City of Phoenix - Sunnyslope - Murder Center

Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index

2024-07-31 0

These are the homicides that have occured since I moved to Sunnyslope in September, 2008. Or, in the case of Sunnyslope serial killing “Zombie Hunter” Bryan […]

Hiking Beer #9 and Other Beer-li-ness

Hiking Beer #9

2024-04-07 0

Today, National Beer Day, April 7th, the USA celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on this festive occasion in 1933. 🍻 Pictured are beers I’ve mostly quaffed […]

Sunnyslope Murder Tour #1: Circle K stabbing, Mayor of Sunnyslope, Retta Renee Cruse, viral Mustang hit & run.

Sunnyslope Murder Tour #1

2024-02-25 0

I live in Sunnyslope, a neighborhood in north central Phoenix. Sunnyslope ranges from 19th Ave. east to 16th St., and Northern Ave. north to Cactus […]

Better you than me, bro. (Area 51)

Graffiti #6

2023-10-08 0

I don’t see a lot of graffiti when I’m hiking out “in the woods”. And, honestly, rarely even when I am hiking Phoenix-area desert parks. […]

Full moon over Greenway Parkway.

Roamin’ ‘Round

2023-08-13 0

I’ve moved back to Arizona in 2004, and took up bike riding not long thereafter. I soon began referring to the Arizona Canal as the […]

Hiking Beer #8 and Other Beer-li-ness

Hiking Beer #8

2023-04-05 0

April 7th, National Beer Day, celebrates Prohibition’s repeal 90 years ago, in 1933. During Prohibition, sacramental wine was legal for church purposes, and it is […]

Tagged train in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

Graffiti #5

2022-12-31 0

Sick this week, so didn’t get out for my planned Maricopa Trail hike. Instead, I threw together my first graffiti video since — ironically — […]

ROTC patrol in ideal "training weather" near Sycamore Canyon.

The Decompression Chamber

2022-07-30 0

Andrea Bryant is a Navy veteran, and aspiring comedian, who works at GaS Digital, a podcast network. Below, I appear on her veteran-oriented podcast, “The […]

Hiking Beer #7 and Other Beer-li-ness

Hiking Beer #7

2022-04-07 0

Somehow, the 1920s were “roaring” despite Prohibition taking effect on January 17, 1920. Americans could possess alcohol, just not brew / distill it, transport it, […]