Key to the Good Life: Oh! Mon Amour

Time to celebrate the season of love Featuring items and services from: VH Spa for Vitality + Health at Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale Gucci, Scottsdale Fashion Square Monica Mauro Saint Laurent, Scottsdale Fashion Square Joan Dominique, Phoenix Neiman Marcus, Scottsdale Fashion Square Saks Fifth Avenue, Biltmore Fashion Park Bang & Olufsen, Scottsdale Fashion Square Tito’s Handmade Vodka […]

Veri Peri: Color authority Pantone announces the 2022 Color of the Year

Last December, Pantone,® the global color authority of professional color language standards and digital solutions for the design community, introduced a new blue shade, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri. This dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet-red undertone was the Pantone Color of the Year selection for 2022.  The world is living in transformative times. […]

Tools of Healing

Dr. Robert Kravetz shares fascinating items from his collection of antique medical instruments Dr. Robert Kravetz is a healer, historian and educator. A retired gastroenterologist, he is on the faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix. Over the years, Kravetz has amassed a vast personal collection of medical antiques and […]

Tucson Turns up the Holiday Heat

The Old Pueblo blends classic cheer with only-here Baja traditions Suzanne Wright  I  Contributing Writer Picture-perfect Southwestern weather ushers in an enchanted holiday season in Tucson. And the Sonoran borderlands traditions in Arizona’s second-biggest city have a twist all their own. Try these merry and bright happenings with widespread appeal for the whole family.   […]

Luxe Life: Host with the Most

Lory Parson shares the art of entertaining Wife, mom, amateur cook, lover of entertaining — and owner of too many napkins — Lory Parson enjoys hosting friends and family in her Phoenix home. She’s dedicated to bringing back the art of entertaining and sharing it with others. The catalyst for her entertaining blog, “To Have […]

GIFTS! Your Ultimate Guide to the Holidays

From the newest releases to timeless classics, these gift ideas are guaranteed to impress everyone on your list. Relax and enjoy the holiday season knowing everyone on your list is taken care of.

‘Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley’

Cozy up with this gift from Arizona Theatre Company Arizona has a new holiday performing arts delight to enjoy, imagined from a beloved 1815 classic. Arizona Theatre Company presents a witty sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” set two years after the novel ends.   The story begins as the Bennet family gathers at […]

Travel: North by Northwest

Drive to Bagdad or Yarnell By Richard Sanderson Got wanderlust? Take off for fun fall drives to some of the most beautiful areas northwest of Phoenix. Drive to tiny Yarnell, home of the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial, or Bagdad, home of one of the oldest active open-pit copper mines in the world. Great roads, beautiful […]

Luxe Living: Make a Grand Entrance

Celebrate the next big night out with a statement look Featuring fashion from Jimmy Choo, Bvlgari, Saks Fifth Avenue, Saint Laurent, David Yurman, Hyde Park Jewelers, Salvatore Ferragamo, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Cartier, Frank Lloyd Wright Shop, Space Bazaar and Cornelia Park.

Catch The Spirit: Museum of the West

Have you visited this Smithsonian affiliate? Located in the heart of downtown Scottsdale, Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is a visual delight. As you stroll through the picturesque Cactus Garden, the surroundings perfectly complement the museum’s architecture — desert xeriscape with saguaros as sculpture, designs in the sidewalk that resemble tooled leather, metal […]