Tag: Tucson

  • I’m on the Side of Roxy Rex

    A beloved icon of Tucson is under attack.

  • Impressions of Tucson, Arizona

    Where else can you say you’ve walked through a rattlesnake?

  • Tucson Food

    “Have you had a Sonoran Dog yet?” a friend asked, upon discovering that I was in Tucson. “What’s a Sonoran Dog?” I wish I’d never found out, because it has officially ruined me for other hot dogs. Seriously. I’ve seen the promised land. Nothing else will do. Imagine a hot dog wrapped in bacon. That…

  • The Sonoran Desert: Here There Be Thorns

    Ah, but it’s a dry heat.

  • Biosphere 2

    Recently, I visited Tucson, Arizona for the first time. I met a lot of really great people, ate a lot of delicious food, and the desert is so amazing that these topics will call for additional blog posts, but I thought I’d start with the first thing we did on our first day, because it…