Tasty Tucson Tour: Colorez Arizona launch party

Another day, another free food buffet. Colorez Arizona is Southern Arizona's GBLT news magazine and it began publishing earlier this month. I wrote a story for the paper's first issue and I'm really proud that I contributed to a publication that gives a significant population in Tucson a voice. They have some really talented people working over there, so I was happy to be a part of it.

Last night, the newspaper had it's launch party at Woody's in Tucson. It's a cool gay bar with a lot of atmosphere. There's an outdoor bar with a patio and cute little cabanas. Last night it rained, but it was still a nice night to be out because of the cabanas. The rain also effectively cools down Tucson and unlike Chicago, we don't have a ton of mosquitoes out here, so we can actually enjoy a lovely evening outdoors of watching the lightning.

Anyhow, to celebrate the debut of Colorez, the staff had quite the shin dig. There was music, drink specials and a wonderful buffet. I got a plate of these tequila lime chicken wings, which appears as though they were baked or broiled because the flavor was really infused in the meat, but there wasn't a crunch. There were also these little ham roll ups with polenta, spinach and roasted tomatoes. They were delicious, I could have eaten 10 of them. Also offered was crudite and a fruit dish, sandwiches with ham, turkey and veggies, Swedish meatballs and candy bars, all of which I couldn't picture here.

Colorez knows how to throw a damn good party.