Archive for October, 2009
The Fair has arrived!!
GoGo Ginger here again….
Ok, so I know that we focus on Mesa and the East Valley, but one of my favorite times of years just started last weekend…. The Arizona State Fair!!
Why?? You name it, but my faves include indian tacos, fresh corn dogs, cotton candy and FREE CONCERTS!!!
The highlight for me at the fair this year is that they are helping me save money. You can purchase a season pass for $21, which if you got at least 2 times it’s paid for itself. Just pay for your regular admission to the fair and then go to customer service to have it applied to the season pass price, they also give you a coupon book that includes a play one-get one free on the midway as well as food and drink discounts. Don’t forget about unlimited ride wristband days, a new “happy hour” discount of $1 on Fridays from Noon-6pm.
Arizona Stat Fair - Cotton Candy Lady
I went to the Lady Antebelum concert last night and they played for just over an hour. I am now counting down to Saturday night to see John Michael Montgomery & The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party 2009 Featuring: Mark Wills, Jeff Bates, and Trent Willmon.
www.azstatefair.com
(602) 252-6771
19th Ave & McDowell, Phoenix
Now thru November 8th (closed Mondays)
Oct. 22 • The Black Crowes 7pm
Oct. 23 • ABBA: THE MUSIC 7pm
Oct. 24 • John Michael Montgomery & The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party 2009 7pm
Oct. 25 • NWA Wrestling Showcase 5pm
Oct. 28 • Raven-Symone 7pm
Oct. 30 • Old School Jam Presents Freestyle Explosion 8pm
Oct. 31 • Creation Festival: The Tour Featuring Jars of Clay 5pm
Nov. 1 • Rodney Atkins with Julianne Hough
Nov. 3 • David Cook 7pm
Nov. 5 • Arizona Derby Dames all girl roller derby 7pm
Nov. 6 • Little Big Town & Billy Currington 7pm
Nov. 7 • Kelly Clarkson 7pm
Hope to see you there!!! ….GoGo Ginger
Add comment October 22, 2009
Therizinosaur – Who’s that???
“Therizinosaur-Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur”
- Therizinosaur – Skeleton
One of the newest and strangest dinosaur fossils from North America is the subject of a stunning new major exhibit that opened last Friday at the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
Paleontologists from the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff made this an once-in-a-lifetime find in 2000 in southern Utah. The discovery led to the recovery of the most complete Therizinosaur skeleton ever found.
The exhibit includes fossil beds and a life-size Therizinosaur that is a free-standing skeleton, cast from the original bones of the 13-foot tall, one-ton sickle-clawed and feathered dinosaur. It is the first mounted interpretation of the animal’s stance and posture.
While all dinosaurs lived on land, the Therizinosaur was found in a location that was the bottom of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, an ancient sea that covered the middle of North America. But how did the whole animal, 93 million years ago, get buried in a seafloor, 60 miles from shore? Come find the answer.
Little Dino
Arizona Museum of Natural History
53 N. Macdonald, Mesa
(480) 644-2230
ttp://www.azmnh.org
…GoGoGinger
Add comment October 7, 2009
