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NOVEMBER 2014 THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GO® Phoenix+Scottsdale ® wheretraveler.com FIELD-TO-TABLE FOOD & WINE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S FALL LEAGUE ARTIST CARRIE BLOOMSTON’S PERFECT DAY NIGHT LIGHTS Permanent, intermittent & fleeting ‘light landmarks’ PHXWM_141100_cover.indd 1 10/17/14 12:14:17 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 2 10/10/14 7:14:16 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 1 10/10/14 7:14:25 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 2 10/15/14 7:04:37 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 3 10/15/14 1:17:24 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 5 10/15/14 1:17:50 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 6 10/17/14 12:20:13 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 7 10/10/14 7:14:56 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 8 10/10/14 7:15:01 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 9 10/10/14 7:15:06 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 10 10/10/14 7:15:11 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 11 10/10/14 7:15:15 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 12 10/17/14 12:20:22 PM PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 13 10/17/14 12:20:28 PM Phoenix+Scottsdale 11.14 COntents See more of Phoenix+Scottsdale and the Valley of the Sun at wheretraveler.com The Plan The Guide Let’s get started The best of the Valley of the Sun ENTERTAINMENT 20 Editor’s Itinerary 28XX The pursuit of health, Casinos, shows & sports happiness and good food Goodguys car show, NASCAR Sprint Cup race and other 22 Hot Dates automotive affairs Alejandro Escovedo and Peter Buck, AZ Fall League, hoop- MUSEUMS XX dance performance & more 38 & ATTRACTIONS Modern art by George Morrison at Heard Museum GALLERIES 42 & ANTIQUES XX 26 Department store scenes painted by Scottsdale Fine Art’s Lane Bennion 48 GOLF Courses, instruction, gear AGE S & R 80 My Valley of the Sun Practice like a pro at ASU Karsten Golf Course Artist/author Carrie Bloomston on “The Little Spark” and the SHOPPING many ways her family enjoys 50 Boutiques, malls & spas living in Phoenix Changing Hands Bookstore’s new location serves beer! D DESIGN/BIG HEAP; ©SILVE /07&.#&3 R 5)&$0.1-&5&(6*%&50(0 D[bXa\k!GVbggfWT_X DINING wheretraveler.com FIELD-TO-TABLE 60 FOOD & WINE MAJOR LEAGUE Restaurants by area BASEBALL’S FALL LEAGUE ARTIST CARRIE BLOOMSTON’S PERFECT DAY ANGE GOU Superior soups & sandwiches R HE O NIGHT T LIGHTS Permanent, intermittent NAVIGATE ; © & fleeting ‘light landmarks’ 80 RT 74 Trails, trips & tours INE A ON THE COVER Light landmarks over a canal F “Diatom Day” a color-changing light sculpture that’s part of in Scottsdale, a lake in Tempe FREE a Scottsdale canal installation Where Now and a park in Phoenix RE called ”Jellies in the Sky, Cacti in the Water” ©SHANA KOENIG 24 Cuisine Scene Night lights/74 IGUEZ/CA Field-to-table/24 Field-to-table food & wine: McClendon’s Select produce 17 R Baseball’s Fall League/22, 34 at Rancho Pinot, St. Francis and beyond • Tracy Dempsey’s OD 101 desserts at Citizen Public House, Crudo and elsewhere • MAPS M R four wine producers within two hours of Phoenix Explore the city from north to south 17 FT) ©ADA 26 Retail Therapy and A to Z M LE Trending: salvage sales (we found six!) • brick-and-mortar page 76-79 O 51 CONNECT WITH US 10 202 stores routinely representing the vintage/nostalgic look • 10 202 “Flea Market Fabulous” book by TV’s Lara Spencer 17 143 10 101 60 (CLOCKWISE FR 14 WHERE PHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE I NOVEMBER 2014 PHXWM_141100_LayoutFP.indd 15 10/14/14 8:08:56 PM YOur TrAvELINg COmPANION SINCE 1936® ® wherePHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE PHOENIX+SCOTTSDALE ADVERTISING & CIRCULATION REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Michelle Schneider PUBLISHER Mike Korzon SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kathy Corona-Seabaugh WEST REGION MARKETING, CIRCULATION & EVENTS MANAGER Gina Pinaire WEST REGION AD SALES & SERVICE COORDINATOR Tammy Griffin BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR Justin Birnstihl MORRIS VISITOR PUBLICATIONS MVP I EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT Donna W. 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MORE DATES Phoenix FearCon VI 01 (day 1 of 2), Fear Farm, 99th Ave. & McDowell Final day of 02 AZ State Fair Michael Connelly 05 signs “Burning Room” at Arizona Biltmore (w/Poisoned Pen) HOT Diana Krall at 07 Orpheum Theatre Public mural project 08 with James Marshall DATES (Dalek) at SMoCA Closing night of “The 09 Producers” at Arizona Broadway Theatre Four-course dinner 10 paired with Fox Farm wines at Cafe Zuzu J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) 11 at Crescent Ballroom Aquatic biologist/ 12 photojournalist Jennifer Hayes at Mesa Arts Center Scottsdale ArtWalk 13 7-9 pm (every Th) Brad Garrett at 15 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Day 2 (of 2) 16 of Ridiculous ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO AND PETER BUCK > NOV. 4 Obstacle Course Texas punk/roots rocker Alejandro Escovedo (pictured) has averaged an album every two years since at Salt River Fields 1992, with expressive titles like “Bourbonitis Blues” and “Street Songs of Love.” Peter Buck has spent a Sen. John McCain lifetime as the lead guitarist of rock band R.E.M., and has issued two solo albums—agonizing over the 17 signs “Thirteen Soldiers” at Changing first, then naming the follow-up “I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again.” The gents mingle rhymes Hands Tempe and riffs for a night at Musical Instrument Museum’s Music Theater in north Phoenix.