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In the lobby of Roadhouse Cinemas in Scottsdale, director Phillip Penza sits at a long table, littered with half-full cups and half-eaten nachos, with three women. While they are manicured in business-professional attire, Penza sports a vest with several pockets and a baseball cap with the title of his previous movie, My Name is Nobody, a film based off a 70-some-odd page autobiographical account of his bloody childhood, of love found and lost, and the will to be somebody.

Today, he’s planning the premiere of his newest film, Movie Madness—the story of an assassin hired to murder a...

I learned a long time ago to plan my day with the most important things first (I call important things walnuts) and sprinkle the less important things around them (like rice). Imagine if you have a jar, and you put the large walnuts in and pour the rice around it. A good visual for how I get things done. I learned this many years ago when I was a realtor in Texas. Once I learned I could never get everything done in one day, my life was much easier. Time is the one thing we wish we could have more of, so here’s a sample day in my everyday life ….

6:05 a.m. I wake up really well rested, which is very...

A day in the life of Anthony Salcito of Salcito Custom Homes.

MAYORS ARE NEARLY ALWAYS CHEERLEADERS FOR THEIR CITIES, but I take it a step further because I truly believe Scottsdale is the best city in America. After all, where else can you find the combination of arts, recreation, restaurants, neighborhoods, people and rising property values? Being mayor also allows you to gain some additional insight into this amazing community of ours. In this special issue of Arizona Foothills Magazine, allow me to share with you some of the things and places that define #ScottsdaleAtItsBest.

The noise of so many families at the Ice Den. The same on a beautiful spring day in Eldorado...