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 [...]
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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 [...]
Like the canyon, Arizona vacation truly grand
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Jun 5th, 2006
Share Arizona! Magical land of sun, sage, sand, saguaro and scorpions! Yet in my 12 years in Southern California I’d never set foot in the Grand Canyon State. That all changed the week before Memorial Day. Undeterred by rising gas prices and rising Arizona temperatures, I filled up my tank, loaded up with CDs and [...]
Share Many people visit Sedona, Arizona, only as a brief stopover on the way from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon, but this oasis in Red Rock country is worth more of your time for its unrivaled natural beauty and for its arts and restaurants. And some believe it offers spiritual renewal at mystical New Age [...]
Tips for Family Vacations and Long Drives
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Apr 18th, 2006
Share How to Make Family Road Trips Good, Healthy Fun Bring a cooler. Load it with water and juice rather than soda. Why? (A) Soda is bad for kids. (B) It makes them hyperactive. (C) Worst of all, it makes them have to go to the bathroom sooner. Skip the interstate pit stops. Instead, head [...]
Share Driving the loop from Phoenix to Sedona is to travel from the past to present in the footsteps of the famous and infamous, through some of nature’s most stunning scenery…