Arizona - But It's a Dry Heat!: September 2009

The historical Orpheum Theater in downtown Phoenix.

Labels: downtown phoenix, orpheum, theater

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A downtown scene. Pretty soon I'll run out of buildings to photograph. OK maybe not but looking back I've captured lots of them already.

Labels: architecture, buildings, downtown phoenix

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This is City Hall. I was longing for some architecture images and today I captured a couple.

Labels: Arizona, city hall, downtown phoenix

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The sun had already disappeared but it still showed signs of being there.

Labels: avondale, my backyard, sunset

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This is the Morongo hotel and casino and a favorite stop for mi chica when we come to California.

Labels: california, casino, hotel, morongo

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Plenty of tables and chairs for all the guests. The sky threatened to send us some rain but in the end it held it and sent it elsewhere.

Labels: backayard, birthday party

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The table decorations for my birthday party.

Labels: birthday party, decorations

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Another image captured during our First Friday outing.

Labels: first friday

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The stove in the new house at the Homestead Museum in City of Industry, California.

Labels: california, homestead, museum, stove

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And to think I have to stand here leaning on this tree all day long. Oh well, at least today I'm being photographed.

Labels: Arizona, mannequin, old avondale

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That's funny, I don't remember posing for this, Hummmmmmm!

Labels: cowboy, old avondale

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Outside an antique store in Old Avondale, Arizona.

Labels: Arizona, mural, old avondale, store

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While cruising down Old Avondale I found this mural on the side of a building. I just had to stop and photograph it. It will now join the many murals I have already captured around Phoenix.

Labels: art, mural, old avondale

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I went on a photo hunt and I found a great source for good images at Western Avenue in Old Avondale. This one in front of an antique store.

Labels: antique, old avondale, store, western

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A guess you can call these Mitzi originals. He opened a boutique right next to Don Chente in Huntington Park, Ca.

Labels: california, dress, mitzi

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I really like this image.

Labels: california, don chente, flag

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The flash took away from this image but in the darker original setting each ceramic pieces was the color of the Mexican flag, green, white, and red. The light right above each ceramic piece too was green, white, and red. This image kindda gives a hint of how it really looks.

Labels: ceramic, don chente, verde blanco y rojo

| posted by Jose, 10:26 PM | 1 comments |

While in California my little sister took us to Don Chente, a new restaurant in Huntington Park. We had a great time and actually danced the night away.

Labels: california, don chente, restaurant

| posted by Jose, 12:09 AM | 3 comments |

Stop -- I finally went to "First Friday" in Downtown Phoenix, it was hot, it was humid, it was crowded, it was busy, it was different, and best of all it was fun. We'll go again in a month.

Labels: art, first friday, galleries, stop

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