<p>Are there US Bank branches in Tucson?
What is the hard rock/heavy metal station on the FM dial?
What is the Sports station/ news talk station(s) on the AM dial?
What sports bars offer out of town (specifically Cleveland) sports on TV?
Obviously it is hot, but coming from Cleveland, exactly how hot will it seem?
What good restuarants to eat (in general)?
In general is the scene totally Mexicancentric?
Any other tidbits would be sweet to know, I will be there for a year.</p>
<p>Restaurant: El Charro Cafe</p>
<p>If you like the outdoors you will never leave, be sure you get up into the mountains as well as out into the desert. The Desert Museum is a great place to start. It’s been 2 years, so I can’t recommend any restaurants, but I’ve had good food there, not all Mexican/Southwestern/Tex-Mex.</p>
<p>My sister spent four years in college there, and as far as I can tell no morsel of Mexican (or Tex-Mex) food ever entered her mouth. (That was incredibly weird, of course, and I’m sure it took some effort.)</p>
<p>Hot: Very hot, especially in the summer into September. Dry heat, though, not Lake Erie muggy heat. Sweat evaporates instantly. You can get dehydrated and faint. And nights can get cold.</p>
<p>The “Mountain” is good FM rock.</p>
<p>What frequency is that station on? That’s like me telling you that the buzzard rocks, of no significance at all. I do appreciate the help though. I also have found a Tucson Browns Backers club, which is totally sweet!</p>
<p>Hey Joe –</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.929themountain.com/main.html[/url]”>http://www.929themountain.com/main.html</a></p>
<p>Absolute best sushi restaurant in Tucson is Sushi Ten. Sachiko Sushi is ok (they have 2 locations) but doesnt compare to Sushi 10. However, Sushi 10 got sold not too long ago. I hope the quality and quantity stay up there.</p>
<p>Geez, joe. In half the time it took you to complain that dudedad didn’t give you the frequency you could have googled “tucson radio the mountain” and had your answer. </p>
<p>You’ll enjoy Tucson, but yeah it’s hot. And while it is dry heat, well, 110 is just incredibly hot whether it’s dry or humid. But the good news is that if you are even slightly susceptible to hayfever you’ll notice a great improvement. And there aren’t the annoying bugs at night.</p>
<p>Tucson is slightly less hot than Phoenix, so the 110 on a Summer day there will usually be about 105 in Tucson. Well you could be in Death Valley…</p>
<p>Do get on friendly terms with your local firefighters. If the drought continues (has it??), you’ll continue to get rattlesnakes o your yard, garage/carport, etc . The fire dept is who you call to come get 'em! Now, if you live in an apt- its the management’s problem, I suppose.</p>
<p>Funny you should say that jym. My knowledge of Tucson comes from my visits to my brother, who’s a Captain with the TFD. His snake-hunting days are behind him, though. Leave that to the newbie firefighters!</p>
<p>Tucson can have warm days even in winter, but the temps drop at night. (look up averages on weather website) The weather is slightly cooler than Phoenix, and without the icky smog! I second El Charro Cafe–very yummy and several locations. I tend to frequent chain restaurants, but here are my favs: Uno’s Chicago style pizza and Chipotle (famous burritos if you don’t have them where you’re from).</p>
<p>The Monsoons in summertime are quite an experience–thunder, lightning, flash floods, rain almost every night in a good season. We haven’t had a good one for a couple years though. No, the scene isn’t “Mexicancentric” as there are so many areas of the city and towns–it will depend where you are staying.</p>
<p>US Bank is rather common–you shouldn’t have a problem there. Good touristy places to see: Titan Missile Museum, Biosphere 2, Tucson Mall (sorry, I’m a girl), Pima Air and Space Museum, Reid Park Zoo, and if you don’d mind driving a bit…Marana has a really cheap waterpark for the summertime (Breakers). All this stuff you can find hours/prices from Google. Coupons too.</p>
<p>Let me know if there are any other questions. I don’t really listen to the radio much in Tucson…so I can’t be of help there.</p>
<p>You mentioning Chipolte has me thinking of an obivous question about fast food restaurants that they don’t have in Cleveland, but are semmingly everywhere else. Do they have Jack in the Box and/or Sonic? That would be spectacular!</p>
<p>lderochi-
Small world! So what do they do with the rattlers whenthey catch 'em? Do they take them somewhere and release them, or do they go to that great happy rattler place in the sky by way of a sharp object?</p>
<p>Joev, you HAVE to go to Kartchner caverns. Seriously cool, still actively living/growing cave/cavern near Tucson. Oh, and if you take the road to Old Tucson, stop at one of the “tourist view” things on the side of the road at dusk,climb the hill and watch the sun set over the saguero cacti. Also a great experience.</p>
<p>Well, according to my brother the TFD does NOT do rattlesnake wrangling, but pretty much all of the surrounding jurisdictions do. When he was working for another jurisdiction long ago he did do some snake collecting and says the experience was, on a good day, a “high intensity” experience. On a bad day, it was “just scary”. I believe they just release them back into the wild, where they pretty much just want to be anyway.</p>
<p>I was in Tucson recently on business and much of the talk at dinner was ironically about rattlesnacks. One family had children, which they felt needed to be closely watched whenever they were outside for this particular risk. I think the dad was the designated snake catcher and he just killed them. The vistas out there are spectacular.</p>
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Great typo, analyst!! :D</p>
<p>Whoops! I get looking to see if I misspelled Tucson, then I saw it. Sometimes my fingers don’t listen to my brain.</p>
<p>oh don’t apologize- it was a great double entendre. I had to read it twice to be sure it was a typo, or if there really were such things as rattlesnacks!</p>