Articles, reviews and news about the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Flagstaff, Scottsdale, Phoenix & Prescott, Arizona
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix, Sedona, Tucson on Jan 24th, 2012
Share The romantic sentiment that comes with castles didn’t get left behind as early settlers traveled to the Wild West. The open land, pink sunsets, beautiful land formations and free spirit invited the opportunity for dreams to come true. Just as medieval castles were built to provide family protection, comfort and luxury, while making a statement [...]
Share Welcome back, Readers! Today, the third installment of a series we call Back(pack) to Basics with a general guide to Flagstaff, Arizona. If this is your first experience with this series, check out our editions on Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Here, we’re gathering everything you need to know about visiting Flagstaff in a [...]
Share Flagstaff, Arizona during ski and snowboarding season is a great time to experience a different side of Arizona from what most visitors expect. Flagstaff is one of the few places in Arizona where Christmas, pine trees, scarves, beanies, mittens, sledding, tobogganing, hot cocoa and snowball fights are truly part of the season. Though it’s wonderful [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Aug 11th, 2009
Share On a recent Diane Rehm Show broadcast on National Public Radio, guest host Susan Page spoke with historian, Douglas Brinkley, and Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, about President Theodore Roosevelt’s vision for preserving America’s wilderness and the future of our national parks and monuments. The national park system will celebrate its centennial in [...]
Posted in Arizona, Phoenix, Scottsdale on Apr 30th, 2009
Share “Was it scary?” my friend and co-blogger, Chrissy, asked me when I returned to the office on Monday after a weekend whitewater river rafting trip down the Class III/Class IV Upper Salt River. “Nope. Not scary at all. It was thrilling!” Thrilling, exhilarating, heart-pounding; these are the words I use to describe my first-ever [...]
Share Last Day’s “Last Run” is Just Straight-up Fun. Flagstaff, Arizona’s Snowbowl ski resort was able to keep their lifts open for just one more weekend thanks to Friday’s freshly fallen snow. Most ski resorts enjoy the tradition of getting a little crazy on the last day of the of the season, and Snowbowl was [...]
Share When the opportunity presented itself for the three female staffers at Sedona.net to hold a company “retreat” of sorts in Sedona this month, you can bet your bottom dollar that we jumped at the chance. Left to design our ultimate two-day female-bonding getaway in Sedona, we immediately agreed that our two-day trip had to [...]
Share For three days this November, the arts and culture of Sedona will be celebrated as never before. “Red Rock Canvas,” a destination event, is a beacon to art lovers, visitors, residents and part-time residents alike. “Red Rock Canvas” guests can fully customize their Sedona weekend getaway from November 7 through 9, 2008 with art [...]
Share Northern Arizona University’s Lumberjacks football team may have lost their homecoming game to Montana this past weekend, but my Saturday stay in Flagstaff was a winner. My husband and I drove the scenic two-hour drive from our home in Scottsdale to Flagstaff on Saturday morning. As an NAU alum, he was jazzed to return [...]
Share 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 [...]
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