A Return Trip to Phoenix
2009 August 22
In a couple of weeks, we will be making a return trip to Phoenix, AZ. We’re flying west on Labor Day weekend, and have plans to stay the week. We got an awesome package deal through Expedia. While in town, we plan to get to know the city better, see the sights, visit Sedona, and more.
Not long ago, I heard on a podcast about the famous pizza restaurant, Pizzeria Biano, located in Phoenix. It’s supposed to be among, if not best, pizza in all of the country. We were looking forward to dining there on our vacation, but their website tells us it will be closed during that time. What a bummer. I find that to be unusual, but at any rate, it looks like that will not be possible on this trip.
Two weeks to go! Hurry up.
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[jake really like the last one!]
You might be from Arizona if…
* You think someone driving wearing oven mitts is clever.
* You buy salsa by the gallon.
* You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
* Your Christmas decorations include a half a yard of sand and 100 paper bags.
* You think a red light is merely a suggestion.
* All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.
* Most of the restaurants in your town have the first name “El” or “Los”. (Or they end in “-bertos”: Hilbertos, Filiberto’s, Eribertos, Izberto’s, Alberto’s…)
* You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.
* You’ve signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can’t remember the name of the incumbent.
* You notice your car overheating before you drive it.
* Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.
* You can say Hohokam and people don’t think you’re laughing funny.
* You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.
* You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.
* You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.
* You can say 115 degrees without fainting.
* Every other vehicle is a 4X4
* You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.
* Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.
* You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.
* People break out coats when temperature drops below 70.
* You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.
* The pool can be warmer than you are.
* You can make sun tea instantly.
* People will drive over a hundred miles just to see snow.
* You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.
* Most people will not drink tap water unless they are under dire conditions.
* Most homes have more firearms then people.
* People who have black cars or black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be nuts or from out-of-state.
* The AC is on your list of best friends.
* Monday Night Football starts at 7:00 instead of 9:00.
* You realize that Valley Fever isn’t a disco dance.
* You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.
* You can (correctly) pronounce the words: “Saguaro”, “Tempe”, “Gila Bend”, “San Xavier”, “Canyon de Chelly”, “Mogollon Rim”, “Cholla”, and “Ajo”.
* It’s noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.
* You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
* Sun screen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 spf is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.
* Some fool can market mini-misters for joggers and other fools will actually buy them.
* Hot air balloons can’t go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.
* No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.
* Kids will ask “What’s a mosquito?”