{"id":7159,"date":"2018-03-29T07:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2018-04-09T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T11:20:12","slug":"scottsdale-az-a-sweet-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=7159","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale, AZ — a Sweet Visit!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo: Vicki Weisfeld<\/p><\/div>\n

A trip to sunny Arizona took us out of the slush of New Jersey for a few days earlier this month. Having seen and enjoyed the city\u2019s museums and major attractions on numerous previous visits, we put together a set of new, easily managed stops, some of which might interest you, if you\u2019re headed west.<\/p>\n

Scottsdale Art Walk<\/a> \u2013 We were in town on a Thursday night, when galleries all stay open in downtown Scottsdale. You pick and choose what to see from a \u201ccasual and eclectic\u201d array, at your own pace. It\u2019s always interesting to see what artists are up to.<\/p>\n

We enjoyed the public art installation<\/a> along the Arizona Canal, just west of Scottsdale Road. This is a changing exhibition, and might not be the same in a few months. What we saw was \u201cReflection Rising,\u201d by Patrick Shearn and Poetic Kinetics\u2014hundreds of thousands of strips of mylar (?) suspended in waves over the canal. Lovely.<\/p>\n

Mandatory stop at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore<\/a>, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard. You can probably time your visit to coincide with one of\u00a0 the many<\/em> author book signings they host, and the staff always has great recommendations on mysteries and thrillers. Our visit necessitated a trip to the post office to mail our purchases home\u2014probably they would have arranged that if we\u2019d thought of it before we got back in the car. Too excited about our treasures!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s not to love? At The Art of Ice Cream<\/a> pop-up exhibit, 4224 North Craftsman Court\u2014you get ice cream, you get photo opps, you get a small exhibit with lots of humor and spirit, including a canoe dressed up as a banana split. Note the ice cream-shaped light fixtures in the photo!<\/p>\n

Having seen Sedona multiple times, this trip our out-of-town sojourn was to Payson and the Mogollan Rim, a 90-minute drive northeast. The countryside becomes thick with trees, and once you arrive, there are a couple of interesting things to do in this historic town. The Rim Country Museum and Zane Gray Cabin<\/a> both had cheerful local volunteer guides who were natural storytellers. Nearby was the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park<\/a>, with the world\u2019s largest natural travertine bridge.<\/p>\n

An annual event, the Indian Fair and Market was on view at the Heard Museum<\/a>. We didn\u2019t set foot in the museum itself, which is always a great experience, but wandered the tents of the market and a bit of the surrounding Old Phoenix neighborhood.<\/p>\n

And another must-do Scottsdale event, is lunch at the Sugar Bowl<\/a>. I asked the valet at our hotel what the cross-street is for the Sugar Bowl, but he wasn\u2019t familiar with it. \u201cWhat? You don\u2019t like pink?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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