Canteen Modern Tequila Bar is opening this Thursday at 9:00PM in the expanding Mill Avenue District. I have been watching the news about what is going on and am looking forward to being there on Thursday to check the place out. I hope you’ll join me! Canteen is the creation of Mill Avenue restaurateur, Julian […]
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 […]
Modern Streetcar – Stretching The Mill Avenue District
Last night’s meeting to discuss the Tempe South High Capacity Study had many interesting components. I’ll cover more in the future, for sure. One of the more interesting ( to me ) components had to do with the recommendation of a fairly recent idea of the Mill / Ash loop with a Modern Streetcar. A […]
Gene Urban Bringing More Magic Downtown
My good friend Gene Urban is simply amazing with his card tricks and mind games. Seriously. If you haven’t had a chance to meet Gene or to see him blow people’s minds with a deck of cards, you are missing out. Gene often performs for companies like Lucent, Google, UBS, The NFL, Microsoft and more, […]
Life on the Light Rail
There’s been plenty of stories on how well-used the light rail is, how it’s become a convenient people mover for students, sport fans and a healthy amount of commuters, and even plenty of glamour shots of bands playing in cars, events at stations of the trains themselves. I’m here to tell you what it’s REALLY […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” Of The Week – Sunshine On A Cloudy Day
This past week, I was once again at One Lexington checking out their cool condos. After poking around in the Penthouse for a bit, I went down by the pool and took this shot because I thought the clouds looked kind of cool. I hope you like it, too… Remember, Rail Life has a Phoenix […]
What’s it like to live on the light rail?
Phoenix metro has been my home going on eight years now. During those seven years, I lived 14 months in Tempe and the rest in Phoenix. I’ve lived in two different locations during light rail construction, and another two after it was finished. My experience with public transportation is light, as my only experience in […]
Tell Me A Story…
Got a story to tell? Well, it’s not really ME that wants to hear it, it is the cast and crew at METRO light rail along with the American Public Transportation Association. From METRO’s Facebook page we get this explanation of what is going on… “There is still time to tell METRO your transit story! […]
Could Mesa Join a National Trend?
There has been a lot of talk recently about the Mesa light rail extension and the effects it could have on the neighborhoods along Main Street. According to a recent press release, the proposed light rail station locations are as follows: Recommended station locations on Main Street: East of Alma School Road East of Country […]
Google Transit Rockin’ the Rail Life
Last week, we noticed that the long awaited and much anticipated Google Transit was up and running in the Phoenix area. Major props to the local transit agencies and the cities for working together to make this happen. The service should help a LOT of people find their way around town. Below is today’s press […]