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Macarons - Essence Bakery & Cafe - Tempe Arizona

If you are looking for a tasty desert that is a bit out of the ordinary check out the macarons offered by Essence Bakery and Cafe in Tempe Arizona. These tasty French Macarons creations are made using only the finest of ingredients and come in a wide variety of colors and flavors. They are hand made from scratch in their Phoenix, Arizona bakery by Chef Eugenia Theodosopoulos, who discovered her passion for French desserts, particularly the Parisian Macaron, at the prestigious Ecole Lenôtre in Paris, France.

They use only the finest ingredients including fresh egg whites, finely ground almonds, powdered sugar and sugar. They are gluten free, and are not made with any flour or preservatives.

With flavors of French Chocolate, Caramel Cream, Espresso, Raspberry-Rose, Pumpkin Spice, Hazelnut, Mint Chocolate, Organic Vanilla Bean and Pink Grapefruit there is a flavor for everyone. The Pumpkin Spice might be especially tempting for upcoming Halloween and Thanksgiving events.

Does not matter if you live in the Phoenix area or not, as they are equipped to ship in gift boxes making these an interesting gift for the holidays.

The establishment also does catering, and breakfasts and lunches.

Might be something interesting to try. For more information visit their website.

Gold Canyon Arizona -- An Awsome Place to Call Home

Recently we had a visitor to our blog send in an account of one of their adventures in the area close to their home. Gold Canyon Arizona is at the foot of the Superstition Mountains and in addition to being a wonderful home for humans it is also close enough to the desert that the area is also home to many of the wonderful desert creatures.

Our blog visitor sent in an interesting account of her encounter with a mountain lion. Now we do not have an abundance of mountain lions in the area, lest you think that the area is over-run with creatures. But when any of us sight one, or some of the other beautiful creatures it is always an interesting experience.

Visit our GoldCanyon.net blog post about this blog visitor's experience and you will see why so many people find this a facinating place to call home.

Update on Arizona Anti-Deficiency Laws

Late Friday afternoon this just came into our e-mail box –

“Governor Jan Brewer signed HB 2008, which repeals SB 1271 and its change to the anti-deficiency statute. Arizona Association of Realtors (AAR) would like to thank our members for their quick response and action on this matter. AAR’s success is due, in part, to members like you who help engage on issues down at the Capitol. AAR will continue to work with legislators and industry stakeholders to protect homeowner rights at the Capitol.”

You can catch updated info about this topic important to Arizona homeowners on our Benjamin.com Blog.

Gold Canyon Arizona Marketplace Gets Ready for New Season

The fall-winter Gold Canyon Arizona Marketplace is getting ready to ramp up for a new season. Saturday October 17th will mark the date of the opening for the 2009-2010 season. In the first few weeks the events will start at 8:00 and run till 2..ish on Saturdays.The earlier time is for the first few weeks because it will still be warm mid day. When the cooler weather arrives they will be changing the operating times to later in the day. Gold Canyon Embroidery is the local business in charge of setting this event up. The event is a perfect way for residents and visitors to the area to get a glimpse at the local Gold Canyon businesses, all in one spot. Snow birds who are coming back to the area, or visitors who may not be familiar with all the great local businesses really enjoy being able to see all the businesses in one spot. For more information about this Gold Canyon Arizona event that takes place all fall and winter check out our blog post on GoldCanyon.net's Blog.

Casa Grande Arizona Gets United Football League

Attention sports fans -- a new football league is coming to Casa Grande Arizona called United Football League. September 13th is the say hundreds of professional football players will descend on Casa Grande to begin preseason training for a new football league. This new football league is scheduled to kick off its inaugural season in October. The area is expecting to benefit from $2 million in local spending related to the California Redwoods and Las Vegas Locomotives. The UFL also includes the Florida Tuskers and the New York Sentinels. If you are a sports fan this should be an exciting new addition to Arizona sports. For more information about the United Football League visit our blog post on Benjamin.com's blog.