My man is off on an adventure, which I applaud. Before we met eight years ago, I would schedule a day a month to do whatever I felt like, try something new. That was fun but today is different. I’m not alone anymore. Sure, I miss him. But I’m having a fun date with myself.
I woke up at 7 a.m. intending to climb Tumamoc, a steep hill that has a following of reverent hikers. I haven’t been there in a long time. After running out the door before it got too hot, I headed down quiet Congress Street. I didn’t find Tumamoc. (I’ll admit it, I got lost and didn’t take the time to check my Iphone).
Ah, it would have been too hot anyway. Then I remembered a piece in Thursday’s Caliente about walking downtown Tucson. So. I strolled down Meyer Street, Main Street and Grand. What I saw was similar to being in an outdoor art museum.
Breakfast was next at Cafe a la C’Art behind of the plaza of the actual Tucson Museum of Art.
After breakfast I headed to the St. Philip’s Plaza farmer’s market and chose fresh veggies for the week — a half-dozen asparagus stalks, tiny summer squash, fresh dill and thyme, perfectly round cherry tomatoes, a sprig of locally grown grapes –another kind of art (some of you know that I eat by color). The highlight of the outing was fresh-squeezed mango-melon juice. Yummmm!
On to the Chevron station to get gas. Gee, I’m proud of myself for washing the car windows, both front and back! What a day!
It’s 1 p.m. Here’s how the rest of my day looks: revise and work on a writing project, jump in the pool, call at least one of my kids, make a smoothie, see “Fading Gigolo” at the Loft. Jump in the pool again when I get home? Hmm…maybe.
Or I may change my mind and do something completely different. Who knows?
It’s supposed to hit 108 degrees in Tucson today! So. I laughed at this sign advertising an old barrio building for sale. Hot indeed.
How’s it going in your part of the world?
Tucson Writer Editor 
This is lovely what you did and what you thought you’d like to do today. Tumamoc would have required starting around 5:30 in order not to melt because it was already warming up at 7:30. My thermometer reads 110 at 3:15. The Woody Allen movie was whimsical and didn’t quite grab me though it was enjoyable. I particularly liked the Chasidic court trial and one of the last scenes with the gorgeous girl walking out of sight. Happy Summer….
Love that walk… blogged about it, too 🙂
Sounds like a fabulous day out. Great pics! They’ve really done some great things in the downtown area. About a month ago I did the Meet Me at Maynard’s walk and hung out behind Congress Street Cafe afterwards. Quite a crowd of people were hanging out there, listening to a band. They give out free t-shirts if you’ve made the walk a certain number of times.
It was! Glad you enjoyed my photos. I didn’t realize how colorful they were till I stacked them in my post. If I wasn’t so tired, and now it wasn’t so hot, after work I’d walk around downtown with you. Maybe in the fall.