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New Coffee Shop Set To Open In Scottsdale

“Making great, natural smoothies.”  That’s the latest, and only tweet from @buzzberry way back in March of 2009.

The intersection of Granite Reef and McDonald hasn’t seen much change lately.  A vacant lot, an over-priced gas station, convenience store, and abandoned service station have been the norm for years.  With the recent remodel of Basha’s, and the construction of the standalone Walgreens, it only makes sense that we see yet another coffee shop emerge.

I noticed a few months ago that the old service station on the southeast corner was beginning to change.  Over the summer, an entire armada of police and service personnel dedicated an entire day to installing utilities to the newly remodeled building, the windows became decorated, and new signage has been installed.  What are we getting in our little neighborhood of Hallcraft homes?  A coffee shop slash smoothie bar.  Huh?

I peered in the window last night and found that they are still well under way constructing the interior design of the store, which I am anxious to see.  What kind of coffee bar are we to expect here?  I wish I knew more.  Their website offers very limited information.  I guess I’ll just have to see when it opens.

Oh, and by the way, that’s not the only coffee shop in Scottsdale that’s preparing to open.  There are others .

Don’t be Fooled by The Weather

Born in 1972, I have a long history of experience living in Arizona and through Arizona’s weather changes.

Every year, like clockwork, we experience two similar events.  As the cooler weather aproaches, for a few days at the beginning of October, the weather cools down significantly, offering the illusion that Fall has arrived.  Time and time again I remind people that it’s just an illusion and a crazy prank being pulled on us by the weather gods

Every year when it cools off, it heats up again for a short period of time, then the temperature quickly falls off to a very cool level.  There’s really a shortage of perfect days in the valley of the sun; those days where you roll the windows down in the car and speed around with your hair blowing in the wind (must have hair.)

When the weather warms up at the end of spring, the same thing happens.  We get a warm spell, then it returns to a comfortable cool, and then WHAMMO!  Hot.

Thankfully we do not experience freezing weather here during the day…although for those of us who don’t really know what cold is (I’ve never been below -7 degrees) we think that 50 degress is cold.

Either way, have a bit of patience these past few weeks and we’ll see some beautiful weather!  It’s already fantastic at night!