A Festival Day for your "Honey" in Marana: Marana Heritage Farm The Marana Heritage Park and Farm sits along Tangerine Farms Road west of I-10, just across the street from Gladden Farms. Access to the Santa Cruz River Park is available, and the Farm grows produce for the Marana Community Food
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09/14/2011
Affordable 3/2 Ranch Home for Sale in East Tucson - New Listing! I have a new listing on MLS, and it's a modest and tidy home in an affordable price range. $127,000 I like this particular neighborhood in East Tucson because the streets meander gently through ranch homes with sprawling, sweeping f
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09/13/2011
Dancin' in the Rain - Storm Cell Moves through Tucson and Marana The power went out again this weekend for a few hours and it's always fun to take a little walk and see how many folks come out of their homes. In the peak temperaturs of summer, I swear it's the only time you see families come out
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09/12/2011
Copper Mining and the Sharlot Hall Museum: Day Trips in Arizona Copper mining has been big business in Arizona, and in 2007, we were the leading state in copper production - 60% of the United States totals. There are several large mines; Morenci, Copper Queen and Lavendar pit in Bisbee, Ray in P
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09/10/2011
Mays Counter Chicken and Waffles: Restaurants in Tucson Mays Counter Chicken and Waffles had been on my mind for months. My rare visits "south" never availed me of the staple "soul food" item, and I was dying to know what I was missing. What was the allure of chicken and waffles? I'm a home-mad
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09/09/2011
Market Statistics: Buying and Selling Homes in Continental Ranch, Tucson Just minutes NW of downtown Tucson, Continental Ranch sprawls to the west between I-10 and the northern tip of the Tucson Mountain Range. Continental Ranch is a master-planned community just minutes from freeway access, w
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09/09/2011
Tucson Foreclosures - What's Going On? I read an article this week about metropolitan Tucson and a jump in the amount of Foreclosures on the market again. A 38% jump. It makes me think back to a "financial meeting" I went to with a bunch of agents at a local new-construction site - and we were t
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09/08/2011
Popcorn and Prayer Requests! I discovered a locally-run business that just recently started up here in Tucson and I had to share; Because...who doesn't love popcorn! The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have created this start-up business and are working with business students at our
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09/07/2011
Kitt Peak National Observatory: Things to do Near Tucson This weekend we took a little trip SW of Tucson to escape the heat and enjoy the views at Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center and Museum. It's located west on Highway 86, about 75 minutes from downtown Tucson. It took us the sam
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09/06/2011
My First Open House Guest I had an open house this weekend and my very first visitor was already there when I opened up. Unfortunately, as I was setting up my signs another car followed me in so I couldn't really "oust" the first guest. Then, right on the heels of their departure, a FAMILY came i
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09/05/2011
