The Melrose District on Seventh Avenue is Phoenix's queer strip, with vintage shops, diners and neon that looks better after dark. Hide from the heat in the Desert Botanical Garden in the afternoon, then climb Papago Park to the Hole in the Rock for sunset over the valley. Later, Stacy's @ Melrose has drag on Fridays, karaoke at the weekend and a patio that stays warm well into the night.
In October the heat finally breaks and the whole city moves back outdoors. Any other weekend, an early hike before the sun gets serious is plenty.
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