The Phoenix Art Museum shines.

The Phoenix Art Museum

Fret not!  The dinosaur is caged! 

Pictures aren't allowed in the Phoenix Art Museum, but I took some pictures of the outside and the lobby after I was given permission by a guard.

The entrance at night.

The Phoenix Art Museum has excellent exhibits.  I really enjoyed the Ansel Adams exhibit recently and the Monet exhibit a few years ago.

The Salt River Project sponsors free Wednesday admission from 3-9 pm, donations are optional.  Also, on the first Friday of every month, admission is a voluntary donation from 6-10 pm.



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Restaurant Week!!

It's restaurant week in Phoenix!   So for $30 or $40, you can enjoy dinner at some of the nicest restaurants in the Valley!   So from 5/13 through 5/22/11, take advantage of the great deals at these great places:

- Aiello's
- Amaro Pizzeria
- Arrowhead Grill
- Atlas Bistro BYOB
- Avalon
- Avanti
- Bamboo Club Asian Bistro
- Bistro 24 at the Ritz Carlton
- Bombay Spice Grill & Wine
- Bourbon Steak
- Calistro California Bistro
- Chart House
- Cheuvront's
- Cholla
- Citizen Public House
- Compass Arizona Grill
- Corbin's
- Coup Des Tartes
- Cowboy Chio
- Crudo
- Deseo
- Different Point of View - Lovely restaurant on top of a hill at the Hilton.
- Don & Charlie's
- Donovan's
- Durant's
- Eddie's House
- Flemming's - Really delicious traditional steakhouse (also wonderful crab legs).
- Fogo De Chao - Amazing Brazillian steakhouse.  You put down the green light, and the meat keeps coming.
- Frank & Albert's
- Fuego Bistro
- Fuego Tacos
- Iruna
- L'Amore
- La Hacienda
- Landmark
- Lon's at the Hermosa
- Marcella's Italian Kitchen
- McCormick & Schmick's
- Maritage
- NOCA
- Ocean Prime
- Orange Sky
- Petite Maison
- Pointe in Tyme
- Portland's
- POSH
- Prado
- Province
- Remington's
- Roka Akor
- Roy's
- SKYE
- Spasso Pizza
- Stockyards
- Sushi Roku
- Tapas Papa Frita
- The Capital Grille
- The Dhaba
- The District American Kitchen
- The Grill at the TPC
- The House at Secret Garden
- The Melting Pot - Three courses of fondue!!!
- The Mission
- Ticoz Resto - The grilled peach salad is amazing, even if you don't think you like grilled fruit or peaches.
- Tomaso's
- Tommy Bahama's
- Tuscany
- Vincent's On Camelback
- Vito's Pizza
- White Chocolate Grill
- Zinc Bistro 

So many options!  Hurry, hurry!  It's only this week!

Costumes, magic, surprises at Easely's

 Debbie Easley

There is a bright yellow building on McDowell. It is filled with everything that delights. Magic supplies, clown makeup, party supplies, mardi gras masks, halloween ghouls hanging from the ceiling and every imaginable costume.  It is Easley's Fun Shop! 

Easley's Fun Shop was opened by Bert Easley in 1947 as a magic shop.  It is now run by the second, third and fourth generations of Easleys, and if you go to the store you might catch a glimpse of a fifth generation scampering underfoot.

It is a great place to find costumes and so much more!

Ghouls

 

 So many masks!

And wigs galore!

Betty Boop!