We have grilled a fair number of things now with the excellent gas grills our property provide, but by far the most impressive was Chris’s chicken fajitas. We’ve made them a few times now, but the first time we made…
Arizona: The Delightful, The Delicious and the Dusty
Now that we have been here for a while, we are quite certain that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As far as we can tell, the information we gathered on the road about Arizona was fairly accurate. We will start with…
Minor Ridiculousness: Winter Clothing in the Valley of the Sun
Even though Arizona basically doesn’t have a winter int he same sense most of the country does, all the swimming and grilling things disappear from major stores at the same time as they do in Wisconsin, and presumably, the rest of the…
Dodge-y Electrics
We had quite the drama with the car recently. We just wanted to pop up to Target to pick up some peppers when it wouldn’t start. Not only would it not start, we both had to use the manual spare…
Monsoon, Definitely
At the end of July, we finally saw something that was a bit more in line with our expectations of what a monsoon would be after it being a bit of a whimper in June. We saw two major storms…
New Gym
The gym at our apartment complex has re-opened after being closed since late January. We happened to be on our way to the office the very second the doors were being opened. As such we got to the first residents…
Insect Update
So one of the reasons we moved to Arizona is the balance of bugs vs. heat. It is still holding up as being low insect, especially compared to Abilene, Texas, the winner of city with the biggest, weirdest insects for…
Monsoon, Sort Of
Yet another weather novelty for us is the monsoon. It is less strong than the ones in Asia apparently, but none the less, we have experienced a few things we hadn’t before. We saw an extended lightning storm without a…
The Lagoon Style Pool at San Cervantes
As regular readers will know, the primary pool at our apartment complex has been under construction for several months. Even though we have another pool, we are allowed to use the pool of a sister property. It turns out this…
Barbecuing in the Dry Heat
We did another repeat from Chris’s parents’ visit, grilling out, which was lovely. Here is a short video of the cookout and my parents’ musings on dry heat: