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 […]
TK’s Urban Tavern, Scottsdale Quarter
Scottsdale Quarter is a little outside the boundaries of my normal stomping grounds. However, the person I was meeting for lunch had heard about it TK’s Urban Tavern and suggested we try it. I’m here to tell you, like Douglas MacArthur, I WILL return! First of all, I like going to the Quarter instead of […]