Oro Valley Fall Art in the Park October 22-23, 2011

Oro Valley Art In The Park Fall 2011

New Location: Oro Valley Marketplace

First Everyone should know this year’s event IS NOT BEING HELD at it usual place Canada Del Oro Park.

Because of the ongoing road construction on Lambert the festival this year is being held at the Oro Valley Marketplace On the Southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine.

Learn about the artisans & musicians coming to the festival.

Here is the link to this years Festival Flyer.

There are activities scheduled for the whole family.

When: Saturday, Oct. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. and Sunday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Oro Valley Marketplace, Southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine Roads
Cost:Free admission

Music Line-up
Saturday, Oct. 22
10 a.m. Gabriel Ayala – classic guitarist
11:15 a.m. The Fine Akoustics Trio – jazz bass
12:30 p.m. Reno Del Mar – Latin acoustic duo
1:45 p.m. Larry Redhouse – piano jazz/fusion
3 p.m. Rich Stanley Juilliard Jazz – trumpet jazz

Sunday, Oct. 23
11 a.m. The Little Shakies – R&B/jazz/soul
12:15 p.m. Arco – acoustic guitar/violin (duo)
1:30 p.m. The Jay Rees Quartet – jazz
2:45 p.m. Railbirdz – blues/R&B/funk/soul


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Chile Festival – Oro Valley Farmers’ Market

Saturday September 17, 2011

Oro Valley Farmers' Market Logo

Love the Logo

Not it hasn’t been hot enough, and now just as it is cooling off . . .

Tomorrow is the Chile Festival at Oro Valley Farmers’ Market.

Take your pick from

  • Freshly Roasted Green Chiles
  • Chile Spices
  • Zesty Tamales & Salsa
  • Decorative Red Chile Strings
  • Many more Hot & Spicy options

Not into Chiles?  Come anyway.  There’s so many options to choose from I can’t begin to list them.

The market has become a regular Saturday stop for me the past couple of months.  The fresh produce is very much a part of our weekly diet.  Find those Sunflower sprouts and buy a big bag.  Great on their own; In a salad or on a tomato and grilled cheese sandwich.  Oh man, my mouth is watering already.

The Oro Valley Farmers’ Market is a unique experience.  Come on down.  Bring your appetite and some green.

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Oro Valley Dispose-A-Med

Dispose-A-Med is getting some National attention as a way to safely dispose of unused and expired prescription drugs.  Once a month you can bring those old prescriptions to the Oro Valley Target store and they will dispose of the drugs in a manner that keeps them out of our water supply.

Keeping those old drugs in your medicine cabinet is a BAD IDEA!  But that is exactly what many of us do.

Well, we who live in Oro Valley don’t need to do this any longer.  Thanks to the Oro Valley Police Dept. and the OV Optimist Club for spearheading this program in Oro Valley.

The Next drop off date is July 30, 2011.  Between 8 am. and Noon.  You can turn in those old drugs for safe disposal.  No longer do you need to worry about children or grandchildren accidentally ingesting a drug they were never intended to take.

There are several old PDF documents on the web with dates for 2010 pickup and the first half of 2011 dates.  However, I did find a current document with the Second half of 2011 Dispose-A-Med Schedule.

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New McDonalds Open in Oro Valley

McDonald’s 10795 N. Oracle Rd. Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Great View of the Catalina Mountains

The new McDonalds is open in Oro Valley.  Just in time for School and the new kids going to Basis School just down the road.

The store is located by the Home Depot on Oracle.  It is the new design and logo out front with all the Grand Opening Flags flying.

The location is easy access.  The decor modern.  The seats, hard.  The chairs, cold aluminum and harder yet.  Don’t put anything on the seat beside you.  There is a gap between the seat and back that will eat anything and have you in a most awkward position trying to retrieve keys, paper, phone, etc. from the floor under the booth.

Nice Clean Modern Look Plenty of Outlets

Wayport_access WIFI

The wifi is live and typical.  Not fast to connect and you have to agree to the annoying connection check box before getting on line.  Then be prepared to be kicked off line in an hour to 90 minutes.  It seems each store sets their own time limit.  I’m writing this post right now from a both in the corner.

Electrical Outlets Thank You

It seems this Store got it right.  Instead of just one or two outlets inconveniently placed like I find in most Mcdonalds this one has plenty of outlets placed around the store.  It will be easy to find a seat and a plug when you need the juice for your netbook or laptop.  This is a HUGE PLUS for this Mcdonalds.

I haven’t tried the food yet.  I’ll do that in a follow-up post.  For today it is my usual Sr. Coffee and four creams on the side.

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Fine Gray Dust in Oro Valley

Have you noticed your feet turn gray when you walk around the house barefoot?

Do you see a fine gray dust in the furnace filter?

Vacuum filters really pick it up well. It is everywhere. I’ve lived in three different homes in Oro Valley and every one of them has had this dust.

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