{"id":735,"date":"2013-03-26T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=735"},"modified":"2013-03-26T14:36:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T21:36:20","slug":"spring-training-with-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Spring Training with Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"Arizona Biltmore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/images\/seconddraft\/biltmore600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bunch of us gathered in Phoenix over the weekend to take in some desert sun,\u00a0 <strong>celebrate a friend&#8217;s 50th birthday<\/strong> and catch some Giants-ball at Spring Training.<\/p>\n<p>Our ticket <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com\/spring_training\/tours.jsp?c_id=sf\" target=\"_blank\">package<\/a> came with great seats, hats, T-shirts and a stay at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arizonabiltmore.com\/about\/history.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Biltmore<\/a>, which until I read <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona_Biltmore_Hotel\" target=\"_blank\">this Wikipedia entry<\/a> had always thought &#8212;<strong> along wth the rest of the uninformed masses<\/strong> &#8212; was designed by Frank LLoyd Wright.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t, but he was the initial consultant on the hotel, which opened in 1092 and as designed by one of Wright&#8217;s protegees, Albert Chase McArthur.<\/p>\n<p>Even minus Wright&#8217;s name on the finished product, the architecture is captivating &#8212; angular, etched facades reminiscent of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Northside_Patio_of_the_Mosaics,_Mitla_Ruins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Zapotec temples<\/a> of Oaxaca;\u00a0<strong> nooks, crannies and walkways that open onto round, green lawns<\/strong> bordered by concrete cottages; placement that pitches one building against another, creating depth in every direction.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few snapshots from a walk around the ground one day after a ball game.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"phgallery-735_1 4\" alt=\"photocrati gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/themes\/photocrati-theme\/photocrati-gallery\/image\/gallery-placeholder-1.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of us gathered in Phoenix over the weekend to take in some desert sun,\u00a0 celebrate a friend&#8217;s 50th birthday and catch some Giants-ball at Spring Training. 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