Articles, reviews and news about the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Flagstaff, Scottsdale, Phoenix & Prescott, Arizona
Posted in Arizona on Jun 25th, 2008
With the popularity of our recent post, Nine Best Resort Swimming Pools in Arizona, I thought I’d offer our readers a list of all the Phoenix area hotels and Scottsdale resorts offering Dive-In Movies this summer. If you’re not familiar with this relatively new summer activity, let me explain. All over Arizona, hotels [...]
Posted in Arizona on Apr 23rd, 2008
There’s nothing worse than finding yourself at the wrong resort pool. You’re expecting to spend a summer weekend splayed out on a lounge chair with nothing but a Sudoku puzzle book and your iPod. But what if, when you arrive at your resort pool, you discover it’s crawling with kids doing cannonballs? [...]
Posted in Arizona on Nov 12th, 2007
The owners of the Lodge on Route 66 are excited to announce the opening of another upscale motel in Williams, Arizona. The owners of the lodge have contracted with Choice Hotels International to open a dual-idenity motel called The Rodeway Inn & Suites / Downtowner on Route 66. The property is the [...]
Posted in Arizona on Nov 11th, 2007
My parents visited my home in Scottsdale last month and we celebrated my mom’s 60th birthday. Both my parents turned 60 in 2007, making them a part of the second annual group of Baby Boomers to turn sixty. We talked about whether they would ever consider moving to Scottsdale (or Sedona, Flagstaff or [...]
Posted in Arizona on Sep 26th, 2006
In a town known as much for cushy accommodations as red rock landscapes, it’s hard to imagine a spa that truly stands out.
Elements Spa at Amara, ,a 4,000-square-foot facility under construction at Sedona’s boutique Amara Creekside Resort, aims to try.
When completed in November, the $2 million project will become one of only five in the [...]
Posted in Arizona on Jun 12th, 2006
A San Francisco Chronicle reader shares her Sedona, Arizona recommendations
Fleeing to Sedona for some heat and art
Following weeks of spring rain in California, we decided to go to Sedona, Ariz., to warm up at the Casa Sedona Bed and Breakfast Inn. The lovely 16-room inn was designed by a protege of Frank [...]