I told you last week about TK’s Urban Tavern at Scottsdale Quarter. This morning I arrived in the Airpark a little early for a meeting at the Corner Deli with my favorite Airpark real estate agent, Laureen Leston, I decided to wander around the Quarter to kill some time. After doing so, I have to […]
The Little Red Schoolhouse
The present-day home of the Scottsdale Historical Society was built in 1909 to replace the original wooden structure that housed Scottsdale Grammar School. During the life of the new brick building building it was used for a Sunday School, a church, an election polling place, a school for Mexican-American students, town hall, county offices, and […]
Shopping and Fashion: My Favorite Things
Those of you who know me know that I’m not a shopper. In that regard, I think I take after my grandfather, John Wilson Washington. My grandmother, Esther Baines Washington, was about the closest thing to a socialite in the small Oklahoma town where their small business (a Ford dealership) was a pretty big deal […]