from November 27 through January 15, 2011. Yep, it’s true, outdoor ice skating in Arizona. For just $10.00, you can ice skate at CityScape from 3 to 11 p.m each day. There will also be special "Skating with Santa" hours nightly at 6pm and 8pm. […]
Yes, You CAN Ride Light Rail For FREE
Who says there is no such thing as a free ride? Certainly not METRO. Back in September of 2009, the Rail Ride Event was announced by METRO light rail as a promotion with US Airways Center allowing passengers with a ticket to any arena event to ride the light rail for free. The original Rail […]
Suns Fans Ride Light Rail Get FREE Stuff
Sun’s fans are getting ready for a new season of riding METRO to the games. Check out the rail ride promotion announced today where you can win cool stuff just for being in the right place at the right time. Suns fan rally on board METRO tomorrow, Oct. 28! To celebrate the start of the […]
Tempe Oktoberfest 2010 – Serious Fun For All
The 2010 Tempe Oktoberfest promises to be a lot of fun for all. There will be games for the kids, plenty of live music to suit many tastes, and of course, BEER. Held at Tempe Beach Park, this year’s Oktoberfest will be three days jam packed full of activities beginning Friday, October 1st – Sunday […]
Radiate Phoenix To Celebrate 3 Year Anniversary
It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Radiate Phoenix. “RadiatePHX is a non-traditional community networking group that supports Downtown Phoenix and smart growth in our emerging city. Launched in September 2007, the group meets on the last Tuesday of each month in new and interesting places throughout our core, and is intended […]
9-11 Healing Field Memorial at Tempe Beach Park
The 7th annual “September 11th Healing Field” tribute will once again be held at Tempe Beach Park September 10-12 from 5am to 11pm each day. If you have never taken the time to go to Tempe Town Lake to visit this memorial, you are missing something very special. What a cool tribute to those innocent […]
Strike One For Downtown Phoenix
There has been a lot of talk about today’s opening of Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge at CityScape in Downtown Phoenix. If last night’s preview “VIP Party at Lucky Strike” is any indication of their future success, the owners and developers must be pretty happy. Many times before we have talked about the “chicken and […]
Snakes on the Light Rail!
Watch out Phoenix! Snake Snake Snakes! will be rockin’ the light rail tomorrow night as the next cool band to hit the “Train Tracks.”You remember the Train Tracks, right? It doesn’t get much better than live music rollin’ down Central Avenue. If you have never seen a Train Tracks show before, do yourself a favor […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Happy 4th of July
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 […]