Phoenix Life

From the “did you know” files….

Maricopa County ranks third in the nation for highest number of millionaire residents.

We’ve got more millionaires here than Orange County, Houston, Seattle, San Diego, Silicon Valley, New York, and other large metro areas.

Surprised me.

Size matters, so I’m sure the fact that Phoenix is the fifth or sixth (depending on who you listen to) largest city in the country drives a lot of this.

Or maybe it’s just the idyllic weather we enjoy for much of the year.

Only Los Angeles County and Cook County, IL (think Chicago) have more millionaire residents — at least according to TNS-Global’s annual Affluent Market Research Program.

If any Maricopa County millionaires are looking to buy or sell a home, you know who to call.

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One look at my waist line and the 240ish pounds I lug around should tell you at least one thing about me… I love to eat.

I’ve reviewed a few restaurants here — Yupha’s Thai Kitchen, Joe’s Farm Grill, Rustler’s Rooste and the original Heart Attack Grill. (by the way, I just visited the third incarnation of the Heart Attack Grill, and the burgers were awful.)

My paltry restaurant reviews pale in comparison to the work Seth Chadwick does at the Feasting in Phoenix blog.

From the Feasting in Phoenix FAQ:

Why should I read this blog?

If you are looking for straight-forward, honest, pull-no-punches reviews of restaurants around the Phoenix-metro area (and some other places around the U.S.), then you should read this blog.

And he’s right. Seth does a masterful job, reviewing restaurants in and around the Valley. Detailed, good pictures of the dishes, and well written in a personal tone. Seth describes the restaurant, the atmosphere, the service, pricing and the food. He usually also includes the thoughts of others in his party. And he reviews a wide spectrum of eateries.

Categories of all sorts of cuisines as well as locations make it easy to find a review of what you may be looking for. And if you have no idea what you’re craving, just browse. The photos alone will have you salivating.

The next time you’re thinking, “Where should we go to eat?” go to Feasting in Phoenix.

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This was a headline in todays Arizona Republic:

Arizona’s temperatures rising more than the planet’s average

Great. While we’ve had typically idyllic weather of late, summer is right around the corner.

Some research has found that the globe warmed by an average of 1 degree Fahrenheit between 2003 and 2007, but Arizona warmed by 2.2 degrees during that time.

Oh well. When it boils down to it (no pun intended) is there really that big a difference between 113 and 115.2?

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Technically of course, the State of Arizona did not change time zones and suddenly find itself in the Pacific time zone this morning.

It’s just that we stood still while everyone else “sprung forward” for Daylight Saving Time — which effectively makes our clocks go from matching those in say Denver to matching those in San Diego. We are still in the Mountain Standard Time zone, which now equates to Pacific Daylight Time.

We join Hawaii, and the US Territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in not observing Daylight Saving Time. Well, except for the fourth of the state that is the Navajo Nation. They do change clocks. But keep in mind that the Hopi Reservation, which is entirely surrounded by the Navajo Nation, does not change their clocks.

I’ve never really understood Daylight Saving Time. When I lived outside Arizona, I wondered why in the world we we did it. Now that I live inside Arizona, I wonder why we (well, most of us) don’t.

Here’s a great web site, dedicated to Daylight Saving Time. If you get a chance, check out the sites experimental “SpicyNodes” navigation system.

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