by Deonne Kahler | Mar 17, 2014 | Travel
I spent junior high and high school in Point Loma, an upper-middle-class suburb of San Diego that sits between Shelter Island and Ocean Beach. Some of my friends’ parents had sailboats, and most of my friends got cars for their 16th birthdays. (I didn’t, and to this...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
Tumacácori National Historical Park is south of Tucson and just north of the Mexican border. Like the Mission San Xavier del Bac, Father Kino founded this mission, too, one of more than 20 in the region: Tumacácori isn’t baroque like San Xavier, but still enchanting....
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
‘Tis the season for shopping, drinking, and eating, and here are some of my favorites for all three in Tucson. (Anna, my dear friend and Tucson local, was my tour guide.) Fourth Avenue is a fun and funky neighborhood with plenty of opportunities to spend your cash....
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
The same day I went to Saguaro National Park I visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, so it was some great sightseeing. You know, as long as you ignore the cactus-lust and killer-bee sting. (That plus the jumping cholla incident suggest a new state motto. “Arizona:...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
Saguaro National Park sits just west of Tucson, and is a must see. The landscape is like a forest without foliage: And even though saguaros aren’t the friendliest of plant life, with their spikes and intimidating height (they grow to 50’ tall), they seemed sort of...
by Deonne Kahler | Mar 13, 2014 | Travel
I’m not a religious person. At all. But there’s something about churches I love. The stillness, the sense of history and reverence – it settles me down in an instant, like nothing else. (Well, except Valium. Where did I put that bottle?) The Mission San Xavier del Bac...
