The Mercado has had another great year in 2010. Some views for your holiday reminisces:

Flowers bloom Rain does happen! Additions approved New residents Sunsets Dedication of Mission Garden gates New fountain Sunset and moon Beginning the walking street Fountain being built Walking street nearing completion (1st 2) Celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe Cop Cody at Halloween The fantastic gingerbread house Holiday Bazaar at the Mercado New mural on Grande and Congress One of the hood's food haunts Finishing the taqueria at the Mercado Working on the new restaurant at the Mercado The Mercado's patio The bloomin' desert Nakia's digs going up Even the insects work hard here (Sisyphus?) Showtime for the BMW's! 1st annual Running of the Bulldogs Council Rock near Dixon's ranch Running of the Children Jerry Dixon in his ranch kitchen Some of us went to the Baja 250 First Night in downtown Tucson

Saute and Salad Festival

We have a lot of events coming up in December!

To start we have a celebration of our Lady of Guadalupe. This is the third year we're hosting this event, and it promises to be a good one.

We'll begin the celebration on December 11th. Jose will be setting up the shrine in the morning, and returning that evening for a vigil. Our friends, Estela, Cecilia and Dora will be lending their expertise to truly make this celebration honoring la Virgen de Guadalupe memorable.

December 12th, at 5:30 we'll begin the commencement, lighting of candles and prayers of adoration. We'll also have music for la Virgen de Guadalupe, pozoles, pan dolce and other traditional fare.

For more information email or call Jose at godduran63@msn.com (520) 731-8721.

Pigs in the Hood!

Pigs in the Hood! We knew the walking street would attract a lot of attention. These potential buyers do not appear to be wallowing in indecision. But are these the neighbors we were looking for?!?

Walking Street Celebration

This was a great neighborhood gathering to officially celebrate the beginning of the walking street. Mary Lou Thompson cut the ribbon - much fanfare and good cheer.

Happy Father's Day

....to all the Mercado men who are fathers, step-fathers, brothers, uncles, or otherwise mentors to those younger and not-so-young. It seems to me we have an excellent crop of men in our 'hood.....so take a bow and have a great day.

Caution: Open Trench on Westend of Walking Street

This is a serious hole and won't be filled in for a couple of days....

We are who we are...

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The 1st Annual . . .

A great time was had by all - an event that is sure to become a May tradition in the Mercado!

Running of the Bulldogs - Sat. May 1 - the plaza

early evening - just before sunset Some more info that Tom Wuelpern asked to have posted on the blog: "The details – I believe most of you received a flier for Saturday’s “Running of the Bulldog’s”. This is a informal event – but we hope if it goes over well that it becomes tradition. Imagine when the walking street is done and more homes are completed. Remember to wear your Pamplona style whites. Red scarves and Bota bags with Vino are a plus – or a must! Josh and I are organizing a Pastor Taco oriented plate. We have no idea how many will be at this event – so we will make about 12 pounds of Pastor on Phil Hall’s Rotisserie Saturday Morning and then have a stove and griddle on site to keep things warm. Josh was planning to buy all the needed stuff – beans, Pico De Gallo, limes, runny Avocado sauce, cabbage, flour and corn tortillas, plates from Herredura Market since they make the good stuff in all categories. This will feed many but we still need Chili (per the flier) along with coolers, ice and so on or whatever you want to contribute. So we will let you decide if you want to supply something or contribute a bit to the main menu. Josh plans to buy it all and then he will know the total cost. You can donate to the dinner if you like. Also this is a BYOB event. Thanks and pass this on and maybe put something on the blog if you could."

Garden 2010