Scottsdale

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

Had dinner last night at Ocean 44.  Outstanding in all aspects.  Sat at the bar with Mrs. Smwhorn (sorry, no pics, I'll cut you, man).  Great drinks.  Great service.  Great atmosphere.  Even better food.
Played both Talking Stick courses.  Both are worth it.  
Casino is shit. It was clean and not all that smoke filled but I could not believe how crowded it was.  There were literally no tables last night after we got back from dinner where there was more than one seat at the table.  Most tables were completely full.  Sportsbook was packed.
Lost both the over at 47.5 and the -18.5.  
Won Auburn +1.5.

First week of the snowbirds return for winter everything was crowded.

[HornOnTheBayou 8982]

My wife has a work thing in Scottsdale in February and I'm thinking about tagging along. I don't golf, but I love hiking, drinking/eating, and history stuff. Any activity recs if you had three days to yourself there?

[Incredulity 11734]

Desert Botanical Garden was really quite enjoyable for a serene nature experience on a pleasant day in February. Especially if you’re traveling from colder weather.

When we were there a few years ago they had a butterfly exhibit that had a hatch going on which was really wild/cool.  Not sure on how often that happens.

[Sam Lin 3567]

Definitely come. Hiking is all over. Drinking and eating is all over, and there's a fair amount of history around the state.

[6th Street 6609]

From the Phoenician today. Beautiful spot

 

[gernblansten 3212]

9 hours ago, 6th Street said:

From the Phoenician today. Beautiful spot

 

 

[royiv 9433]

12 hours ago, 6th Street said:

From the Phoenician today. Beautiful spot

 

The Phoenician, in particular the Canyon Suites, is one of my happy places. We love doing a long weekend there at least once a year to lay around the pool relaxing and hitting up all of our favorite places from when we lived there. It takes a week to detox from that trip.

[CleverNickname 1336]

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[Jimbaround 980]

We just got back from visiting my wife’s aunt and uncle in Desert Mountain (N Scottsdale). The wife and I broke away and did Cafe Monarch one night. Really awesome place.