Equinox
About Last Night…
A Rainy Commute
Because this happens so infrequently in Phoenix…
Uptown
Yeah…
Life in Phoenix
Keep in mind, that's 7:30 AM! (Not that PM will be any different.)
Scenes from a Desert Metropolis
I Don't See This Warning Symbol Often
Places Long Gone
Architects on Crack
So This Happened…
As they are wont to do, this haboob came out of nowhere two days ago. We got no rain, but the high winds knocked our electricity out for about 90 minutes.
This photo was taken by Ben on his commute home. He pulled off the road (as you're supposed to do) because visibility can fall to zero in a matter of minutes.
PSA
Thursday Morning
Well That Escalated Quickly
Blast from the Past
For any local Phoenix readers (do I even still have any local readers) over a certain age who've been here a while…
I found these pictures online while trying to dig up some info on another Phoenix landmark of the early 80s, Hotbods.
The Connection was my favorite watering hole back in the mid 80s. When I returned from San Francisco in 2002 I was greeted by a vacant lot and news that the owner had died of AIDS sometime in the 90s. The new owner of the property apparently couldn't raze the building fast enough, and I wouldn't be surprised if they'd salted the earth on top of it.
So many memories. So many ghosts.
Here are some of my own pictures from the AIDS Benefit Auction that was held at the place in October 1983:
I may have posted these before, but frankly I'm too lazy to go looking. In any case they'll probably still be new to some of my readers. (I'm discovering that over the years I've repeated myself so many times on this here blog thingie it's ridiculous.)
From the Archives
A Whole Lotta Moon
And Finally, I'm Going to Hell…
And Moving Inside…
Still More From Yesterday
More From Yesterday's Excustion
Taking Advantage of Our Recent Membership and the Beautiful Weather Yesterday…
Blast From the Past
And The City Fucks Up Another Perfectly Good One-Way Street
…to put in bike lanes: bike lanes that no one will ever use.
It just doesn't make sense. Phoenix is not somewhere temperate where people actually bike to work or downtown. In the summer, afternoon temps flirt with 120F for weeks on end. Even hardcore mountain bikers like my boss, eschew cycling when it gets that hot.
If they wanted to make 3rd and 5th Avenues two way, fine. But don't put in something that is basically useless and adds nothing to the community. Put in a planted median down the center of the street and plant some shade trees. That would've increased the value of downtown much more in my opinion.