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ARIZONA CELEBRATION
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Tucson Resources
- tucson.com - Community site associated with AZ Daily Star
- www.visittucson.org - Tourist, Relocation site
- tucson.citysearch.com - Deals and Reviews
- www.hereintucson.com - Pretty darn good community site, kinda ugly, lots o' links
- www.hellotucson.com - Professional articles about attractions
- www.tucsonlifestyle.com - Tucson's Lifestyle magazine
- tucsonhappenings.com - Another Tucson calendar, advertisement, articles on-line magazine
- www.tucsonguidemagazine.com - Another Tucson culture magazine
- tucsonfoodie.com - Restaurants, gourmet, news
- www.arizonahandbook.com/tucson.htm - Series of text articles and photos about Arizona topics, includes nice "walking tour of Tucson" script.
- www.downtowntucson.org - Downtown Tucson Partnership promo page
- www.pimacountyattractions.com - Pima County touristy info
- www.tucsonattractions.com - Southern Arizona Attractions Alliance, includes the "Tucson Passport" discount book (for sale).
- southernarizonaguide.com - Great resource for Pima, Pinal, Graham, Cochise, and Santa Cruz counties. Offers an e-mail newsletter.
- fandango.com - Movie listings (and buying tickets, with a service charge to avoid standing in the line)
- roadhousecinemas.com - Dine-in movie theatre. Small theatres, though; have to reserve seats well in advance. Closed Sat/Sun.
Includes a weekly newsletter for events in the Tucson area, mostly with a family or faith-based focus
News and suggestions for Southern Arizona activities
Downtown Tucson
Downtown Attractions
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Downtown Tucson Events
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2nd Saturdays Last Fridays Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Tucson Meet Yourself Tucson Jazz Festival Dillinger Days |
La Fiesta de San Agustin Dia De Los Muertos Tucson Modernism Week Tucson Film Fest Tucson Comic-Con |
Downtown Shops
Downtown Restaurants
Maker Communities
- Xerocraft, which appears to be oriented to heavier stuff, as they offer classes in welding, lathe, milling, and that sort of thing.
Xerocraft is at the corner of 6th Street and 9th Avenue, right where the railroad crosses 6th. Very nice location, very appropriate for heavy machinery, in the Warehouse District. Much more appropriate than the kooky art galleries that occupy other former warehouses in the area. - Catalyst - More on the artsy side. Full-up music recording studio. Culinary arts. And a smallish "lab" for engineering and robotics. Part of SAACA (Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance). Located in the Tucson Mall.
Other Downtown Goodies
- Barrio Viejo property management company - some nice history and a "hot" map of downtown
Greater Tucson
Attractions
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Arts and Culture
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Restaurants
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Other Tucson Specialties Gus Balone's - Great Pie!Robert's Restaurant - Great Pie! Omar's Kitchen at Triple T Truckstop - Deep-dish apple pie with too much ice cream Saguaro Corners - Great views, near Saguaro Monument East Steakhouses Pinnacle Peak at Traildust TownDon't forget your necktie! Cattletown El Corral - Prime Rib Daisy Mae's Steakhouse Li'l Abner's Steakhouse - old Butterfield Stage stop Silver Saddle - Dark, Smokey, Quaint Italian Mama Louisa's - Our family Italian placeCaruso's - Tucson's most famous, on 4th Ave. Chinese Old Peking - Former family Chinese placeGreat Village - Way out east, but very good Greek Opa's Best - Our family's Greek placeOpa's Grill - Child of Opa's Best on 4th Ave. (Formerly Athens on Fourth) Santorini - Hole-in-the-wall cafe Polish Polish Cottage - Authentic; Polish national chef |
Mexican The Best 23 Miles of Mexican Food - A Tucson DistinctiveGuillermo's LL - South Tucson on Fourth Crossroads - South Tucson on Fourth Mi Nidito - South Tucson on Fourth Club 21 - Traditional Tucson Casa Molina - The Bullfighter at Speedway/Wilmot La Parilla Suiza - Mexico City cuisine Barbeque Brushfire - Tucson's most popular, award-winningBoulevard BBQ - Cooperation between Red Desert BBQ and Serial Grillers Ken's Hardwood Barbeque - Authentic Texas style Kiss of Smoke - Authentic Kansas City style Holy Smokin' Butts - More Texas style Smokey Mo - Not much indoor seating, nice patio Brother John's - In former Wildcat House, on Stone Chocolate Monsoon Chocolate - Tucson's ChocolatierLegendary Saguaro Corners - Near Saguaro Monument East, with terrific desert views |
An association of unique-to-Tucson restaurants. They have deals, put on events, and generally celebrate the unique-to-Tucson gastronomic scene.
Unfortunately, it seems that it costs to be in the Tucson Originals "club", and restaurants will drop out of it occasionally. Here are some places that used to be Originals, aren't anymore, but we've been to and liked them:
Events
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Pima County Fair |
Fire Fighters' Chili Cookoff |
Shopping
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Tucson Mall |
Main Gate Square |
Sport Teams
Most of the sports scene in Tucson revolves around the University of Arizona ("Go Cats!"). We've had some pro baseball teams come and go, mostly for Spring Training, but neither city nor county government did anything to accommodate them, and how we don't even have a minor league team (hopefully, the Toros will be restarted). So... a desert city has... a hockey team.
Roadrunners - Hockey
Magpies - Rugby
Tucson Sugar Skulls - Indoor Football
Ministries and Charities
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Arizona Attractions
Arizona Resources
Go Arizona Travel Guide/Vacation Planner
Arizona Tourism, pretty good but promotional
The Arizona Experience: The web page for Zonies - includes a series of interactive maps
The Arizona State Library, lots of useful resources
National Parks and Monuments
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Places We've Been Canyon de ChellyCasa Grande (actually in Coolidge) Chiricahua Nat'l Monument Glen Canyon Nat'l Rec Area GRAND CANYON! Lake Mead Nat'l Rec Area Montezuma Castle Montezuma Well (part of Montezuma Castle) Organ Pipe Cactus Nat'l Monument Petrified Forest Saguaro Nat'l Monument Sunset Crater Tumacacori Tuzigoot Walnut Canyon Nat'l Monument Wupatki |
Places We've Yet To See Coronado Nat'l MemorialFort Bowie Hubbell Trading Post Juan Bautista de Anza Trail Navajo Nat'l Monument Old Spanish Trail Parashant Nat'l Monument Pipe Spring Nat'l Monument Tonto Nat'l Monument |
State Parks
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Places We've Been Catalina State ParkDead Horse Ranch Homolovi Jerome Kartchner Caverns Lake Havasu Lyman Lake Patagonia Lake Riordan Mansion Slide Rock Tombstone Courthouse Tubac Presidio Yuma Territorial Prison |
Places We've Yet To See Alamo LakeBoyce Thompson Arboretum Buckskin Mountain Cattail Cove Colorado River Dankwood Pond Fool Hollow Lake Fort Verde Granite Mountain Hotshots Havasu Riviera Lost Dutchman McFarland Picacho Peak Oracle Red Rock River Island Rockin' River Ranch Roper Lake San Rafael Ranch Sonoita Creek Tonto Natural Bridge Verde River Greenway |
Rail Travel
Living Railroads
Grand Canyon RailwayVerde Valley Railroad
AMTRAK
Sunset Limited, LA to New Orleans
Texas Eagle, LA to Chicago
Hopeful ones:
Tucson Modern TrolleyPhoenix METRO Rail
And some small ones:
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in ScottsdaleSuperstition Scenic Narrow Gauge Railroad
At Goldfield Ghost Town
And some great model railroad clubs
Paradise and Pacific RailroadGadsden and Pacific Division
Tucson Garden Railway Society
Advocacy site: Arizona Rail Passenger Association
Other Arizona Cities
Phoenix
Downtown PhoenixArizona State Fair
October to November
Castles and Coasters
Heard Museum
Tempe - Gammage Theatre, Mill Avenue
Tempe Town Lake
Heritage Square
Cerreta's - Arizona's Chocolatier
Sweeties - Arizona's Largest Candy Store
Diamondbacks Baseball
Cardinals Football
Coyotes Hockey
Cosanti
Arizona Mills Mall
Scottsdale
Wrigley Mansion
Mystery Castle
Taliesin West
Pioneer Living History Village
Commemorative Air Force
aka the Confederate Air Force
AZ Railway Museum
Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
Phoenix Center for the Arts
Phoenix Festival of the Arts
Orpheum Theater
Actors Theatre of Phoenix
Broadway Phoenix/Tempe
Arizona Science Center
Green Valley
ASARCO Mineral Discovery CenterSafford
Graham County TourismGlobe / Miami
Globe Chamber of commerceTubac
Artsy/Craftsy Emporium of Southern ArizonaKingman
Kingman TourismFlagstaff
Lowell ObservatoryArizona Snow Bowl
Lift operates during summer
Meteor Crater
Williams
Williams TourismSummerhaven
Summerhaven and Mount LemmonSki Valley
Lift operates during summer
Sky Center, UofA Steward Observatory on Mt. Lemmon
Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City TourismLondon Bridge
Lighthouses
Camp Verde
Out Of AfricaJerome
Tombstone
OK CorralGoodenough Mine Tour
Helldorado
Wickenburg
Wickenburg TourismVulture Mine
Yuma
Yuma TourismTerritorial Prison
Quartermaster Depot
Oatman
Feral BurrosFry an Egg on the Sidewalk
July 4
Sedona
Chapel of the Holy CrossRed Rock State Park
Oak Creek Canyon
Prescott
Prescott TourismOld Governor's Mansion
Whiskey Row
Apache Junction
Renaissance FestivalCatalina
Biosphere IIDouglas
Gadsden HotelSlaughter Ranch
Bisbee
Bisbee TourismCopper Queen Hotel
Queen Mine Tour
Cordes Junction
ArcosantiGhost Towns
Goldfield - touristifiedCochise County ghost towns
Pretty good guide
Multi-state index
Route 66
Arizona towns on the routeAnother very good resource
Fun Run
Arizona Counties
County Fairs
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Fairs We've Been To
Pima |
Fairs We've Yet To Attend
Cochise |