PHX Stories: The Wigwam Resort
A resort built on cotton has a soft spot for families, neighbors and loyal employees. By Suzanne Wright I strode across the hardwood floors at The Wigwam Resort, the heels of my cowboy boots making…
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Suzanne Wright first stepped into the Sonoran Desert some 30 years ago and was immediately smitten. She has written for national publications such as National Geographic Traveler, USA Today and American Way, but she’s happiest exploring and writing about Arizona for regional outlets like AAA Arizona Highroads, Arizona Highways and the Official Travel Guide to Greater Phoenix.
A resort built on cotton has a soft spot for families, neighbors and loyal employees. By Suzanne Wright I strode across the hardwood floors at The Wigwam Resort, the heels of my cowboy boots making…
Read MoreA transplanted Southerner satisfies her hankering for the tastes of home. By Suzanne Wright I’m an adopted daughter of both the South and Southwest. After living more than 35 years in the Deep South…
Read MoreOne pizza lover eats her way through the upper crust of Phoenix’s formidable pizza scene Most pizzas are consumed quickly and then forgotten. But the part of my brain that catalogs food memories is…
Read More400 species of desert grow in this tiny county park, and ranger Kevin Smith knows (almost) all of them. I fell in love with flowers in Phoenix. Before I moved here, I liked the plastic-wrapped, cut…
Read MoreThe Catalina Pool, circa the 1930s This Arizona Biltmore pool is where Marilyn Monroe preferred to sunbathe, and Irving Berlin first dreamed of a ‘White Christmas’. By Suzanne Wright Pools have…
Read MoreLess Din, More Zen: A Secret Garden Above I-10 Creates a Cocoon of Placidity in Downtown Phoenix. By Suzanne Wright When you think of Phoenix, a Japanese garden isn’t the first (or fifth) thing that…
Read MoreFloat trip douses desert stereotypes and puts paddlers up close and personal with wild mustangs, blue herons and bald eagles. In Arizona, encounters with wildlife are frequent yet never commonplace…
Read MoreThe Teapot lets parents retain their latte-sipping sensibilities while their kids frolic in a backyard playground. By Suzanne Wright As someone who’s child-free by choice, I admit that I tend to…
Read MoreAt his shop in the cowboy town of Cave Creek, Eric Watson crafts hats that last a lifetime. By Suzanne Wright In the town of Cave Creek, north of Phoenix, cowboy hats are commonplace. “It’s not…
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