http://distinctivephoenix.com/40/if-youre-going-to-live-in-phoenix-learn-to-love-the-heat/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://distinctivephoenix.com/40/if-youre-going-to-live-in-phoenix-learn-to-love-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-648 WalkScore.com wants to know: Is our neighborhood walkable? | DistinctivePhoenix.com | Historic Phoenix homes, distinctive Phoenix architecture, extraordinary Phoenix lives... Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:57:56 +0000 http://distinctivephoenix.com/?p=40#comment-648 [...] We live in North Central Phoenix, right by the Arizona Canal. Alas, as walkable (and bike-able) as our neighborhood might be, it’s still in Phoenix. [...] [...] We live in North Central Phoenix, right by the Arizona Canal. Alas, as walkable (and bike-able) as our neighborhood might be, it’s still in Phoenix. [...]

]]> http://distinctivephoenix.com/40/if-youre-going-to-live-in-phoenix-learn-to-love-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-502 “… Monsoon has taken up residence in the local imagination.” Welcome home! | DistinctivePhoenix.com | Historic Phoenix homes, distinctive Phoenix architecture, extraordinary Phoenix lives... Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:03:06 +0000 http://distinctivephoenix.com/?p=40#comment-502 [...] I’ve been hearing about it for the past week. Greg painted it vividly in his post describing Phoenix’s palpable heat. Since the dew point this morning is only 45°F, the season is still not officially begun — but early this morning, when I was picking up the bowls of food I leave out at night for the little colony of feral cats that AZCats has helped me to keep in check, I knew it’s just a matter of days now. No matter what the climatologists end up calling it, if you’ve ever spent even one summer in Phoenix, you know what a Monsoon is! [...] [...] I’ve been hearing about it for the past week. Greg painted it vividly in his post describing Phoenix’s palpable heat. Since the dew point this morning is only 45°F, the season is still not officially begun — but early this morning, when I was picking up the bowls of food I leave out at night for the little colony of feral cats that AZCats has helped me to keep in check, I knew it’s just a matter of days now. No matter what the climatologists end up calling it, if you’ve ever spent even one summer in Phoenix, you know what a Monsoon is! [...]

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