Bringing the beach to the desert for the past five years, Sandbar is celebrating its birthday this Friday night with margarita specials, music, flair and of course, in total island-style!

While paradise-like destinations enable us to get away from out daily lives, Sandbar has provided Arizonans an escape to the islands each night of the week [...]

My Saturdays are officially booked. Roka Akor has launched a Saturday brunch that is very hard to pass up. For $35, guests can devour as much fresh Roka cuisine and bottomless mimosas as they want. Count me in!

This tantalizing new sales booster starts this Saturday, Oct. 17 and runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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One of my favorite things to do on special occasions is to gather a group of close friends, a loved one or even family members and spend a day sampling wine from luscious vineyards and welcome new favorites to my list. Here in the Valley, we have plenty of opportunities to taste the vino and [...]

Work is going to get rough before the holidays arrive. So it’s important to start taking advantage of our city’s many happy hours after a long day at work. Let me show you where cocktails are cheap and the atmosphere is happening…

Cantina Due
For a versatile happy hour where there is something for everyone head to [...]

Impress your loved one with some new tricks in the kitchen. The Valley offers so many ways to learn new and creative dishes that there really is no excuse to not be skilled if desired to be. Some classes might even make for a fun and interesting date! Check out what’s heating up the kitchen [...]

It’s September and although we can practically taste the cool breeze of fall, it’s still undeniably hot in Arizona this month. Feel refreshed and guzzle down a fruity smoothie at one of your local fruity grind houses; for health sake.

5 Places for September Smoothies:
Don’t wake your roommates with the rattling of your blender just because [...]

For me, the best drink to have on those hot summer days or nights is a light, sweet and chilled glass of Spanish sangria. No need to head to Europe or slave away trying to mix all the needed ingredients, a pitcher of sweet sangria is at your fingertips and close to home…

Sol y Sombra
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It’s so exciting to watch all-new entertainment developments grow and finally open to the public, especially when they promise to be “city-like” and house all-new local eateries. CityScape, Phoenix’s retail, residential and commercial project to open in 2010, has just signed on two more exciting and non-chain restaurants.

The two new additions include known Valley favorites [...]

It’s easy to eat all organic, food at home. Just revert your grocery shopping destination to Trader Joe’s. Eating all organic while dining out? Not so easy. Try our tasty top three choices for organic dining in the Valley, you’ll be surprised how much better you will feel.

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Situated inside the lovely FireSky Resort and Spa, [...]

Sunday is a special day of the week. It’s not a workday, yet it’s not a celebratory day like Saturday. Known as “a day of rest” for some, it can also be a day to enjoy Sunday brunch accompanied by chilled mimosas and close friends. The Valley of the Sun makes it easy for us [...]