Toscon, Tucson, Tooson, Tosawn, Tosoon
Tucson What’s in a Name?
I mentioned the other day the first of the winter visitors had arrived in Tucson. He is a mighty hunter and he can’t spell. He isn’t alone.
There are a number of ways you can tell when the winter visitors arrive in Tucson.
A plethora of state license plates appear.
Traffic on [...]
Tucson AZ Real Estate Blog 1 Month Old
On July 15th 2007 this site was created and its first post published. There has been a new post everyday since.
This month has gone by quickly. I really enjoy writing about Tucson and taking picture to share with everyone that stops by. We want everyone to have a better idea of how [...]
Tucson Wasting Water by Home Design
Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana
Get Serious About Saving Water
If you want to get serious about saving water resources you should
require a GFCI outlet under the sink for the location furthest from the hot water heater so an inexpensive recirculating system could be installed easily.
require the installation of a hot water recirculating system. Yes it could cost more [...]
Tucson Air Show
2008 Update
The Tucson Air Show is coming to town this weekend. This air show’s theme is “Davis-Monthan and Tucson: 80 Years of Airpower for America!”
A couple of weekends ago practice for the show was going on in the skies over Tucson. You could look up any day that weekend and you [...]
Tucson Christmas Gifts Cactus?
Yesterday while out running errands, picking up some after Christmas specials and attending to a couple of our listings I saw these two trucks moving a couple of Sahuaro cactus. I don’t know if they are a late Christmas present or a return.
Moving a cactus is a lot like petting a porcupine. As you can [...]
Tucson’s Dark Skies A Paradise for Astronomy Buffs
We are in the thick of the winter visitor season here in Tucson. Every year we hear from the flock of new visitors about how dark it is here once the sun goes down.
Tucson being dark after dark, maybe I should say, dark after sunset, has a lot to do with the local astronomical observatories [...]
15 Minutes of Magic at La Encantada in Tucson
There is real Magic in the air in Tucson’s La Encantada Mall. Every Friday and Saturday night at 6 and 7 PM there is 15 minutes of magic, with snow (Tucson style) and Christmas music and singing. The whole place lights up with people gathering to see the snow and hear the music. It is [...]
Tucson Gated Communities and Pranking Boomers
One of the things that Tucson gated communities may have to adjust to is the sense of humor that many Boomers will be bringing with them when moving to Tucson.
Don’t forget that while the retiring of the first of the boomers has begun, it will continue for years and many of them were the flower children [...]
Tucson Snowbirds Late Arrival Predicted
What Do Snowbirds Look Like
There are migrations that happen every year. Many people gather and celebrate the return of visitors making their part of the world famous; Famous at least in the local sense of the word.
The Swallows to San Juan Capistrano
The Monarchs to Mexico
The Buzzards to Hinckley
The Snowbirds to Tucson
The [...]
Tucson Housing Market, It Isn’t Valentines Day Anymore!
I keep trying to come up with ways to let sellers know the Tucson Real Estate Market is now a buyer’s market and the implications for putting your Tucson House on the market.
Let me try and draw a word picture of today’s market in Tucson.
Remember last Valentine’s Day. You tried to buy a dozen red [...]
