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| - Whenever I take a business trip to Phoenix, I can't wait to fly out as soon as my last meeting is done, but since I've been making more trips there lately, I decided I should really see what Phoenix has to offer. Usually I take a late afternoon flight on friday to get home, but this time, I decided to stick around until late Saturday afternoon and even made a reservation for a walking tour at Taliesin West. In between, I didn't know what to do on a Friday evening until fate reared its head and informed me that First Friday was happening downtown.
Luckily I was within walking distance from my hotel, so I strolled up to Roosevelt Row to see what the buzz was about. It reminded me a lot of Oakland's Art Murmur which also happens on the first Friday evening every month. It's a hodgepodge of art venues, food stands, and random performances by musicians, actors and politically motivated demonstrators that comes across as the dark, adult-oriented underbelly of an amusement park. Activities start slowly at 6PM with the event's momentum certainly taking its sweet time to gather.
Like me, you may end up standing around and wondering whether you should go home by 7PM. For instance, I waited a half-hour for a show to start on a ramshackle musical stage. Didn't happen. Still, the art galleries are worth perusing for some nice pieces and other pieces that belong in a dark box in a flea market like the Munsters family portrait (photo: http://bit.ly/2x1aHvg). There is food to consider and head shops, plenty of head shops, but nothing that brought the whole event home for me. It was 9PM so time to stroll back to the hotel, I guess.
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