Peter Pilat walks from room to room in a massive “Food Factory” warehouse in Phoenix, overseeing as Maricopa County inmates assist guards in packaging peanut butter and washing fruit. The county’s roughly 8,000 inmates are no longer served meat, and they’re learning to adjust. As Food Service Commander, Pilat has managed a gradual switch to…
Arizona couples have given a whole new meaning to “guess who’s coming to dinner.” The cooks are trailblazing in Arizona the national trend of social dining experiences by hosting home-cooked meals for strangers, connected through websites such as Bookalokal and EatWith. It’s like Uber, except for eating. “I think food is a great way to…
Boogie Wonderland by Earth Wind and Fire plays as a warm up for the crowd. Young and old shimmy and shake down the aisles with wine, beer and nachos in hand. Then a theme song announces the start of the show at Tucson’s Hotel Congress. Tempest DuJour has arrived. “Are you feeling sassy!?” Tempest…
The 100 cubic-inch engine nestled in the black and white 2008 Victory Kingpin painted with ghost flames revs outside of Steel Horse Saloon in Phoenix. Atop sits Kathleen “Kat” Thomsen-Grover, president of the Medieval Maidens MC, the only all-women’s motorcycle club to be recognized by the Arizona Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs. “This is like nothing compared…
Chris Simcox—Tombstone’s former front man for border vigilantism—has a new campaign that he hopes will keep him out of prison. Representing himself against charges he sexually molested two kindergarten-age girls, his latest exploits have triggered an Appeals Court showdown between his beliefs that he can question the girls in court and those who believe molestation…
