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!
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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

Every Month We Have A New Member Ice Breaker!

Every month, usually around the beginning of the month, we have a New Member Ice Breaker event.  It’s a great way for anyone new to the club to come and meet other new members! There’s nothing worse than feeling like you’re the newbie when it “looks” like everyone else has known each other for years. Although that’s usually not the case, we still want to make sure that being new to Events & Adventures, you feel welcomed and know that you’re not the only newbie around!  

The New Member Ice Breaker event is a great way to get situated into the club! It’s a also great to know that you and all the other “newbies” are attending your very first event together, at the same time. In these meetings we go over some basic E & A 101 information. What if you’re late? What if you can’t make an event or what if you don’t have that last meeting and can now make it to an event that you haven’t signed up for? We’ll go over all the general information and basic protocol, but the best part about these meetings: you get to meet other new members! We always play a fun ice breaker that gets people talking and meeting as many people right off the bat! It’s a fun, pressure free way to get to know the ‘ends and outs’ of the club, while meeting new people and making new friends! Events and Adventures Phoenix

Let's Play Volleyball!

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 CrackerJax in Scottsdale 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!

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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