Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Menlo Park Townhouse

Terrific end unit town home in desirable Menlo Park. Cul-de-sac location next to guest parking with locked gate to Safeway Plaza. Inviting courtyard leads along the side of the house to the back yard. 
Soaring great room ceiling gives a light, airy feel. Tiled fireplace. 
Kitchen has a pantry and is open to the dining area and great room, with direct access to two car garage. Laundry and lots of storage adjacent to kitchen. Two bedrooms and full bath downstairs.
Covered patio with view of Tumamoc Hill, popular with family walkers and fitness runners. Tile or wood floors through out. 
Master bedroom suite upstairs has spacious bathroom, two clothing closets, plus under-eave cubbyhole storage. Clerestory windows. Under 10 minutes to UofA and PCC. Closer to Tumamoc Hill, All Souls Procession, July 4 fireworks and the Thursday afternoon farmer's market at Mercado San Agustin. Your urban hideaway.

Sold January 24, 2018 for $142,250.

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

All Souls Procession Has New Route

The All Souls Procession is an amazing event, with thousands of people walking through the streets of Tucson remembering their dearly departed, be they grandparents, pets, the planet Pluto, migrants, jaguars, scientific inquiry or civil discourse. It's a folk art extravaganza where people wear home-made costumes and ride floats out of bicycles or carts. Some people wear giant paper mache heads carried high above the crowd on back pack frames. Others work together to create a multi-bodied creature. There are bands, bagpipes, stilt walkers and a wonderful feeling of community. 

The Procession will begin around 6:00 PM Sunday, November 5. It used to begin on Fourth Avenue, but this year the start of the route will be on Grande south of Speedway. But don't go there. It will be way too crowded. Find a place along the route, and after it has passed, follow it to the Convento for a concert by the Tucson Symphony and the burning of the prayers and hopes you put in the beautiful big urn. You can't miss this.