Here’s the thing about using Yelp (or any other food finding app): You have to be willing to throw away the advice if you come across something more interesting or compelling. That’s how I came to be standing in the parking lot of the Frisko Freeze with two of my band mates. We were on …
My story about the catch and release hummingbird site on the San Pedro River is up here. The place I stayed — paid for by Arizona Tourism, but not mentioned in the story — was a really beautiful Spanish style courtyard retreat called Casa San Pedro. Sometimes, they tag hummingbirds right there at the inn …
There were 75, maybe 100 people in the Solstice Park waiting to see the sun set. I’ve never seen this many people here, but also, I can’t remember the last time the sky was cloud free on the solstice. The day had been perfect so it wasn’t surprising that the neighborhood — and some folks …
I drove south from the Grand Canyon on Highway 180. At Valle, I turned East towards Flagstaff. The land was flat and scrubby at first and then, it turned to rolling hills covered in Ponderosa Pine — tall straight trees, evenly spaced. This is the Coconino National Forest and the San Francisco Peaks stand over …
The greater Puget Sound region makes all of us take a side at some point — we declare ourselves of Seattle and deride the East Side, or we take up residency on the East Side and declare those city kids cute, but really, grow up. Plus, no, we are not doing that commute, no way …
On June 1, 2014, I attended a hummingbird tagging session at San Pedro House on the grounds of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. This photo shows a black chinned hummingbird with his beak dipped in to a feeder. This little guy drank — apparently their heads bob when they drink — some of …