Month: January 2013

What to do in North Scottsdale for golfers

What to do in North Scottsdale for golfers

Posted by | Jan 20, 2013 | , |

Here is a collection of things to do in and around North Scottsdale for golfers. We will keep adding information here as we learn about new activities and receive recommendations from visitors and local alike. Golf courses in Scottsdale Scottsdale, and North Scottsdale in particular, is one of the most golf course dense cities in the world. The warm, dry and sunny climate makes it the perfect golf destination 8-9 months out of the year. The choices range from well irrigated courses with palm trees to courses that exhibit the beauty of the Sonoran desert. The word sand-trap gets...

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The weather has turned around in Scottsdale

The weather has turned around in Scottsdale

Posted by | Jan 20, 2013 | |

Just a month after the winter solstice and the days are rapidly getting longer and it seems the temperature has made a solid turn for the warmer. Just a week ago we had frost degrees in the mornings and the day’s struggled to get above 50 degrees. Now the forecast promises days in the mid to upper 70s and nights that won’t drop below 40. Fingers crossed we’ll get some wonderful weeks even before the March peak...

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Scottsdale is the consignment store heaven

Scottsdale is the consignment store heaven

Posted by | Jan 17, 2013 | , |

I believe there are more consignment store in Scottsdale than any other city in the US. Why, you wonder! According to several of the consignment store managers it is not uncommon for a homeowner to come in and ask that they come and pick up the furniture for a whole room, or even a whole house. With one of the most dense areas of $5,000,000+ homes there is an abundance of exclusive furniture here, and when the homeowners decides to do some updates, they spare no expense. Much of the furniture looks and even smells brand new, never sat...

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A new really funky chair now lives in our family room

A new really funky chair now lives in our family room

Posted by | Jan 16, 2013 | , |

The other day we found a very special chair at a consignment store in the Airpark area by Scottsdale airport. It looks real funky, like something weird out of Alice in Wonderland. We weren’t able to leave it so it came home with us. We aren’t convinced about the fabric but with the upholstery deals we have found we know that we can change the fabric at any time. In some of the pictures you may see another, larger and lighter chair. That has now been returned to its home in the master...

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Frost nights in North Scottsdale

Posted by | Jan 15, 2013 | |

Frost isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you hear words like Scottsdale, the Sonora desert or swimming in sunlight, but the fact is that every year we have a few frost nights in Scottsdale. The last two days, the early dawn hours have served us temperatures in the high 20s F ( -3° to -2° C) and the next couple of mornings will stay the same. One indication of frost nights is that the cacti put their hats on. For the longest time I couldn’t figure out why people put upside down polystyrene cups on their cacti. At first I thought it was to protect the blossoms from birds but after driving past the big nursery on Scottsdale Rd who has “thousands” of cacti, all dressed with polystyrene hats, I did a u-turn and popped in to ask what was going on. The answer was that the cups help protect the sensitive tips/tops of the cacti. I haven’t dressed our own cacti with hats but we have started wrapping our two potted lemon trees in burlap to give them a little extra protection during those cold...

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