Overall, this is an enjoyable festival where there is something for everyone. While this is branded as an Arts Festival, it could also be called a music festival. There are hundreds of artists selling their wares, but there are also four stages packed with entertainment. The music choices range from blue grass to hip hop, folk to rock and roll and it is almost non stop between the different stages. A lot of the artwork is out of most people's budgets, but there is a nice mix of art that you can purchase for under $50 as well. The range of items for sale is typical of most art festivals - paintings, photography, pottery and jewelry. One of the more unique (and affordable) vendors was the chinese paper cutter. For $1 per letter, he cut your name and your name in Chinese out of paper and included a mat! It was an affordable and very unique gift. There is also a great variety of food. Everything from traditional cotton candy and corn dogs to lobster burgers. I sampled the lobster burger and it was very tasty. Like any festival, though, the food can be pricey. One of the nice features of the festival is that there are several free water stations around. the day I was there it was sunny and in the 80s, so this was a life saver. Overall, a very enjoyable event. If you are easily swayed or tempted by beautiful artwork or tasty eats, it might be a good idea to leave the wallet at home so all you can do is browse.

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Yeah, never coming back here again. Some worker named Jonathan yelled at me basically the whole time talking to me saying what was wrong, and getting mad at me just coming in for a basic check up on the car air conditioner because my ac wasn't blowing ice cold air. His name was Jonathan and he worked in service. I didn't come in with an attitude or anything I just asked a simple question, I just thought Acura would be more professional about there customers. He was pointing out things that I didn't even ask him for help with and then he says in a stern voice"your engine noise is too loud, somethings wrong with it, I can tell because it's too loud" After listening to him for 5 minutes I just took my car somewhere else after getting my quote. This is just my experience maybe there are people with good experiences out there.

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Best thai food I've been able to find in Tempe. They're really good with takeout orders, I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes before leaving my place to pick it up. The pumpkin curry is definitely a recommendation. I'm a rice hog so I typically order an extra side of rice, but they give you good portion with your order even if you don't unlike other places in the area.

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It was a new airline and we thought to give it a try. And we were wrong. Coming back from Vegas to Oakland, our carry-on fit on their "size" check perfectly, but they want to charge us $100 because the wheels of the carry-on bag stick out a bit. We weren't going to pay $100 so we tore off the wheels. It's was worth the fight since we can spend that $100 for a better carry-on instead to the Greedy airlines. Never will flight spirit again. Our spirit is not with them anymore!
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