This weekend I went to Jerome, a sleepy little artsy town that is rich in history and perfect for photo opportunities. This is my second time going, and I love it! I'll most likely be visiting it again in the near future, and I don't mind that it takes two hours just to get there from the Valley. It's worth the drive.

There are two outstanding stores there that sell belly dancer oriented items. The first is a small store, a Bazar, (I don't know the exact name! >_<) that sell gorgeous skirts made out of silk and sari material which are perfect--PERFECT!--for belly dancing! And for OUTSTANDING prices! The second store is Knit 1 Bead 2, which is a fabulous yarn store that also features Kuchi and other Tribal jewleries at again, fabulous prices!

On my first trip up to Jerome with a coworker, we toured the town and photographed a lot of it, and even visited the "ghost town" up the hill. But on this second time around with my mom, we went down to the cemetery, of which is over a hundred years old. I love cemeteries, because they're beautiful in a macabre sort of way. It'll sound weird, but I had my tenth birthday in the cemetery in Woodland Park, Colorado, because I loved it so much. The Jerome Cemetery was really neat to explore because there were a lot of childrens' graves as well as a lot of immigrants' graves. Some of the graves have been lost to nature, or their headstones gone missing, but it was just really neat being amongst a nearly forgotten cemetery in an old, old town.

So, if you're here in Arizona, and are looking for things to do, drive up to Jerome. The Brewery Restaraunt and the Mile High Grill are great places to eat, and there are a ton of shops and places to explore!