Feeling The Sand Between Your Toes!

Every week by popular demand we gather to “dig in” and play some volleyball!  This is a great way to meet other members and just get out and have some fun after a day of work.  We meet after the heat of the day has passed (somewhat) and sink our toes in the sand at Scottsdale Ranch Park for a couple hours of Bumps, sets and even some pretty impressive spikes!!  It’s always fun, definitely entertaining and yes even competitive!  We normally follow-up our heated game with food and drinks at a nearby venue where the liveliness continues!

Tuesday’s are our volleyball game nights, so if you’re wanting to feel some sand between your toes come by and join us! Events and Adventures Phoenix

Volleyball, Horse Shoes, Darts and Live Music!

Have you ever been to a venue that felt more like you were at a friend’s for a Bar-B-Que??  That’s the way it was for E & A Phoenix members at our event Friday night!  The Monastery offered up Sand Volleyball courts, Horse shoes, darts and some amazing live music!!  The band was fabulous, the grills were hot and we got to cook our own burgers, brats or chicken! This event allowed for plenty of time to get to know other members in attendance and socialize all night long!  After several games of volleyball followed by good food & drinks it was decided that our evening at the Monastery was the perfect get together to close out our work week! Events and Adventures Phoenix

We Came, We Played and We Conquered!

Scottsdale Ranch Park was the site for our Saturday night Volleyball festivities!!  We came, we played and we conquered – the court that is!!  Monsoon season is upon us though and we were chased out by oncoming storms with thunder and lightning!  No worries though, we continued our festivities at Goldie’s for some good food, drink and to finish out our evening together!  If you didn’t make it, we missed you………………..But, you can make it to our next one in August! It's a Pool Party on  on August 23rd. Hope to see you there!
Events and Adventures Phoenix

Checking Out Hot New Restaurants!

Bitter & Twisted, Phoenix’s hot new restaurant downtown was a major hit for E&A members!!  Of course fun was had by all – Where have you been recently that you can get meals that vary from a burger with lemon grass and black pepper crusted patty with a house pate’, shaved pickles, spring herbs and jalapeno mayo, or Fried chicken with cheese gravy and watermelon kimchi???  An appetizer that caught my eye was their “Popcorn”!!  It consisted of butter, garlic, nori & shichimi spicy rice crackers.  Their sweets menu had “Campfire Marshmallows”!  Yummm!  The food was served family style, so we all got to taste a bit of everyone else’s!

The food was good, location was awesome, good ambiance and great prices!  The restaurant even had a menu for Booze & Beer to go!!  This is definitely a place for us to revisit and try out some of their other menu items!  Down the road they are putting together fun cocktail classes………….There’s an idea for a calendar event!! Events and Adventures Phoenix

Painting & Wine Classes!

A favorite event around here at Events & Adventures is when we attend the popular painting and wine classes that happen throughout the city. These easy going classes not only allow for a nice glass of wine, but it is also the perfect opportunity to talk and get to know other members better, while doing something fun!

The great thing about these classes is that it doesn’t matter if you know how to paint or not. During these two hour classes we receive step by step instruction from a professional painter who not only knows how to paint, but is usually great at explaining and giving tips on how to paint. Overall it’s a great time to sit back and relax and enjoy yourself as you learn something new and get in the process get to know those around you better as well! Events And Adventures Phoenix

Tweet...Instagram...Selfies....

The easiest way to take photos these days are with one’s cell phone. Most camera phones take better pictures today than any point-and-shoot camera did just a few years ago!  Over here at E & A, every so often we do an event that revolves around phone photography 101 – by learning how to use  a couple of our phones apps to take pictures, make them look awesome and then share them with everyone! This past week we did just that!

Everyone was able to set up an Instagram account, then we found each other to follow via IG and learned the basics of posting pictures directly on IG as well as sharing them in other social platforms along with a couple of other apps that allow us to make our pictures more unique and cool looking! Of course we were able to mix and mingle and get to know each other better, so it made for a fun evening of learning something new and making new friends! Events And Adventures Phoenix

What An Adrenaline Rush!

One of the most fun events I’ve done with Events & Adventures just happened this past week when we went to Octane Raceway to go ‘Go Kart Racing’!  Talk about an adrenaline rush!  We had a large group of us from the club that signed up and went – and since it was so large, we broke up into two groups, taking our turns with small breaks in between each race. After picking our individual race names, jumping in the race carts, going over the safety rules, we each had three races.  With each race, I felt more and more capable of driving faster and taking the turns sharper! Although it wasn’t a race against each other, but more or less our own time, it still felt very much like a race where we wanted to be in front of the pack! This is an event we will definitely be doing again in a month or so! Events And Adventures Phoenix

Member's Meeting & Game's Night Fun!

This last month’s member meeting and game night was a total blast! Between playing games, getting on the blow-up jousting game (something I’ve never done before), snacking on the food provided and mingling with everyone, there was something going on non stop! It was a good mix of different people, from all over the place as well and everyone was able to socialize in a fun, easy going atmosphere.

We had a couple of games happening at different tables as well. From ‘Battle of the Sexes’ to ‘Sour Apples to Apples’ and a couple other options, allowing us enough time to chat, get to know each other and laugh between other things that were going on. We also went over upcoming trips and events happening in the club and also had the opportunity to write down or check off a list of event suggestions that we would be interested in going and doing. Those brave enough got up on the blown-up jousting game to see who could come out a winner! It was very entertaining and it’s like time stopped as we all turned to watch the different matches take place. Overall it was a fun evening and perfect atmosphere for a new member to get to know those in the club! Events And Adventures Phoenix

10 Ways E&A Will Change Your Life....#1

New Blog Series ” 10 Ways E&A Will Change Your Life

1. FEEL LIKE A KID

        When you are a kid making friends is easy.  You are constantly around other people in sports, school, your neighborhood, summer camp, cousins/family, band, church etc… that you constantly are able to talk and meet and play with people your age and of similar interests.  We take that, along with a million other things, for granted when we are young.  When we are adults and we move cities or become suddenly single for the first time in a long time we can feel very alone; sometimes for the first time ever.  Commute, work, eat, sleep-repeat becomes “life.”  That isn’t LIFE as we know it in E&A.  Every day offers a new adventure to us.  Every weekend is new chance to explore, be creative, to love people, to like, to fail, to get back up, to test my limits, to find my strengths, to face my weaknesses to meet new people and most importantly find out new things about ourselves.  E&A might make you feel like a kid again when we do fun things like Trampoline Dodgeball, Cosmic Bowling, High Ropes Course, Go Karting and other things…you might feel like a kid again but you will most certainly FEEL ALIVE again.

Stay tuned for 2-10 in Future Blog Posts, in the meantime lets get out there and have some fun! Events And Adventures Phoenix