I just can’t go on a vacation and leave my sports behind. Great beer and football go hand in hand. In Flagstaff, we have some cool joints to catch a game, flirt with girls, drink beer and have a good time.

Buffalo Wild Wings is just that place. They are located next to Walmart on Woodlands Village Blvd, across from Motel 6.

They are the biggest of the Flagstaff sports bars in our fine city with big screen TVs everywhere. I can watch my inferior sports teams lose up close and personal. I think I need to convert to being an Arizona Cardinals fan.

Buffalo has a mixture of townies, locals, students those who have never quite found employment or a life. I love them all, except for the pompous, obnoxious Dallas Cowboys fans.

They got a ton of great beer on tap and their chicken wraps are quite legit. This is the place for serious sports aficionados.

Remember: friends don’t let friends become Chicago Cubs fans.

Check back with me often as I will give you my expert opinion on where to go and where not to go in Northern, Arizona. Don’t take me too seriously. It’s not like I’m a real journalist – although I am paid pretty bad.
Buffalo Wild Wings
2700 S. Woodlands Village Blvd.
Suite 550
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-2975
Phone: 928-774-3550

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I drink coffee like a teenager loves to have illegal beer. In fact, I’m certain caffeine is a basic staple of life. I’ve heard coffee pundits say that it makes you smart. If that was really true, I would be a genius, writing for big money and not a blogger begging for free lift tickets.

And, when I come into a town, I love to find some great mocha and good wi-fi at no charge. I won’t pay for internet. That’s un-American. That’s a basic reason I hate Starbucks.

Here are some great Flagstaff coffee joints.

Campus Coffee Bean – South Milton

On your way to Snowbowl, as you go north on Milton, Campus Coffee Bean at 1800 S. Milton is an eclectic student, ski bum hangout with a great selection of green tea. And they offer four different wi-fi connections. They don’t have a lot of seating near electrical outlets. I love their blends of coffee.

Macy’s – Beaver Street – near NAU

Macy’s is on 14 South Beaver Street, across from Beaver Street Brewery. This is a cool vegetarian and European coffee house that students, locals and yokels adore. The yokels are cool. Some of them even shower once every presidential administration.

Their wi-fi is free and reliable. They are into that vegan crap. Well, if you are into eating stuff has no taste or value, then this is your haven. I love eating something with real taste or something recently shot.

Rendezvous – Hotel Monte Vista

Now, if I want a real taste of old Downtown, Flagstaff, AND if I want secure wi-fi, Rendezvous Coffee House and Martini Bar is my choice. I love drinking coffee in the historic Monte Vista Hotel. I don’t go there a lot because all of seating offered are stools. They don’t have any booths like the rest of the coffee shops in town. They are a martini bar in addition to being a coffee shop. If you need secured Flagstaff wi-fi, this is the place to go. Rendezvous has more character than any place in town. Clint Eastwood has been spotted there. Paul McCartney has been seen there with his new girl. They have live music from local singers. Some have talent. Some are probably even blogging for dollars.

Late for the Train – on the way to Snowbowl – Grand Canyon

This is one of my favorite Flagstaff coffee shops. I love the mocha. I love their blends of coffee and it is a really relaxing, community Flagstaff atmosphere. You can caffeine up on the way to or coming back from ski. They have leather couches and a fire place for couch potatoes like me and the wi-fi is pretty good. They have food with real calories.

Rick Carlisle

Tags: Fllagstaff coffee, Hotel Montevista, Rendezvous coffee and martini bar
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Flagstaff snow as played some havoc on your new FlagstaffWebcam.com.

With more than 8,000 people jamming our site on the first night of the blizzard, some of you got error codes that affected your ability to see Flagstaff via our web cams.

FlagstaffWebcam.com apologizes for the inconvenience.

FlagstaffWebCam.com has been relaunched and will be merging with the new FlagstaffTravel.com – Flagstaff’s first continuously updated adventure portal. We will have more information soon.

In the meantime, we cherish your comments, criticisms and suggestions as to what you want to see in our site.

And, please everyone: do a snow dance.
Rick Carlisle
Adventure Editor

Tags: adventure, arizona, flagstaff, ski, snow, web cam
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