Scottsdale Travel Blogs

We began the merry making on the meet-up date at the Saddle Ranch Restaurant and later moved to the Martini Ranch a few minutes away from the Saddle Ranch . . . The plan was to get everyone together at the Saddle Ranch, have dinner and drinks and recognize the furthest traveled buddy, Keith (Aloha-…

Another one...  this is what legends are made of... = ) So we pretty much haven't really seen much of one another... each living each and our own lives. Battling with these tough economic times, and pretty much life in general. We sometimes tend to over look the small things in life... like …

Our day trip to Sedona had unexpectedly turned into an evening trip.  The TravBuddies in Scottsdale were finished with the dinner meet-up and now they were at a bar.  It was 11pm when the Sedona group was ready to join the festivities.    We walked a couple of blocks over t…

The journey on a road trip is always longer and lonely when one drives alone, I should know, I have done quite a few of them: I decided to call up my girlfriend Barbara (I met her through the Southern Arizona Adventure Company) to see if she would be interested in accompanying me to Scottsdale for …

Day 2… Part 3… the aftermath… I mean after meet… The Sedona group gathers at our hotel lobby.  We make a plan to join the rest of the TB group at another bar.  A few TB’s (Kim and Bill) had to leave early the next day, so they opted to just go in for a bit and say g…

The next morning a few of us who were left over, and/or were able to fight a hangover, met up at Olive and Ivy Restaurant in Scottsdale. We had brunch and talked about our experiences over the weekend. Looking back on my weekend, I wish I had joined Travbuddy a long time ago. But, I guess things ul…

I woke up at 8:30 this morning.. not sure but for some reason whenever I drink a lot the night before.. I can never seem to sleep more than 5 or 6 hours..  that of course doesn't help when your body is screaming for hydration!!  So.. I got up, took a shower and got myself ready.  Aro…

  I took a slightly different route home from work tonight, so we could focus on the bizarrely silly world of Scottsdale, where I work. Scottsdale is a city that is part of the Phoenix Metro area.  Where the rich and the beautiful come to gather.  They like to be fancy here, but in…

Aloha! Phoenix TravBuddy Meet-Up What a friendly and welcoming theme for my first TB experience. ( writer's block - already . . . TBC )

Really no plans yet on this day but I think my aunt and her friend will take the day off to play with us and I'm sure we can come up with something to do! Maybe check out Camelback or that other peak who's name I'm blanking out on...

From San Diego, our next stop for the night was Scottsdale, Arizona.  It was a long drive and not a lot of time to stop and stretch our legs, so the perfect opportunity to get to know one another. Marie, the tour guide picked on me first to stand up the front of the bus and tell a bit about my…

2 nights in Scottsdale, Arizona, yeah! (Well the Friday night was supposed to be in Phoenix, but my friend Dante decided to ditch me with no communication whatsoever). Have I mentioned the fact that I’m very, very spontaneous? In case I forgot, I’m. The down side to being spontaneous is that it…

Scottsdale, how do I describe thee? Let me count the ways. Scottsdale is like if you gave all the robots from WestWorld nothing to read but Hollywood tabloids and let evolution happen. It's a white trash version of LA, with Cactuses and fountains. People drive hummers and  esca…

Eko took me out to a restaurant/bar called Sapporo in Scottsdale. Sushi at 12:30am?? Watch out Hollywood!Lightning storms tonight and a little drizzle. Just so very glad to be out of LA...Been sneezing quite a bit since I got here.. I wonder why, as I can't imagine the pollen levels here to be wors…

stayed at Hospitality suites resort in Scottsdale for three days saw Scottdale, Phoenix, Apache trail