I Heart Tucson

Tucson, AZ
11/09/09-11/10/09

I love Tucson almost as much as I love my wonderful friend Mal who lives there. It’s easy to find your way around, the people are friendly and hip and artsy in an unpretentious kind of way, there’s always fun things to do at night, the drinks are hella cheap, the music and food is good, and the nature/wildlife is phenomenal. There is definitely something about the desert that feeds the soul in a special and unique way.

So what were we able to squeeze in during our 21 hour visit? A satisfyingly good amount. Highlights included:
♣ singing and dancing to Beck’s “Debra” blasting from the rental Hyundai in the street in front of Mal’s sweet pad
♣ trying on Mal’s green, beaded, sequened burlesque outfit… and seeing Dennis don it too
♣ eating delicious udon noodle soup at Yoshi Matsu’s
♣ having a martini at Plush
♣ dancing some booty off at Hotel Congress’ 80’s night and getting a high 5 from a stranger in appreciation of rockin the dance floor
♣ spending $24 total all night for drinks for 3 people!
♣ Eating a delicious breakfast back at Hotel Congress—omelets and home fries for Mal and I and spicy pork with eggs and polenta for Dennis
♣ Guitar, accordion, violin jam at Mal’s pad

Lowlights included:
♣ getting kicked out of Yoshi Matsu’s (although this was understandable because we kept them 45 min after closing, but still…)
♣ getting kicked out of the outside sitting are at Hotel Congress
As you can see not many lowlights and they really became kind of funny. We kept wondering where we were going to get kicked out of next.

Thanks Mal and Tucson for showing us a good time, time and again!