Vintage flea markets are a great reason to get away from the Valley. Driving to Pasadena to find a  perfectly aged armoire makes for a great road trip – but although the heat is rising, the price of gas right now just doesn’t make road trips as easy – or fun – as they used to be. Thankfully, someone got a clue and is bringing a vintage market here. At 10 a.m. May 5 at WestWorld, Valley antique/vintage/full-on junk obsessives will have a chance to do what they do best at Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market, a day of vintage treasure hunting with some good old fashioned giveaways, design inspiration and handmade vintage themed goods from a slew of vendors like Blue Eyed Owl, Chic Headbands, Strawberry Hedgehog, Winifred Street and many more. We don’t know about you, but we’re absolutely pining for a little more junk in our trunks, and we love that it won’t require a road trip!

Early bird admission is $8 for adults and lasts from 9 – 10 a.m. General admission is $4; children under 12 are free and admission is free after 3 p.m. A portion of ticket sales will benefit Young Life, a non-denominational Christian organization serving youth in Phoenix.

Tickets are on sale now for the Chick-fil-A Leadercast Central Phoenix, a one-day leadership event broadcast live from Atlanta, Georgia to Central Phoenix. The phenomenon, which last year boasted an attendance of 85,000 leaders from seventeen countries, will be hosted locally from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 4 at First Christian Church in Phoenix. Hosted local leadership enthusiast and Realtor Leslie Guiley, the event will feature many of the world’s top leaders, including Soledad O’Brien, Tim Tebow, Patrick Lencioni, best-selling author and president of The Table Group; John Maxwell, author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership; Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts and many others.

“When I think of leadership I think of giving back to the community,” says host Leslie Guiley. “We want attendees to know that they can make a difference in the local community just by buying a ticket!”

For more information or to buy a ticket, click here.

Instead of watching out for all ladders, black cats and broken mirrors this Friday the 13^th, celebrate your fearlessness with a tattoo! EZ Tattoo definitely is: this Friday, the state-of-the-art Scottsdale shop will offer $13 tattoos (typically the size of a nickel) and buy one, get one for $13 piercings with free standard jewelry from noon to 11 p.m. The shop’s tattoo artists say the $13 marking adequately displays simple initials, small hearts or, if you’re feeling lucky, the number 13.

“It’s a great deal, no matter if you choose the piercing or the tattoo,” said EZ Tattoo owner Myron Larrabee. “Or you can choose both and walk out of our shop with a quality tattoo, two piercings, free jewelry and sea salt aftercare products. You can’t beat that.” For more information or to schedule an appointment, click here or call 480.941.8720.

EZ Tattoo and Body Piercing |909 North Hayden Road |Scottsdale, AZ |

Glendale’s Arrowhead Grill will have a new, monthly West-Side Wine Club series to explore the history and evolution of the food and wine of different regions around the world, including Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and the United States. “Each month we will explore the wines of each region and the food with which it is historically paired,” says Chef Charles Wade Schwerd. “It’s going to be the closest thing to going there, and it’s going to be great fun.”

The Wine Club’s first meeting was March 31 and explored the great tastes of the “Noble Six,” or varieties of grapes that create the highest quality wines without blending: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Chef Schwerd celebrated this inaugural gathering by pairing these great wines with foods that bring out their distinct and complex flavors while exploring the basic concepts of wine grapes, the wine we get from them, and how to find and buy what you like.

The Club will meet at Arrowhead Grill the last Saturday of each month; cost is $20 per person and reservations are required. To RSVP, call (623) 566-2224 or click here.

Grand Canyon University will bring the Valley a taste of the 1920’s with The Boy Friend, on stage from Friday, April 13 to Sunday, April 22 at Ethington Theater at GCU. Hosted by the College of Fine Arts and Production, the Broadway hit is the story of Polly Brown, a schoolgirl in the Jazz Age living life on the French Riviera without a young man with whom to share her adventures.  The British Theatre Guide calls this “a…virtuous production…a ripping evening’s entertainment,” and just like us, we’re sure you’ll want to keep going back! Performances are scheduled as follows:

Friday, April 13: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15: 2:00 p.m.
Friday, April 20: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 2: 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22: 2:00 p.m.

For more information, click here or call 602.639.8880 to purchase tickets.

Four Peaks Brewery will celebrate fifteen years of their one-of-a-kind craft beer with Randomonium, a day-long gala April 21 at Tempe Beach Park featuring music, great food, carnival rides, fireworks and of course, booze. (mostly beer – duh – but for the rest of you, margaritas and sangria will be flowing generously).  Entertainment will include performances by The Airborne Toxic Event, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights and more – but the fun doesn’t stop there. Grub will be provided by fourteen of the best food purveyors around, such as Short Leash Hotdogs, Gourmet Fry Bread, Hey Joe, Jamburritos, Sweet Republic, Mojo Bowl, T-licious LLC Mobile Foodtruck and Tom’s BBQ.

But wait – we said carnival rides and fireworks. Since the celebration is for all ages, there will be giant slides, obstacle courses, corn hole, a zip line, snow, and when the sun goes down, fireworks.

Sponsored by Vitamin Water, Fry’s Food Stores and Alliance Beverage, VIP tickets are $125 and feature covered seating, ten beers and food; general admission tickets are $40 through April 21 and can be purchased at any Fry’s location. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness and the Melonhead Foundation.

The Melonhead Foundation provides support to children with cancer and their families. The foundation offers financial support and a resource center to families in Arizona. Melonhead recently started a Camp Wannahealyah to provide a positive natural healing experience for pediatric cancer patients and their families, free of charge.

For information, email [email protected]

It is finally spring and with the scent of orange blossoms always comes one of our favorite holidays, Easter. Even though we’re all adults here, we still enjoy a sweet, springy visit from the Easter bunny every Easter morning, even if it’s just in the form of a bag of jelly beans. Forget those huge store-bought, brand-name, four-foot-tall Easter baskets we find at the grocery store this year, though. Not only is the candy never our favorite kinds but we’re also a little leery of what we may find inside. Whether you’re the creative type and prefer to make your Easter baskets or if you’d just like an idea of what treat to give the hubby this year, DLT has got the answers. Follow the jump for a list of local favorites to pack a last-minute punch in those Easter baskets this year.

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Beginning this month, our favorite local resort, the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, will celebrate the start of warm weather season with discounted summer rates (we’re talking $99 to $119 per night) for vacationers and stay-cationers alike from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

The resort’s “Thank You” Summer Sale will be available with ilovekierlandresort.com through April 22 and will provide families, singles and couples with relaxing and endless summer fun, from the Family Fun program, which includes activities like Kids in the Kitchen, Digital Kid’s Club, Kierland Kampfires and journeys to the Phoenix Zoo, to the all-ages action at Adventure Water Park, which features a 900-foot lazy river, a 110-foot waterslide, partying at the OK Corral and outside games like chess, limbo, relay races and RC Car Race Tracks. Adults will enjoy the air-conditioned outdoor driving range, top golf instruction by Mike and Sandy LaBauve, or a day at Agave, the Arizona Spa, a wellness-focused retreat with treatments indigenous to Arizona as well as the Far East. When the action-packed (or relaxation-packed) day is finished, guests will be treated to the resort’s Bagpipes at Sunset Series in Dreamweaver’s Canyon Courtyard after a five-star dining event courtesy of deseo, Brittlebrush Bar and Grill or the famous Nellie Cashman’s.

These hot best-available rates are available through April 22. To make reservations, click here or call 480.624.12o2.

Ever have trouble finding the perfect gift for the man in your life? Forget looking for the perfect one-of-a-kind, best-find-ever vintage gift, though these are the things of our vintage-obsessed dreams. Until recently, of course, when this became a reality, when Phoenix’s greatest vintage treasure trove Vintage By Misty teamed with Amir Arsalan Saebi to bring the Valley “Amir’s La Voûte,” a collection of gentlemen’s luxury and vintage goods. The devastatingly dapper corner of Vintage By Misty is complete with fine, elegant vintage men’s clothing, accessories, funky oddities and you guessed it, one-of-a-kind gifts for ourselves favorite gents. Peruse the gallery below to see some of the goods.

Vintage By Misty | 818 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ | 85004

Most of us just want our jeans to be comfortable and make our butts look good (admit it), but after two weeks of wearing the same pair (again, just admit it), the scent of our favorite denim can be a little off-putting. We’ll wash them, we promise, but before that happens we could use a little air-freshening. Thankfully, Naked and Famous has just released scented jeans, which is not anywhere close to the way they smell after pulling them out of the bottom of the hamper. Available at HUB Clothing in Scottsdale, these Scratch and Sniff jeans actually aren’t as crazy as they sound, having simply been coated with raspberry-scented micro capsules that Naked and Famous swears lasts even after five washes (so…like a year…ok, kidding about that one). Scented jeans that smell like raspberry candy without the calories? We’ll take two.

HUB Clothing at Scottsdale Fashion Square | 7014 East Camelback | Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Free-flow your way into a Zen-full state of mind as you unwind during a vinyasa and power yoga session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday in April through May 24 at the W Scottsdale. Beginning today, the eight-week series is in collaboration with lululemon athletica and will provide a relaxing mid-week getaway, complete with enlightening music and extended happy hour specials in Shade Lounge from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The menu will include $3 beers, $5 well drinks, $5 select wines and half-off select food items. Cost is free and the sessions are open to the public; please bring your own mat.

W Scottsdale, WET Pool Deck | 7277 East Camelback Road | Scottsdale AZ 85251

For more information, click here or call 602.405.0099.

Via PreGel

Cool Gelato Italiano is bringing Scottsdale even more of that Italian goodness with a traditional Gianduiotto-flavored gelato. The bon bon-style chocolate treat is an Italian favorite and will be available Easter Sunday.

The Italian chocolate is shaped like an upturned boat and is a flavorful mixture of cocoa, sugar and hazelnut, the flavor of which is the secret to its famous taste, as they are hazelnuts only grown in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Cool Gelato Italiano was opened in February by an Italian husband-and-wife duo, along with Italy’s champion gelato artisan. The shop, which is located behind the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts, features twenty flavors that change every day.

Cool Gelato Italiano | 7373 E Scottsdale Mall #125 | Scottsdale, AZ 85251

It’s time to play ball! CityScape will celebrate D-backs Opening Day this Friday, April 6 and through the weekend as the team takes on the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field to kick off the MLB 2012 season.

All day Friday, CityScape will offer food, drinks and games while DJs Sean Watson and William Reed spin the weekend away Patriots Square. There will be activities for fans of all ages, including inflatables for kids, a D-backs wiffle ball field, speed pitch, a dunk tank with a Brian Wilson look-alike, kettle corn and other ballpark favorite snacks, prizes and giveaways for the most spirited fan and family activities including poster-making and face-painting.

Throughout the weekend, CityScape tenants will also offer specials for fans, including complimentary underground parking with your ticket stub and the following discounts:

Come dressed in your Diamondbacks gear to Copper Blues and receive $3 pints all day on local and domestic beer. There will be $3.50 Miller Lite and Coors Light 16oz aluminum pints at the Tilted Kilt, happy hour specials at The Arrogant Butcher, grilled brats and a beer garden on the patio and “Red Alert” sangria at Chloe’s Corner and two tacos and a beer for $8 at Vitamin T. Show your ticket stub at Yogurtini and receive 20% off your order, and if you need some fly duds for the weekend’s festivities, visit West of Soho for $5 off any purchase of $25 or more and take advantage of the $10, $20, $30 and $40 specials at Republic of Couture.

For more information, click here and here.

Wynn Las Vegas debuts an all-new consumer website, WynnLasVegas.com, which gives travelers the opportunity to fully explore the resort’s offerings via a comprehensive gallery.  Succinct navigation will help travelers explore the hotel’s amenities and easily make informed decisions about rooms, restaurant choices and show reservations before booking the journey to Viva Las Vegas!

Unlike many hotel websites, WynnLasVegas.com has extensive galleries of room types, with photos that are augmented by text descriptions with descriptive details. Other photo galleries offer choices of restaurant venues; videos are also offered throughout the entertainment section of the site.

The website also provides visitors an authoritative overview of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore with a guided tour by Steve Wynn. In addition, the site contains exclusive interviews with top fashion designers Oscar de la Renta, Manolo Blahnik and Laurence Graff, providing visitors personal insight about Wynn’s collection of luxury retailers.

For more information or to make reservations, click here.

Each month, Do the KIND Thing challenges residents of a certain city to go out and do one act of kindness – with the promise that if enough people sign up to do so at this website, the KIND organization will pay forward their benevolence by giving back to a group of people in need.

This April, if enough Phoenix residents pledge to send a note of thanks to any educator they know (a mentor, a teacher, or even a wise friend) – KIND will deliver text books to hundreds of local children battling serious illnesses at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The delivery is aimed at bringing the gift of learning to these children who are not well enough to attend school with their peers.

For more information or to participate, click here.

This concept sounds a little crazy, but it might actually be genius. For fathers not planning to have any more children and who’d like a little time off to watch the Master’s this week, vasectomies are the newest way to grab some free time. At least, that’s what we’ve heard; in March, a Houston father of four decided March Madness was the perfect time to have the procedure. Now come April, the brilliance of his decision has caught on, even here in the Valley.

During the Master’s Golf Tournament, local urologists, Dr. Al Borhan and Dr. Mark Hong of Affiliated Urologists will host “The Vasters,” encouraging Valley men to get a vasectomy and enjoy a three-t0-four day recovery vacation, while enjoying the return of Tiger Woods.

Each patient will also receive two free golf balls and a chance to win free rounds of golf at two Valley golf courses. Procedures much be scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday or Friday to participate. To schedule your appointment, click here.

The weather is warming up, but are you ready to show some skin? If you’re like us, you may need a little help. Liposonix, a revolutionary procedure from Susan Van Dyke, M.D. of Van Dyke Laser & Skin in Scottsdale. With ten years of developmental research, the FDA-approved, non-surgical, non-invasive procedure uses high-intensity focused ultrasound energy (HIFU) to permanently destroy fat cells, giving patients the ultimate convenience of one treatment, in one hour, becoming one size smaller. When the ultrasound is targeted on problem areas, it will permanently eradicate fat around the waistline without surgery or harm to the outer skin layer. The fat is removed through the body’s natural healing process. In approximately 8 to 12 weeks, the fat becomes completely metabolized, leaving you with a thinner, more contoured waistline without having to go under the knife.

For more information, click here.

We love our fruity drinks and chocolate martinis but sometimes a simple, classy and super fresh cocktail is the refreshing break our weekend needs. Found at Scottsdale’s Zona Hotel and Suites, this weekend’s libation – with its fusion of gin, tonic, prosecco and fresh rosemary – is organic, invigorating and just plain delicious. We’ll take two, but only because of the taste, right?

Ingredients
Fresh rosemary
Juice of half a lime
2 oz of High spirits Gin
Splash of Tonic
Splash of Bisol “Jeio” Prosecco

Preparation
Muddle rosemary. Add lime juice, gin and ice. Shake vigorously and pour into chilled martini glass. Add a splash of tonic and Bisol prosecco; garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

If you’ve never heard of Rachael Ellis, it’s time to review your Arizona history. The wife of Arizona pioneer George Ellis, who in 1936 purchased a property near the Arizona Canal that grew into a haven for art and artists called Cattle Track Arts Compound, Rachael Ellis was a multi-talented pioneer woman, raising greyhounds with her husband, running her home, teaching, playing the violin and making boots for children. Among other things, she sewed, designing and revamping beautiful articles of clothing for her daughter Janie as well as costumes for the theater company she ran with Janie until the 2000’s.

Now through April 30 in an event that celebrates Arizona’s 100^th birthday, a special exhibit highlighting these masterful pieces (and the work of a Valley forerunner) is on display at Cattle Track Arts Compound in Scottsdale. In Cattle Track Couture, Janie exhibits over fifty gorgeous, multi-hued ensembles, outerwear, dresses, and vests Rachael stitched over the years from several luxurious fabrics. In addition, a handsome array of Victorian attire that Rachael created or renewed for various occasions at her home will also be exhibited.

Presented with a coffee-table book titled Cattle Track Couture – Fashion by Rachael Ellis,  the show and the tome is perhaps one of the best tributes to Arizona history and one of the rarest, most comprehensive celebrations of Arizona’s centennial yet.  Peek into this timeless demonstration and visit an Arizona treasure  10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday through April 30. For more information, click here or email [email protected] to reserve viewings for private parties.

Cattle Track Arts Compound | 6105 North Cattle Track Road, Scottsdale, AZ | 85250

I have spent my adult years with an aversion to every overly-cute form polka dots adopt. Too cute for me, I am enamored with prints and even stripes, but no dots. This was, of course, until recently, when I sauntered into Glendale retailer Pink House Boutique and encountered a breath of fresh (polka-dotted) air.

Glendale’s stylish storeroom sells vintage entities, clothing, accessories and furniture, much of it locally produced. My gem is a sheer, red-polka-dotted black blouse – an example of the shop’s modern take on classic womenswear. There is nothing saccharine about the blouse’s hot hues or sensuous fabric, and though it is rather formal, it is loose and relaxed. Flawless with pencil skirts as well as jeans, I am thrilled to wear this fashion-forward find out on the town. At a price of $22, Pink House’s feminine number is a charming local find.

Pink House Boutique | 7009 North 58th Avenue, Glendale, AZ | 85301

Tired of March Madness yet? Only the basketball kind! Get into another kind of spring craziness at FOUND, the design specialists of the East Valley, who is having a March Madness Basement Sale and Store Event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. The sale will feature lots of bargain basement items as well as clearance items from Domestic Bliss. With this gorgeous spring weather we’re having, DLT can think of nothing better to do than, well…bargain shop and redecorate!

Time to celebrate! Chandler favorite BLD is celebrating their 1^st birthday, and they want to share the festivities with you with great deals all day today. All morning, guests who wish them at Happy Birthday in the drive-thru will receive a 20oz BLD iced coffee. Be sure to stick around for lunch, when both dine-in and to-go orders will be buy-one-get-one-free. Head back for happy hour from 3 to 7 p.m. for $1 sangrias (this one’s all week long!) or join the birthday buddies for a complimentary wine tasting from 4:30 to 6:30 when over 25 wines will be poured. Sounds like quite the delicious birthday.

Upward Projects, a group of locally-focused restaurateurs headed by Craig & Kris DeMarco and Lauren & Wyatt Bailey, will open a brand new restaurant concept in the North Central Phoenix neighborhood in the Fall of 2012. The location, a historic Al Beadle building located on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and West Oregon Avenue, will encompass 3,000 square feet of space that originally housed the iconic First Federal Savings & Loan Bank.  Architecture and design will be a joint effort executed by Shepley Bulfinch and Upward Projects, with a priority placed on preserving the original architecture and keeping the structural integrity in-tact.

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North Scottsdale’s farm fresh neighborhood restaurant Calistro California Bistro has traveled south, opening a new location in south Scottsdale Road in the Hilton Village shopping center. With farm-fresh locally-sourced ingredients, the eatery features scratch-made appetizers like hummus and crab cakes, herb roasted chicken and a dynamite filet mignon. Executive Chef and Owner Devin Walsh is confident the new location will attract neighborhood foodies who love quality ingredients and are seeking a new locale where the staff and bartenders will learn their names and favorite dishes.

“We offer an inviting atmosphere, reasonable prices and delicious food. Both our DC Ranch location and the newest location in the Calistro family are a place for a romantic date night or somewhere to gather with good friends,” said Walsh.

In celebration of this new location, the Bistro (who also house-grinds their own meat, does not use processed ingredients and offers an array of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options) is now offering a stellar 3-course prix fixe dinner for early dinners from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. daily. For $20 per person, the meal includes a choice of salad, any entrée on the menu and artisan ice cream for dessert. For more information about menus, click here.

Calistro California Bistro | 6107 North Scottsdale Road | Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Since spring cleaning, shopping and redecorating are officially in full swing, stylish finds for budget-conscious shoppers like us has become a top priority. Courtesy of Apartment Therapy, the following is a list of exactly that: 10 stylish housewares found around town that will curb your design fix but won’t break the bank.

• Flat Weave Rug: from West Elm for $12.99

• Panel Set: from $20 each from West Elm

• Hand Painted Bowls: for $12 from Sprout Home

• Striped Tablecloth: for $13 from Unison

• Marimekko Shower Curtain: from Crate and Barrel for $19.95

• Ring Vases: from CB2 for $14.95

• Diamond Back Pillow: from House 8810 for $8.

• Clover Pillow: from CB2 for $19.95

• Milk Bottle Drinking Set: from House 8810 for $9.

• Acton Vases: for $4.89 from Z Gallerie