Went for a meal at Aunty Beryl and Uncle Mikel's for the last time this trip and Mikel took us out in his Toronado; one of the most gorgeous cars I've ever been in, excepting the goddess Dad! said goodbye to B & M, then went to pack.

This afternoon was Chris' 'white trash' party, which consisted of dressing up as trashily as possible and everyone bringing some equally trashy food. Even the dogs, Ryler and Mr Puggy dressed up for the occasion! It was veyr amusing to see what everyone arrived in, I looked truly terrible!!! Talking to some poeple who came over just confirmed what seems to be a truism state wide, and also a catchphrase. No one is from here. Everyone always asks where ea...

Every weekend there is a kind of impromptu car show at The Pavillions, which is a retail park in Scottsdale. Chris wanted to show us all the big old American cars as well as some of the newer ones with crazy engines. But first, we went for sushi.... Chris had been telling us about this restaurant and when he heard that neither of us had tried sushi before he decided to take us. He ordered a selection for us to try: dan thought some of it was good and I thou...

Uncle Mike took us to Taliesin West this morning, which is the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright's Arzizona home/studio/campus. Dan and I took a 90 minute tour of the grounds and part of the house. It was fantastic, and really interesting. Frank Lloyd Wright was a very innovative architect, wrorking at the turn of the century and up until his death at the age of 92 in the late 1950s. He taught students here and at his summer place in Wisconsin. They had to use ...

DAN'S 26TH BIRTHDAY!! Stayed around the house during the day, I made Dan lunch and brought him tea and juice all day! We met Aunty Beryl and Uncle Mikel at Monti's Steakhouse in Tempe, which was built as a hacienda in 1871, one of the first buildings in the area. The steak was delicious. We then went on to a piano bar down the road, which was a really cool place. It was basement bar with a stage that had a 2 pianos back-to-back and a drum kit on it. ...