Friend of mine is remodeling three foreclosures he has recently purchased and turned me on to BuildCentric.com

Buildcentric.com has a pretty efficient online quote system that they say is binding. Which means the figure that they give you online is what you’ll pay. This makes it incredibly easy to compare estimates from different contractors.

As a favor I’ve posted a information about the company on Phx411.com – you can get more information about the Gilbert contractor here.

We’re finally a big city! People are wearing t-shirts with our train on them!

From Brand X in Tempe.

Arizona Ghostchasers are offering a tour of Phoenix’s early cemeteries in March.

John Mariani explores some of Phoenix’s nicer restaurants.

A short list of Phoenix bars having Inaguration parties.

And unrelated links:
2 men survive floating in the ocean for 25 days in an icebox.

And the Economist reviews the Bush years. It’s not pretty.