Markets and Festivals
Now that we are pretty much settled in the Temp House we've got some extra time on the weekends to go exploring. I've got a 45 minute commute into work every day so I spend my time listening to the radio. There is a really good morning show on MixFm . The station promotes upcoming festivals and events going on in the area. Thanks to MixFM I learned about the biannual Artisans Market that the Tucson Museum of Art hosts. Today after church Tom and I went and checked it out. We didn't buy anything but we did pick up a lot of business cards and got some ideas for the house. And last weekend we had family visiting from Seattle and we went and checked out the annual Pecan Festival hosted by the Green Valley Pecan Store in Sahuarita. In Europe there are a lot of markets and festivals so it's nice to find some local events we can make part of our annual tradition here in southern Arizona. One event I learned about earlier this year is the Albuquerque International