Cyclovia Tucson 2013

Cyclovia, Tucson, Arizona (4/7/2013)

Here are a few pictures from Cyclovia in downtown Tucson / South Tucson.  Cyclovia is a fun, free, all ages, all community event where about 5 miles of streets were closed off for the day, absent of cars and open to bicyclist, skateboarders, and walkers.  There are two Cyclovia community events in Tucson this year, the second one will be held on April 28th.  Well worth attending for a short bike ride or walk among your greater Tucson neighbors,

four off the wall faces

Wall mural in the patio area of Mr Heads on 4th Ave.

All Souls Procession 2010 Costume Fashion Show

I had a fun time down at Cafe Passe thursday night watching a show of costumes used in past year's All Souls Procession events. Nicely done! But where's the burlap? Here are a few pics... (click for bigger pics)

Flam Chen is known for their stilts and very unique creative costumes! and fire, of course... but that's for another night.

As part of the event, they had an auction of customized All Souls Procession tee shirts from prior years -- customized is a huge understatement!

Cool band playing afterwards... Bummed that I had to leave before the Mission Creeps played, but it was great to be able to come down here and people watch.

Outside the Little Village on 4th Ave, home to Cafe Passe, and the Bohemia, The Wooden Tooth, and Ventana Galleries.

I was trying out my new G12 camera in low light shooting for the first time. It performed pretty well for a small camera, especially considering that I was juggling a book in one hand while trying to take steady shots and had just thrown down a large coffee since I was going to have to do a little late work for the U tonight. [More (better) pictures of this event by me and others are on flickr, select slideshow at top right]. (more better?!)

One more week until the All Souls Procession -- really looking forward to it! A great Tucson event!

April Flowers

bowling for murals

This large tile mural can be found in South Tucson on 29th Street, east of I-10. The South Tucson area has an amazing amount of tile street art, especially along 10th Avenue. I really like the way the artist(s) created the three dimensional bowls, the overall scene, and the little details hidden in the tile mural (click on pics). Well done!