One thing I noticed right away when I moved to the Phoenix area and began checking out who the local bloggers are is that the Moms are pretty organized! There are several collaborative blogs in the various sections of...
A to Z – Joanna of The Local Jo
Joanna of The Local Jo is one busy young lady! She works in a local boutique, works with her Mom and Aunt, has her own online store and is a passionate local blogger who is always on the search...
A to Z – Mandi of Nosh & Nurture
Despite its reputation, I find that Arizona is very welcoming to people from all over the country. I have run into so many transplants, and of course, we have all the snowbirds (people coming from other parts of the...
A to Z – Vicki of Surprise AZ Mom
When I first moved to the Phoenix area, one of the first things I noticed as I was hopping around on Facebook looking for local groups was how organized the Mom groups are in the region, definitely and a...
Weekend Explorations: More Things to do in Tucson
As I mentioned in my post on our first (second and third) Airbnb experiences, when our original plans for Memorial Day weekend fell through we shift our focus to Tucson. During our first weekend explorations and for every trip...
A to Z – Teena & Ranaa of Real Women Talk 2
I’m not a mom but I can appreciate the pressure that they are under. And with society today, everything you do is under a microscope and reflected on social media. So what if you aren’t the perfectly scripted mom,...
A to Z – Jen Bosen
On Jen Bosen’s Twitter profile her bio says: “Food is my love language.” Um hello! The perfect Arizona blogger to give me all the secret (and now not so secret) spots to eat in the Phoenix area. And I dare...
A to Z – Emily of Coat + Coffee
When I am doing an interview with someone, I always study their social media and their blog’s About page. As I “checked out” Emily of Coat + Coffee I really like what I read, and I loved her summation:...
A to Z – Merichelle of She Forks PHX
A year ago this week Mr. Misadventures and I landed in the Phoenix area to make our new home. It had been a long journey. We quit our jobs, sold our home and cars and left San Francisco in...
What to do in Phoenix in the Summertime
Last June when Mr. Misadventures rolled up into the Phoenix area in our RV we were met with a temperature of 119 degrees. We managed to survive our first half-summer and as we stare down the season again I’ve...
Phoenix’s Best Ice Cream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Particularly when you live in a place where temperatures can start hitting 100 in April (truth, it happened this year!)! Luckily the desert-dwelling residents of the Valley of the...
Arizona Weekend Adventures – Verde Canyon Railroad
All aboard! You know I couldn’t resist. As we continue explorations of our new home state we are finding that there is a lot to discover. There is rich ancient peoples history, native American history, mining history and railroad...