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Travel Photo Thursday: Say WHAT??
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 22 March 2012
Today I present you with a puzzle of sorts. What the heck is it?? And what do these things have in common? And why is it a good excuse to visit Tucson, Arizona? (BTW, this post was inspired by a post by fellow travel blogger, Jeanine Barone of J The Travel Authority. See her post [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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Look Who I Saw at the Tucson Book Festival
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 16 March 2012
The third annual Tucson Festival of Books took place on the University of Arizona Mall last weekend, March 10 and 11. This annual event draws enormous crowds to its overwhelming number of programs, but people are as much fun as the books on sale. Great people watching at the Tucson Festival of Books, all ages [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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An Improper Love Affair in Old Tucson
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 12 March 2012
Western Road Trip Destination: Tucson, Arizona Book: Teresa and the Cowboy:: un Cuento de Amor Tucsonense, by Mary Ellen Barnes The book cover sandwiches a photograph of Tucson in the 1800′s– with its dirt streets and adobe buildings– between a closeup of white on white embroidery at the top and a leather chaps decoration at [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Travel Photo Thursday: Farmer’s Market
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 23 February 2012
These were taken in February, 2012 at the St. Phillip’s Plaza Farmer’s Market in Tucson Arizona. When you travel to Tucson, be sure to check out the many Farmer’s Markets. This one is on Sunday morning.
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Arizona: The Valentine State
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 14 February 2012
Celebrating Centennial ARIZONA, STATE OF ROMANCE Arizona celebrates the centennial of its statehood on February 14, because one hundred years ago a lovesick rancher took a detour to see his sweetheart. The story may not be true, but the romance is undeniable. This is the true part. For nearly twenty years, the citizens of Arizona [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Saguaro National Park: Beauty Takes on Many Forms
Blog: The Silent I - 10 January 2012
When planning our December roadtrip, a stop at the Saguaro National Park was an absolute must-see for my husband Frank. Frank loves cacti of all shapes and varieties. He has kept a cactus collection for more than twenty years through...
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Country Inns & Suites: Home Suite Home
Blog: The Silent I - 5 January 2012
Ever hear of Country Inns & Suites? I hadn't until about a year ago, when they generously offered us a voucher to stay in one of their fine establishments. We were not able to take them up on the offer...
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Parents Only Getaway: Miraval Arizona
Blog: Ciao Bambino! - 11 July 2011
My love for spa’s started after my second son was born. He cried for hours each night and I remember thinking that I needed to go somewhere very quiet! About a year later, I discovered the restorative and rejuvenating benefits of a spa vacation. Miraval Arizona is one that consistently makes all of the “Top Destination Spas” list and my husband and I were lucky enough to be invited on a corporate trip to experience it first hand. My husband never been to a destination spa before and assumed they would ...
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Book Lovers Flood Tucson
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 18 March 2011
Destination: Tucson, Arizona Event: Tucson Festival of Books, 2011 [See more photos on my Facebook page] The Tucson Festival of Books has grown rapidly in its three years. Organizers say there were 100,000 people there in March 2011, and I think that is true. People of all ages cluster around tables piled with books. Colorful [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Of Books and Festival and Food and Spies
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 4 March 2011
TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS I'm taking a bit of a break today so I can read FAMOUS AUTHOR's latest book. That is because I am the volunteer driver for FAMOUS AUTHOR when he comes to the Tucson Festival of Books on March 12 and 13. You can meet him and a couple hundred other authors [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library. We'll leave a light on for you.
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Road Trip Book: Going Back to Bisbee AZ
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 17 November 2010
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Southern Arizona Book: Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton (1992) Welcome to my part of the country. Somehow when choosing a book to represent Arizona, I could not resist fastening on my own little corner–southern Arizona–desert country.
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36 Hours- Or So-in Tucson With Books
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 8 January 2010
Another view of 36 hours in Tucson, after the New York Times article.This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Sidetracked! Arizona Science Center
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 28 October 2009
The "throw as many foam germ balls into the nose before it sneezes them out" exhibit. The kids almost had heart attacks when the nose sprayed back the foam balls with a giant, loud "ah CHOO."
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The fast and the furious
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 25 April 2009
The lasange and meatballs I had with garlic bread last night was beaut, nicely washed down with a couple of bottles of Heiniken. Though I did feel a bit like a William zero pals sat on my own reading Don Quixote (the phone tells me I’m now 10.4% in apparently) next to a rowdy group [...]
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Roadrunner roadrunner
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 24 April 2009
It’s a shame I only have a fleeting visit to Tucson, it seems a cool place. Suprisingly after my Amtrak adventures, I didn’t sleep all that well last night. This was due partly to over keen air conditioning and partly to a pillow (and I use that term loosely) that is like an actual size [...]
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