Christine Dabney > wrote:
>Although, I am driving back from California (here for a few days)
>through Phoenix....so maybe I can make a stop at the Penzeys in
>Scottsdale. I always forget something though..

Route-planning tip to save a several miles
of possibly jammed-up freeway*:

Take the I-10 through downtown to the 202 East.

Take the 202 East to the 143.

Then the 143 north until it dead-ends at McDowell Road.

Go East (right) 4 miles, enjoying the buttes and the car
lots and the mall construction, then turn north (left)
on Hayden.

1.5 miles up the road, on the left, on the SW corner of
Hayden and Osborn, tucked in the back corner, is Penzey's.

Go in. Shake and open every sniff-tester. Bliss out every
fifth item (and those sniff-testers are old and worn out,
so imagine how the fresh stuff in the bags and bottles will
be...). Buy one of everything (you know you want two),
then go out and make sure you have room in your U-haul
(8 cubic feet ought to do it...) for your stuff.

Go south on Hayden 0.5 mile, then East (left) on Thomas
for 1 mile.

Head south (right) on the 101 for 13 miles. That distance
is important, because the 202 is a loop and you'll cross it
first after only 3.5 miles and you don't want to turn there.

Take the 202 West (right) 4.5 miles then the I-10 East
(which is really going South there, so look for the exits
to Tucson) and you'll be back on your way to the Lone Star
Beer State.

--Blair

* - route to take if you're nowhere near rush-hour:

Take the 10 to the 202 East to the 101 North to Thomas, go
West to Hayden and North to Osborn and Penzey's. Then go
south to Thomas and east to the 101 south 13 miles to the
202 West to the I-10 East (south) to Tucson and Florida
and most points in between.

If it's near rush-hour, the 202 East will be a parking
lot and the 101 south will be too. You can't avoid the
101 south, but you can use the McDowell shortcut to avoid
the 202 East. McDowell is shorter but maybe not quicker
when the freeways are flowing.

Ooh! Alton's making bread. Gotta go.