The Phoenix Traveler

Imagine your name on this brown piece of paper. It’s the ticket to statewide recreational fun. The Arizona State Parks Annual Pass costs just $50, and it’s good for the entire family–all year-long.
This holiday season, it could be the affordable gift that keeps on giving as it’s the economical way to travel and explore Arizona’s 27 state parks. Pictured above, the Standard Day-Use Entrance Pass is good for the family’s non-camping day-use and includes all the Parks except Colorado River Parks on weekends and holidays.
At Kartchner Caverns State Park, the pass is good for the entrance to …read more

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Does dough flipping and rolling sound like sporting events to you? What about making dough balls? They will if you plan to celebrate the grand opening of Rosati’s Pizza in Peoria on Saturday afternoon.
The new restaurant is hosting what it expects to be the first annual “Master’s of the Pizza Dough” contest. For the first one, they’re bringing in twelve members from the Liberty High School Varsity Football Team to compete in various pizza-making drills. It’ll be the offense against the defense as teams compete for the winning team trophy. The restaurant’s founder, Fred Rosati, 91, will judge.
If you …read more

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I’m back, after a brief hiatus, with news that despite the promise of a new presidency, we are still in recession…and it might not let up for a while. But don’t let that keep you from enjoying the good things life still has to offer, even the luxury things.
The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort’s Aji Spa near Chandler, just south of Phoenix and 11 miles from Sky Harbor airport, has created a special offer just for this occasion.
Called the Recessionista Spa Package, it combines a full day of treatments at a half-day price. Included in the $199 package: a …read more

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Deirdre Pain, from Malees Thai Bistro Desert Ridge (Tatum Blvd & Hwy 101) sends out a regular e-mail newsletter to her special customers (How did I get to be so lucky!). I particularly liked an offer that came in this week, directed especially to the wives or significant others of what Deirdre calls the “dazed look of most men as they are absorbed in Monday Night Football”: 
Malees at Desert Ridge will pamper these ladies with a special MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WIDOW’S EVENT. In the weeks ahead, this event will include some or all of the following:

Psychic readings
Jewelry
$4 Cosmos, Appletinis, …read more

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This isn’t your mother’s Dairy Queen dilly bar. This is better. This is an ice cream cone, a shake or a banana split made at Udder Delights–a brand new ice cream parlor in the East Valley that makes its delicious product from cream milked on local dairy farms.
Located in the Target Plaza on the corner of Val Vista and Warner roads in Gilbert, the locally-owned and operated ice cream parlor was conceived by the same folks who run Superstition Farm (a cute and memorable song plays when you click on the name)–a third generation dairy farm that offers tours to …read more

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