We discovered two great vegan restaurants side by side in
Central Phoenix- Green and Nami. We ate
at Green for dinner when we got back from Sedona and then went to Nami for
breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This is definitely not health food
but after running around for the past few days, we burned a lot of calories and
felt we deserved it.
After breakfast each day we walked up and down the streets
surrounding the restaurant, which are all historic neighborhoods full of
gorgeous homes on tree lined streets. One side of the street is awesome southwestern influenced Bungalows and the other side is more stately Tudors. We also saw wild
lovebirds! At first we didn't believe it, but I looked it up and sure enough certain neighborhoods in Phoenix have flocks of wild lovebirds. This area of Phoenix seems to be the up and coming "hip"(ster) part of town. It reminded me a lot of certain parts of Tampa (i.e. I felt very at home).
We also went to a nifty old diner called MacAlpine’s,
which is also home to a huge vintage market. There is an old fashioned soda
fountain and a large selection of milkshakes and other retro treats (not vegan,
so we didn't try anything). I did buy a vintage turquoise ring from the antique
store and the manager there was incredibly knowledgeable and spent a lot of
time explaining vintage jewelry to me.
We spent both Saturday and Sunday afternoons in Old Town Scottsdale. I always thought Scottsdale was just a boring suburb of Phoenix,
but it is a truly cool town. The old town area is huge, full of art galleries
and very upscale. Hardly like the Atlanta suburbs (at least, not the one we
live in). The weather was beautiful and perfect for strolling around enjoying
the sculptures and landscape. I could seriously see myself living in
Scottsdale.
More about our night out in Scottsdale in my next post!
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