While working recently in Tucson, I happened upon a unique "shopping center" in the Mercado district called the Annex. I say unique because the entire place is made of repurposed shipping containers! It's very cool. While visiting the Annex I noticed one location looked like it would be opening soon and as I peeked in the window of the container, I also noticed kitchen appliances that would indicate it might be a legit Japanese restaurant. And I was right. Kukai, a Japanese kitchen, opened Read more [...]

I love Ricky Gervais. And I love the new series After Life on Netflix. So clever. So well done.

This is by far, THE best hair dryer on the planet! Okay, I'll admit, this is a very subjective blog and of course there's no way I could have tried every single hair dryer in the world, but I've tried a ton. In hotel rooms, inns, Airbnbs, my own, friends', etc. and this one is better than them all. Like men, there have been hair dryers in my life with some of the qualities I look for, but none of them have ALL of the characteristics I feel necessary to be the best of the best. Except Read more [...]

This is going to be a very short blog. My daughter and I flew to Chicago to see Andrea Bocelli in concert for my birthday. He performed at a venue with horrific acoustics and sounded like a voice from heaven. All I really want to say is, if you have the chance ever in your life to see him live, go. Don't hesitate. Just go! Since it was, other than Michael Jackson in concert, the highlight of my life's live concert experience, I filmed this. Not a fan of filming during a concert but Read more [...]

I would be remiss if I were to leave this beautiful city without doing one or two or ten 5 Heart Ratings! Let's start with the very first experience I had dining out alone, sitting at the bar. I didn't realize it was happy hour and didn't really take advantage of it but heard all about it from a 35-year Martha's Vineyard chef sitting right next to me. He and his wife were on a Southwest USA road trip and were currently visiting Tucson. The couple next to them had just become engaged. Read more [...]