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The Nutcracker in the North Valley

My wife has been wanting to see The Nutcracker for quite some time. I’ve found a presentation coming up this holiday season close to home.  The Spisak Dance Academy has been putting on a show for 29 years.  A quick phone call and I have two tickets to see the show and another phone call [...]

Running Season.. Well, Racing Season

This year, I set out to run 500 miles, so far, I’m up to 441 miles.  The good news, I’ve dropped 9 pounds and shaved a minute off my Personal Best Pace (pbp), I’m currently at 9:11 per mile, or roughly 6.6 mph.  I’m happy with my results, even though it’s still not good enough [...]

Kid’s Calendar of Activities

Being the proud parent of a growing and curious 2 year old, we can be challenged with finding things for her to do.  Recently a friend of ours sent us a link to Raising Arizona Kids website where we found a great calendar that shows activities by day.  We’ve found all sorts of things to [...]

Interesting Green Site

While I was doing some research from an article I was reading, I ran across a rather interesting and appealling site on Green topics.  Sustain Lane on this site I learned how to make a temporary indoor composite container to how McDonald’s is going green.  It was easy to burn a couple of hours looking around this [...]

Farmer’s Market

Yesterday, I discovered a local gem, the neighborhood Farmer’s Market.  For the Northwest valley, it would be Twilight Farmer’s Market.  Which I really like, it starts at 4, but I get there around 6 and it’s almost dark at that point.  It’s not too hot and quite a few people are out looking.  There were [...]