New McDonalds Open in Oro Valley
August 21, 2010
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.
Post Tags: Basis School , Oro Valley McDonalds , Wayport_access WIFI
Fine Gray Dust in Oro Valley
July 16, 2010
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.
Post Tags: Dust in Oro Valley , Gray Dust
In-N-Out Burger Now Open In Oro Valley Marketplace
June 13, 2010
Yeah! It is finally open
The official date was June 11, 2010. The first time we could get there to eat was today, June 13, 2010. It was worth the wait.
We drove by this morning at 6:30 am to get a shot of the new building while the sun was still on the front.
There was a crew there cleaning the outdoor tables even then; they were getting ready for the day and what a beautiful day it has been.
It was about 12:30 this afternoon when like kids on Christmas morning we couldn’t wait any longer.
It was a double double with grilled onions and well done fries for me. Barbara had a single (protein style), that’s no bun and wrapped in lettuce leaves. We ate outside on the covered patio. It was warm but not as warm as it has been the past couple of weeks. There was a cool breeze (any breeze under 100 degrees is cool) and the patio was filled with families and small kids enjoying their burgers and fries.
It is nice to have an In-N-Out Burger close and right here in Oro Valley. We are big fans of In-N-Out Burger. From their food to their service and community involvement, we love In-N-Out.
Post Tags: In-N-Out Burger , oro valley marketplace
Old Electronics Pickup – Naranja City Site
January 8, 2010
Tucson Clean and Beautiful is putting on the Recycle Event tomorrow, January 9, 2010at the Naranja City site.
Time To Go
Bring your Old TV sets and Monitors to be recycled. It isn’t free, well some stuff is free, but it is convenient. The cost is $10 per TV (except for Sony, they are exempt) and $5 per computer monitor. It doesn’t matter if it is working. There is not fee for printer cartridges. I’m not sure about printers, I couldn’t find any reference to printers themselves. If you have one take it. The most it can cost you is $10. Better than having them in the landfill.
The times are from 8 am. to 1 pm. I would guess the earlier the better.
Clean out the garage or office and get rid of those old electronics.
Need another reason
It was just two weeks ago an article stated that more and more infants are being killed by old TV sets. With newer flat screen sets the old one are being moved to the “kids room”. But many of those old sets are very heavy. Most furniture in a childs room isn’t sturdy enough to hold those old sets. The end result, they are being tipped over and onto very small children.
If you have a situation like this in your home. Save yourself a lot of potential grief. Get rid of that old 100 pound set and put something smaller and safer in your child’s room. Books come to mind 
Post Tags: recycle electronics
Not Quite a Park
September 9, 2009
The Oro Valley Mini Park
I’ve put off writing this post because I don’t quite know what to say about this project. I support involving high school students in summer projects. I also support Oro Valley Public Art and making our community attractive.
But I have to question spending $75,000 on this project and the end result for the amount of money spent.
This doesn’t look like $75,000 worth of improvements at this corner of the community. But it was grant money? From who . . . ? US?
From the Front
Post Tags: $75000 project , Mini Park
