New Member Open House at Historymaker Vern Swaback's home, Skyfire, Feb 23

You won’t want to miss the opportunity to attend the upcoming New Member Open House from 5 – 8 p.m. on Friday, February 23rd!
You are invited to bring a prospective new member for a tour of the beautiful home of renowned Frank Lloyd Wright-trained architect Vernon D. Swaback and his wife Cille. Vern will also be signing his new book, which will be available for purchase, and discussing the relevance of Frank Lloyd Wright in today’s world.
Delicious light fare will be served from recipes in the new Historical League cookbook! Thanks to Susan Dale with Pam den Draak for organizing this event.

 Helping with the event are Bonnie Newhoff and Leslie Christiansen. Also Cille Swaback
with her lovely home in the background

Sibley's West Arizona Gift Store in Chandler

Leslie Christiansen and Ruth McLeod will be signing Tastes & Treasures books at Sibley's West Arizona Gift store in Chandler on Saturday, Feb 24 from 12-2 pm. Store owner John Wolfe has an amazing store filled with product from Arizona artists, writers, craftsmen. Stop by and visit. Since opening his store seven years ago, he has doubled in size. Be sure to allow time to browse through the store. There is a lot to see.  Located in the same plaza as the historic San Marcos hotel.

Ruth McLeod at Sibley's Gift shop

Tastes & Treasures II premieres at AZ Heritage Center Museum

Norma Jean Coulter and Ruth McLeod

Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona was well received at the Feb 13 Statehood Celebration at AZ Heritage Center.
Thanks to Norma Jean Coulter, Ruth McLeod, Laura Helder, and Pat Christopherson for helping with sales at this premiere.

Tom and Cathy Shumard assist Norma Jean Coulter and Ruth McLeod with set up

Laura Helder accepts credit cards

Decadent Desserts at The Spicery in our 1895 Home

Bread pudding with rich rum cream sauce

Margaret Baker, Norma Jean Coulter and Ruth McLeod enjoyed the ambiance at the Spicery when they delivered Tastes & Treasures: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona to Matt Borowski. The Spicery is a featured historic restaurant in the new book, filled with color photos and recipes of Arizona.

The host explains the mouth-watering desserts. Margaret Baker is in a dilemma as to which one to order!

We missed out on the Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate cake and Cherry cream cheese pie

Delicious cream puffs served warm with rich lemon curd and Chantilly cream

Pineapple Walnut cake - rich and moist

Tastes & Treasures II cookbooks delivered to Spicery

We couldn't ask for a warmer welcome than the one we got from Matt Borowski of The Spicery in our 1895 Home in Glendale. Margaret Baker joined Norma Jean Coulter and Ruth McLeod to deliver Tastes & Treasures II cookbooks to Matt. The Spicery is featured on pages 108-113.
He was so excited to see the book, tearing off the protective plastic cover and thumbing through the pages. He enjoyed the photo of his creme puffs, loved the concept of the book and the quality. And he has lots of ideas for marketing his restaurant and the book, including family-style meals reminiscent of the 1950's. A time for families to be talking and sharing their experiences of the day at the dinner table (sans cell phones). His enthusiasm is contagious!
Fortunately, we had a reservation for lunch since people were turned away at the door. The Spicery gets very busy and no wonder . . . the food and service were wonderful.
Whatever you do, don't skip the decadent desserts.

Front Doors Media writes about 2019 Historymakers

2019 Historymakers Announced at AZ Heritage Center

It was a perfect evening at AZ Heritage Center on Feb 13 to announce the new 2019 Historymakers. Museum Director Tawn Downs introduced Arizona's official historian and 2014 Historymaker Marshall Trimble. Marshall then announced the next honorees for Historymakers Gala 2019.

Congratulations to
Betsey Bayless: Arizona Secretary of State, Health and Civic Leader
Dr. Arthur DeCabooter: Educator, Land Preservationist
Michael J. Fox: Art and Heritage Preservationist
Alfredo Gutierrez: Arizona State Senator and Community Activist
Merrill Mahaffey: Western Artist, Painter
Vernon D. Swaback: Internationally Recognized Architect