202 Magazine – May 2012
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202 MAGAZINE – APRIL 2012
202 Magazine – Editor’s Words – Driving on the Loop 202 recently, I saw a car stopped on the freeway’s shoulder. What prompted me to do a double take at the scene was a pert blonde in business attire jacking up her car to change the tire. OMG, was my first thought, she’s going to get [...]
202 MAGAZINE – MARCH 2012
202 Magazine – March 2012 – I’m an HGTV junkIe. For those of you unfamiliar with Home & Garden Television, it’s a channel devoted entirely to real estate. From beautifying homes to flipping them, the channel’s programming runs the residential property gamut. Frankly, I find all HGTV’s shows addictive, but my two favorites are House Hunters and Divine Design. From finding the right house to creating the perfect space within it, both programs feature real people striving to make a house a home.
202 MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 2012
202 Magazine – Editor’s Words – Love. It’s that elusive elixir we all want to taste. Try getting your hands on even a sample and you’ll find it’s a very risky and often pricey venture, an undertaking that requires the use of another far less romantic four-letter word: work. The work starts with the first date and never quite ends.
202 MAGAZINE – JANUARY 2012
202 Magazine – Our January 2012 issue marks our first year of publication. We couldn’t have reached this milestone without a lot of great advertisers, readers, and a slew of dedicated writers and photographers. Launching a new magazine in a bad economy is not easy, but you’ve all made it worthwhile. Thank you for all your support as we embark on a new chapter.
202 MAGAZINE – DECEMBER 2011
202 Magazine – Editor’s Words – While the national media vacillates over the true state of the economy, the local economy appears to be picking up in the East Valley, albeit at a drastically reduced pace from times past. Many stalled construction projects have finally resumed activity and new businesses are opening up in formerly vacant [...]
202 MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 2011
202 Magazine – Editor’s Words – When the publisher and I sat down over a year ago to discuss starting a magazine, we realized creating a publication from the ground up was a risky undertaking. Even in the best of economic climates, bringing a new product to the marketplace is a tricky endeavor. The dominant reason we decided to take the proverbial leap of faith was because we felt there was a void in the East Valley community.
202 MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 2011
202 Magazine – Editor’s Words – The human body is a fascinating machine made of parts and functions so simple, yet so overwhelmingly complex, it’s a wonder how effortlessly it all works together, until, well, it doesn’t. When bodies go bad, we look to doctors to figure out why and how such a marvel of engineering failed to perform as expected. Of course, we also expect the problems to be fixed – stat.