This Week 11/24-12/1 2008

As the Holiday Shopping season begins, lots of art and craft fairs are happening. In Tucson the annual Parks and Recreation Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair is this weekend featuring over 75 vendors. It's always a great event and gives you the opportunity to visit Reid Park which feature a small lake, 2 golf courses and the very cool Reid Park Zoo. The Zoo is not just for kids and makes a fun and interesting morning or afternoon. The Fair is presented by Tucson Parks and Recreation Department, Nov 29-30, 9:30 AM-4 PM, Reid Park, 22nd and Country Club.
If seeing a presentation of The Nutcracker is part of your holiday tradition, you might like to attend A Southwest Nutcracker, the ballet with a southwestern kick. Three performances this weekend at the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall.

If you'd like to venture south a bit through the beautiful rolling grasslands of southern Arizona (Yes, grasslands-parts of the Movie Oklahoma! were filmed in this area) the little town of Patagonia is having a Holiday Walking Tour. I would go to Patagonia anytime for anything, this just adds a little extra.

Bisbee is a two-fer this weekend. If you are like me and walk by old houses thinking "I would love to see inside that house!" this is the weekend for you, my friend. Bisbee is hosting the Historic Bisbee Holiday Market and Historic Home Tour. Bisbee is also a great place to visit anytime, these events just make it more fun.

If you're not into the whole shopping scene and you enjoy folklore, cowboy songs and history you might like the Arizona Folklore Preserve Thanksgiving Celebration Nov 29 & 30. The Preserve also has shows going on throughout the year.

Wow, lots going on so don't eat too much or if you do, get out and move around, it should be a great weekend!

Welcome

It's almost Thanksgiving and snowbirds will be descending on Tucson. The week following Thanksgiving has long been dubbed the beginning of the "Snowbird Season" and while this year may be a bit different due to the economy, some snowbirds will still make Tucson and Southern Arizona their winter home.

This bog will endeavor to give a Tucsonan's perspective on what there is to do here in the Old Pueblo. This will not be a compilation of everything that's happening but a sort of "Best Of". I will also focus on those activities or places that are not as heavily marketed. Many activities will be free or low-cost.

We are RVers but with 2 sons in college our trips are limited to weekends and vacations but someday we hope to join the ranks of part-timers or maybe even fulltimers.