The ghosts and the goblins have knocked on the door, filled their bags with candy and returned home where they are transformed back into Flagstaff boys and girls. But the real ghosts will continue to haunt the historic buildings in Flagstaff.  This year, for the first time, our Visitor’s Center offered Haunted Tours of Flagstaff and […]

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This Flagstaff woman with an Italian husband discovered that she could learn a lot about Italian cooking recently.  As a result of a donation to KNAU, our local public broadcasting radio station, I was given a free cooking class at a new locally-owned business, The Seasoned Kitchen,  located in the Old Post Office Building in downtwon […]

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Although I’ve been a part of the national gif basket industry for over 15 years, I am occasionally surprised when something a little bit different takes hold and demand mushrooms.
This year, it has been Wine Glace.  I discovered it at a trade show a couple years ago, tasted it and liked it.  I thought that […]

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I read in today’s Arizona Daily Sun the sad news that another locally-owned Flagstaff business, Emily’s Furniture, is closing its retail store and will be operating its business only via the internet.  It’s sad because it’s happening more and more frequently.  A number of locally-owned Flagstaff businesses, including my own, have found that the internet […]

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My primary business is gift baskets and gourmet gift baskets are our biggest seller throughout the year.  So I wasn’t real surprised when I read in the November issue of Specialty Food Magazine that 73% of all consumers purchase specialty foods.  But I did wonder how most people could afford or would want to buy […]

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 It was a place to stop and stretch your legs while on the way to the Grand Canyon, California, Chicago, or some other faraway place. You could have a cup of coffee at Miz Zips or another local diner, fill your tank with gas, or even spend the night in one of the seemingly endless […]

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Situtated in the middle of a pine forest, a town like Flagstaff is bound to have lots of wildlife.  Elk and deer roam freely.  An occasional mountain lion is scared away from someone’s back yard and the coyote enjoys a chicken out of someone’s coop every now and again.  Racoons steal the dog’s food and […]

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When we drove through Flagstaff years ago and talked with some folks in the local Forest Service office about transferring here, we were told:  “You wouldn’t want to live here.  It’s windy all the time.”  After ignoring that comment and making the move anyway, we’ve discovered that part of it is true.  Flagstaff is a […]

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I’m Joyce, a.k.a Mom, Grandma, small business owner, and,  a Flagstaff woman.  Welcome to my world!
In case you’ve never heard of us and  didn’t see Forrest Gump when he stepped on a pile and invented the word s*** while running on a Flagstaff downtown street, we’re near the top of the state of Arizona.  Not all the way […]

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