Best Hacks for Phoenix, Arizona, According to Our Readers
The avid Lifehacker reader can survive anywhere from a beautiful New York City garbage bag to the jeweled hillside of San Francisco and even outside of coastal metropolitan areas. This week on Hack Your City, you told us how to have fun and even live to share it in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are the top tips from this comment thread.
Most common refrain: Keep your car cool (and you ‘ll need a car). Park your car in the shade, install a windshield and insulate the steering wheel and gear lever.
Visitors
thisaccountburnslikephoenix has prepared a whole itinerary for you:
Burnerofcourse recommends several hiking and biking trails, as well as Chino Bandido, a “family-friendly Chinese / Cuban / Jamaican / Mexican place” that appeared in the movie Finding General Tso , as well as restaurants, driveways and dives . “Tell them at the counter that you are a newbie and they will take you aside and give you samples of everything before you place your order.”
They also demonstrate the difference on a two-hour ride:
The Phoenician Center lists restaurant recipes: “Rokeriji, Cibo, The Parlor, Welcome Diner, Chelsea’s Kitchen and Monarch (technically Scottsdale, but also a burglar),” as well as events such as the Strong Beer Fest and the Phoenix Art Museum Food Festival. They warn about hiking in the heat:
Several times a year people die in the mountains because they think they are stronger than the sun. I promise not. If you are going in the summer, you need to get ready by 9-10 am. Bring more water. Once the weather cools down, you have nothing to worry about, but you should still make sure to bring enough water with you.
Another Baroque event called “Surdokh is gone”:
And the museum props from the bookstore:
Shakeitlikepolarbear has a complete guide:
Locals
dchall8 makes “beat the heat” effective:
Some highlights from the wanderingpoet’s guide for visitors and locals alike: Party at the Mint in downtown Scottsdale or UnExpected during the monthly Art Walk. Try king crab at Steak 44 and pizza at Flagstaff’s Pizzicletta. Colleagues should check out Gangplank.
If you’re flying from Phoenix overseas, take advantage of WanderingJustin’s booking advice:
Some less tourist attractions from Dextergreycells:
“Everywhere carry a bottle of water, – says Leanne . Unlike most cities, places like movie theaters allow this. Wear your umbrella like an umbrella. Since this is a dry heat, shading is of the utmost importance. And don’t change homes in the summer, or you’ll be competing with Arizona students as well as alumni who end their one-year leases.
Pesa Watley’s pistol scissors have a weird thing:
In summer, wear a light dress shirt straight from the washing machine. By the time you get somewhere, it’s dry, cool, and wrinkle-free.
Sugal gives ten tips for the rhythm of the Phoenix:
And another terrifying tip via Twitter:
Don’t forget to empty your shoes guys.
Go through the entire comments section for more recommendations, and post your own in this or this post. Next week we leave the desert and the cold lake.