Chicago Music StoreĬhicago Music Store is Tucson’s oldest music shop, and one of its most celebrated. to my first destination: Chicago Music Store. Fall in Tucson brings monsoon season, during which tremendous heat alternates with quick, torrential downpours. Nevertheless, I soldiered on.Īfter parking my car on downtown 4th Ave., ominous clouds suddenly crept into view, darkening everything in their path. I feared that just the car-to-shop walk would end with me becoming an evaporating puddle on a Tucson sidewalk. Like a bad omen, my air conditioning ceased to work right before the mission began…an extremely unfortunate circumstance in a place where 90 degrees is considered cool, even in mid-September. While on my short trip through Tucson, I would eat enough Sonorans to feed a small village.Ĭruising down the mile-wide avenues toward downtown Tucson, I ran into my first obstacle: Mother Nature. The Sonoran treats a hot dog to a blanket of bacon then, it’s covered with generous portions of beans, onions and the obligatory chili pepper. The mix of culture culminates with the Sonoran hot dog, an extreme culinary self-indulgence and, quite possibly, the greatest invention in the history of mankind. Streets are lined with one-floor adobe houses of yellow, orange and pink, with elaborately designed, brightly colored doors. This time, I was to shop for drums in the absurdly sunny city of Tucson AZ.īecause it is located just 45 minutes from the Mexican border, Tucson presents an interesting blend of the Old West and Mexican culture. The Chief informed me that my next assignment would lead me back to the desert southwest. Around 3am on a Tuesday, I awoke, bleary eyed, to a text message that detailed my next mission.
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