Tucson Attractions Passport

Here's a discount program you can really use. For $15 you get 2 for 1 admissions to Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Old Tucson Studios, Tucson Children's Museum, Tucson Electric Park (hurry before the last of the baseball teams abandons us at the end of the spring training!), Tucson Museum of Art, Fox Theatre and Tucson Symphony Orchestra. http://www.visittucson.org/visitor/attractions/passport/discounts/
You'll also find discounts at local malls, DeGrazia Gallery of the Sun and other places where you can do your patriotic duty and stimulate the economy. Everyone wins.

Maynard Dixon at TMA

We went to see the Maynard Dixon exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art today. Dixon is a California artist who was in love with Arizona even before he saw it. He spent the last years of his life living at the edge of town in a adobe house on Prince Road west of Tucson Blvd. The Ronstadts were his neighbors. He painted the ever changing light on the Catalina Mountains over and over again. He never got tired of it, of course, and neither can any other desert rat.

His paintings and drawings would be enchanting even if they didn't glorify the glorious Arizona desert. To see our beloved mountains captured so elegantly is a real treat.

The show ends February 15. The first Sunday afternoon of every month, the museum is open free of charge.

2001 W Calle Armenta

It's been a long time since I've seen a house this nice in this price range in Tucson. With short sales and foreclosures dominating the under $200,000 market, entering this lovely owner-occupied home is a stunning relief.

First, there's the great old Desert Hills neighborhood, three miles east of the David Yetman Trailhead, and less than three miles west of U of A. This is why I love the west side of Tucson. You can have nature and urban amenities at the same time.

Burnt adobe construction, a fireplace in the living room, a real dining room, and beautifully upgraded kitchen and bathrooms are just for starts. The back porch has been enlarged so now it actually has room for monsoon watching and year round dining. The gigantic back yard has been professionally xeriscaped, and features a raised vegetable garden.


Three bedrooms, two baths, 1,409 square feet. Sold February 6 for $185,000. Listed by Donna Moulton, Realty Executives Southern Arizona.