Sitting in Adam Goodman’s office one afternoon, I was struck by the layout of the space. His parents, Murray and Dottie, were seated with us in modern, ergonomic chairs around a large table. We were surrounded by walls of glass; people were walking up and down the halls, raising a hand in greeting, popping in [...]
Forty years ago, Earl and Dort Mettler packed up their young family and left a hectic California lifestyle behind. Earl didn’t mind leaving his thriving insurance career; instead of spending hours on busy freeways, he wanted to spend time with his family. When he arrived in Phoenix, he scanned classified ads in the newspaper until [...]
Smack dab in the middle of downtown Mesa is a building that hums. Like an orchestra pit before the curtain rises, this former J.C. Penney store buzzes with scales, melodies and rhythms that float through the walls and out to the sidewalk. Thanks to 92-year-old Elma Milano, music has been a staple on Main Street [...]
Cafe mocha. Two percent reduced-fat dulche de leche. Fat-free French vanilla half-and-half. Rockin’ Refuel. Could W.T. McClelland, who founded Shamrock Farms in 1922, have imagined the variety of products that evolved from the small dairy business he started in Tucson 90 years ago? Probably not, says W.T.’s son Norman McClelland, who has built on his [...]
Teen artist Stephanie Angelica Solis-Kortlang, who often goes by Stephanie Solis, looked more like a journalist than a high school student when she walked through the giant double glass doors at Tempe Center for the Arts one July evening. A camera with giant lens hung around her neck, and she walked toward The Gallery at [...]
“You stand on the shoulders of those who came before you.” It’s something college student Kelsey Jennings Roggensack recalls hearing her “mom’s mom” say, and a sentiment that continues to guide her each day. Kelsey’s mom, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, celebrates her 20th anniversary as executive director for ASU Gammage in Tempe this month. It’s one of [...]
Dobson Montessori Elementary and Junior High School is a farm-like oasis surrounded by densely packed apartment complexes across from a city park in Mesa. You can’t even see the school from the street. The simple, unadorned buildings are surrounded by lush vegetation. As you walk through a small office area to the courtyard connecting the [...]
Phoenix grandmother Becky Hewitt started dance classes near her Memphis home when she was just 6 years old. But she really longed to be like the girls she saw getting off the bus every Saturday with “batons and cute little outfits.” Hewitt’s dad favored ballet over batons, so twirling lessons had to wait until her [...]
Planning and providing the stuff of great parties is what the Shaw family does best. But spend some time talking with them and you’ll come away convinced they should expand—into the entertainment business. The people behind Party People are a lot of fun. Three of four Shaw siblings run the 29-year-old party rental and sales [...]
According to territorial and census documents from the late 1800s, Francesca Grijalva Nuñez never existed. A careless census worker who probably could not understand the broken English of her parents—farmers who settled near a post called Tres Alamos—spelled her name incorrectly. Even her marriage to Juan Nuñez was recorded inaccurately. The documents list her maiden [...]
MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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December 2012
$6.00Ice hockey in the desert? Our December issue tells you how to get your kids started. Plus, an insider’s tour of the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum. And two terrific holiday crafts your kids will love!
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