Tucson's Tooley's Cafe is currently closed but I am hoping that will change! It is a wonderful, quirky restaurant in Tucson's Lost Barrio District (South of Broadway on Park). This few block area is filled with artist's working studios, galleries, and a few shops. It is a wonderful place for a stroll. And Tooley's..... I hope someone reopens a cafe there!
30 April 2016
29 April 2016
28 April 2016
Throwback Thursday ~ Many changes!
28 APRIL 2010
The 1st of a new series... Hoof & Roof
Here is the post from 6 years ago today. Already 2 of the 3 animals are gone from the Tucson landscape. There's no more OK Corral Restaurant and no more Fred the Buffalo at Copper Country Antiques. ):
As I was driving on Oracle Road I spotted this life-size elk on top of - what else? - the Tucson Elks Club Lodge. It got me to thinking about how many other animals there are around town that maintain a rooftop lookout. All suggestions are appreciated. My list so far includes the cow at OK Corral Restaurant, the horse at OK Feed, and Fred the Bison at Copper Country Antiques. What others am I missing?
27 April 2016
The day before ~
Planning a major corporate event can be stressful and sometimes cause chaos, for sure. My company is having its biggest annual event tonight and from what I can see, everything is beautifully organized and ready. Except, perhaps, for my office which indeed looked like a hurricane blew through it. I was storing all of the raffle items and the floor and every horizontal surface was covered with gift baskets, tissue paper, boxes, and bags.... in sort of a controlled chaos. (:
26 April 2016
25 April 2016
Anna in the Tropics Travels to Tucson ~
This thought-provoking Pulitzer prize winning play is in Tucson for just one more weekend. The premise is intriguing... a group of women who work in a cigar rolling factory learn life lessons from the book Anna Karenina as it is read to them while they work. The play is presented by the SomethingSomething Theatre Company, a local nonprofit.
24 April 2016
Flower Pot Kids ~
Once again I had a mama dove set up her hatchery/nursery in my hanging flower pots! I have actually lost count now how many families have taken flight from those pots. Here is the newest mama and her two kids. Today I watched the kids practicing their flapping. Any day now they will be doing their test flights across the patio.
23 April 2016
22 April 2016
Friday Favorites ~ "Flowers to Go!" Revisited
Recently I asked site visitors if they had requests for any of the thousands of posts that have appeared on the site. Kathy from Boston wanted to revisit this Mayfield Florist photo. Here is my original post from February 2013:
The Mayfield Florist shop is located in a building that was once a pharmacy or a bank with a drive up window. They don't actually use the window (inside it's just a display area) but it's an interesting concept, don't you think? For that guy running a little late to pick up his girlfriend... just drive up, get your flowers, and you're on your way! Maybe I'm onto something here....
And Kathy replied to that post that it WAS a pharmacy and the pharmacist there wrote her a recommendation letter for her pharmacy school application! Cool story!
The Mayfield Florist shop is located in a building that was once a pharmacy or a bank with a drive up window. They don't actually use the window (inside it's just a display area) but it's an interesting concept, don't you think? For that guy running a little late to pick up his girlfriend... just drive up, get your flowers, and you're on your way! Maybe I'm onto something here....
And Kathy replied to that post that it WAS a pharmacy and the pharmacist there wrote her a recommendation letter for her pharmacy school application! Cool story!
21 April 2016
20 April 2016
Handsome Hawk ~
This beautiful metal bird sculpture is on display at the wonderful Tohono Chul Park in Tucson. I am guessing this is a Harris Hawk as they are pretty common in the Sonoran Desert.
Photo courtesy of Susan Dodson.
Photo courtesy of Susan Dodson.
19 April 2016
18 April 2016
17 April 2016
16 April 2016
The First Course ~
15 April 2016
Friday Favorites ~
So I am trying to figure ways to hear from more of you regular visitors! I love it, of course, when you comment on the posts but I'm going to try this method, too. Do you have a favorite type of photo you would like to see/see again? I am thinking about starting a "Friday Favorites" feature that would be posts that you request. For instance, do you like photos of the historic barrio doorways? Weird cactus shapes? The many Random Weird Things seen around town?
I literally have THOUSANDS of photos to choose from that have been posted since the launch of the site. Any requests? Email me at: TucsonDailyPhoto@gmail.com and let me hear from you..... you know who you are!! (:
I literally have THOUSANDS of photos to choose from that have been posted since the launch of the site. Any requests? Email me at: TucsonDailyPhoto@gmail.com and let me hear from you..... you know who you are!! (:
14 April 2016
13 April 2016
Beautiful and Colorful Showoffs ~
This is a very beautiful time in the Sonoran Desert! These "torch cactus" (Trichocereus) are exploding with fantastic, huge blossoms that fade within one day. Gorgeous garden displays!
12 April 2016
11 April 2016
10 April 2016
09 April 2016
The Loft Cinema ~ Tucson Treasure
Every month the Loft Cinema has a members' screening. This month they showed "Remember" starring Christopher Plummer. This is a MUST SEE if you like films with twists and turns! The audience gasped at the ending.
"An intelligent thriller ... Remember creates plot devices of almost Hitchcockian cleverness." - Katie Taylor, Globe and Mail
A masterwork of suspense from one of Canada's most acclaimed filmmakers, the latest Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) film stars Academy Award-winner Christopher Plummer as a retiree who flees his nursing home to complete a secret mission of revenge some seventy years in the making - so long as he can remember his goal. (95 mins., Rated R)
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08 April 2016
07 April 2016
06 April 2016
A glimpse of the lifestyle of the 1% ~
Here is the incredible view from the club house at Stone Canyon. This is a beautifully designed facility that offers one of the best golf courses in the Southwest. Of course, you can live in Stone Canyon, too - not just golf there. The homes are spectacular!
Photo courtesy of Susan Dodson.
Photo courtesy of Susan Dodson.
05 April 2016
04 April 2016
03 April 2016
02 April 2016
01 April 2016
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