Sammi Brie
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My guess is that it closed in 2008 when they filed for bankruptcy with the primary goal being to shed some bad leases.
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My guess is that it closed in 2008 when they filed for bankruptcy with the primary goal being to shed some bad leases.
The Prescott ons was not bad for a lesser price franchise place. And since there was no Ruth's Chris or Morton's as an alternate, it among the better offerings.
I like theatricals in a good cinema with good seating and digital sound. Our new theater in La Quinta has reserved seating recliners, and magnificent acoustics. We go once or twice a week. We also have the Palm Springs Film Festival, as well as several other movie events that let us see some new and avant garde materials early on.
Here, the reserved seating multiplex is filled with Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites, Blacks, Native Americans of all ages. The transformers movie last week had a definite majority of 50 and older viewers.
But if you are looking for the right desert landscaping book, or something on the history of the Valley... or just want to read something othe than the couple of pages Amazon gives you, a bookstore is nice. And buying a "how to" book is much easier if you can compare several side by side.
I love Amazon. I joined in early 1997 and got my 20 year "thanks" card already.
Or go on Abe Books or eBay.
I'm surprised that Bashas's closed. They are famous for having stores in teeny weeny Arizona towns. Even the expanding metropolis of Maricopa has a very fancy one. Did Walmart force them out?[/QUOTE]
The inflexible rents at the tribal owned shopping center forced them as well as the movie theater to go. And the excuse for a casino in Prescott is depressing, unless your high is second hand smoke. I think the Winston cowboy died in that Bucky's.
And we have Coachella and Stagecoach, and the incredible Desert Trip.
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I was a Basha's shopper in Scottsdale back in '73. Kinda' liked them. The people were really nice and friendly, too. But they had a horrible lease in Pres-kitt proper, so they just pulled out.
landtuna
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You apparently are far more upscale than I am as I have yet to visit a Ruth's Chris or Morton's. I could afford it easily enough but don't like to eat what I can cook at home or put on long pants to dine out.
A good Mexican or Thai restaurant is all I need and fortunately both are plentiful in small towns.I am surprised you don't apparently have a home theater. I have had one for many years and enjoy being able to stop the show if nature (or the refrigerator) calls and I can eliminate noisy patrons with cell phones. Plus, and this is a huge plus, I can set the volume to suit my hearing. It seems my local theaters believe the louder the volume the better the experience. I have actually walked out of several movies because of this and is one big reason I don't go back. And, with the junk being offered today in the way of commercial movies I am not tempted to go out "for the experience".
I fully agree that most of the casino's are depressing. I laugh every time I watch a casino commercial filled with 20's and 30's somethings. Being an ex-smoker I can't seem to tolerate a smoky environment so I don't frequent casinos or bars that allow smoking. If I am going to throw my money away I will spend it on toys and not supporting local tribes. But.....was that the Winston cowboy or the Marlboro Man? Might have been both.
As you might remember, my music stopped in 1984 so Coachella doesn't interest me in the least. Never heard of Stagecoach or the Incredible Desert Trip although I used to frequent Glamis often when my kids were younger.
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Oh there's not much to like at Bashas', the Middle Eastern men of mercantile . Their only California Store in Needles moved away because the City wouldn't continue to pay for their Electric. They accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars, raised prices and filed Bankruptcy a few years back. Home of the Brown ground round, they would grind up anything going bad. When they closed they sold all their Liquor for a dollar a bottle as they couldn't bring it back across State lines. Now we have a 99 Cent Only store and boy have they become bad over recent years, no flies at ours though, too hot for them to live. Give me a Publix, any location any day. Probably the best thing in Florida and the South
DrAkbar
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Hmmm...we Middle Eastern Men of the Media can think of at least 25 other reasons to move away from Needles!
But, back to topic - What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports are the weather guessers goin' talk about once we actually have some rain around here? And what relief does the Old Gringo get from the heat as Palm Springs isn't part of the Monsoon MSA? Shouldn't we at least send him some apples, peaches & pumpkin pie from the Buckeye Bashas'?
You apparently are far more upscale than I am as I have yet to visit a Ruth's Chris or Morton's. I could afford it easily enough but don't like to eat what I can cook at home or put on long pants to dine out.
Never found a really good LA-quality Thai place in Prescott, and, having lived in Mexico and worked there off and on for 55 years, I can say that Prescott has nothing closely resembling good Mexican food. The busiest parking lot is the Golden Corral, and the idea of a mashed potato fountain is repulsive!
I do, but there is nothing like a really large screen (even better with 3D movies). The new cineplex that is a few minutes away is so state of the art, nothing I can do at home looks or siounds the same. And I like to see the new movies when they come out, not months later. I even went to a showing of To Kill a Mockingbird at that complex and it was amazing to see the digitally restored print on a huge screen with cleaned-up audio; it was like seeing the movie the first time, instad of about the fifth.
Different tastes. I'm excited about Spiderman opening tonight with a 10 PM showing here, and enjoy the effects and fun of things like Guardians of the Galaxy or the Fast & Furious franchises. Just saw "Baby Driver" with an amazing "new" actor, great direction and editing and a super soundtrack, none of which would have shown at home later.
But.....was that the Winston cowboy or the Marlboro Man? Might have been both.
It was a Winston cowboy in Puerto Rico. I missed most of the 70's and 80's on the mainland.
Desert Trip was the highest grossing show ever. McCartney, Waters, Who, Dylan, Sir Paul and Young. Best concert I have ever been at. Stagecoach is a 50,000 person country event with headliners and loads of great new talent spanning 3 days and 40 hours of music.
How's this relate to lifestyle? The music and movies are what most people follow today... via social media and morning shows and such. There are countless lessons in how to connect.
Desert Trip was easily the biggest flyaway contest our station has done.
I'm expecting The Classic East/Classic West shows to be pretty big, but nothing is going to touch that Desert Trip lineup for a long time.
This country isn't going to find political harmony anytime soon, but we can all bond over music, movies, and sports.
That's why the stations that are successful right now are all about the last three and not the first.
landtuna
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You and I are almost complete opposites when it comes to lifestyle. I am happy with a place like Prescott but having a metro area like Phoenix nearby is nice for the few things I would miss living up there. Living in my little village of Tempe with its many amenities means I don't have to go outside a few miles to find virtually anything I want or need. The only downside is the summer heat and as I get older it gets harder to bear. Otherwise it is the most convenient place I have ever lived.
That said, my cousin just got back from a quick trip to the Lake Chapala area of Mexico. That might be an option and I can work on my Spanish.
Sammi Brie
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Ajijic has a lot of American expats, from what I've heard. It's also home to two of Mexico's 13 bona fide FM boosters/translators.
landtuna
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Not only Americans but tons of ex-pats from other countries as well. My cousin's host explained that when they have village get-togethers there are about 30 different languages being spoken. There are even a goodly number of Mexican ex-pats (if they can be called that).
That should be printed out and put in the studios of many radio stations!
Well said.
asugeorge1
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And what’s crazy is the record we broke today was from 1905, 112 years ago, when it was 115 degrees. Can you imagine having to live in this heat before air conditioning, evaporative coolers, fans, and even electricity? And to show you how old that record was, there wasn’t even AM radio yet, and we all know how old AM radio is!
The best thing you could do in Phoenix back in 1905 to survive the heat was open your window, hang a damp cloth over the window and hope for a breeze to get some cool air. We don’t know how lucky we have it these days!
Anyone on this board around back in 1905 to give us a first-hand account of that dreadfully hot day? Lol
Anything Phoenix can do, the Coachella Valley can do better.
Here is the reading from outside my house at 3 PM today.
asugeorge1
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And David you might be interested to know your old stomping grounds of Prescott set a new high temperature yesterday (07/07/2017) with 101 degrees. As you well know, temperatures above 100 degrees in Prescott are very rare. Just shows you how hot things were yesterday in Arizona and southeastern California!
landtuna
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I've been in Tempe since 1944 and can add a bit of historical perspective.
You might notice the old homes in Old Town Tempe all had big porches. They were called "sleeping porches" and early in the 20th Century all members of the household would hang wet sheets surrounding these porches and sleep outside. Us old navy guys did the same thing on our ships when in S.E. Asia (minus the sheets of course).
The only businesses that had A/C in the old days were the theater downtown Tempe, the dairy and the ice house and maybe Laird and Dines pharmacy. It always seemed cool inside. Everybody else used swamp coolers but they worked very well back then because there was very little humidity then and the metro area tended to cool off overnight (as does Tucson today). I don't ever remember it being "too hot to sleep" when I was a kid.
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But it's only 1:59 in California? Just got back from a year long boycott of Carl's Jr and the Chevy CRUZE said 122. Needles Carl's was just as bad as ever!
indieradioguy
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It also uses radio as a believable plot device -- the songs Bat decries as jinxing a heist are all FM staples. Meanwhile, none of the songs on Baby's iPod ever got airplay in this town except for on college/LP-FM's.
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