Tourists often overlook resort gift shops, assuming they’re full of overpriced trinkets. Locals might never visit a resort to shop. Both approaches are flawed – especially in the case of this resort, where the gift shop is as carefully curated as the art that permeates the property. The boutique offers work by artists who live in Cattle Track, an art community across the street from the resort. Established in 1929, Cattle Track has been “maintaining the history of the community” for generations,

Calling all cuisine connoisseurs: For the first time in three years, Devour Phoenix is back at Desert Botanical Garden! In the culinary extravaganza’s 14th year, guests will enjoy a multi-event experience filled with Arizona’s leading chefs, wineries and restaurants at what The New York Times called the Best Southwestern Culinary Festival. New participants this year include Sin Muerte (chef Vince Mellody), Carcara (chef Angy Dykstra), Rough Rider (chef Ian Herschberg), Sake Haus, Anoche Cantina

In high school, Madalyn Nault crafted and sewed in her spare time. Eventually, she started making her own purses. “My friends would say, ‘Oh, I want a purse, too.’ And so then I just kind of started playing around with all these ideas that came into my head, and I just had to bring them to life,” Nault says. She turned her hobby into a business, which she’s run from her Phoenix home for more than 10 years. Nault loves the “joy factor” of her products, which include colorful vinyl wallets, clutch

Attention, ski bums: Vail is celebrating its 60th anniversary with new and improved experiences for guests including Vintage Vail, a gateway town dedicated to give newcomers, locals and regular skiers a nostalgic yet modernized trip. CUCINA The Lodge at Vail’s on-site restaurant was recently renovated. The remodeled bar, buffet bar and all-day menu of Italian- and American-inflected favorites make it a natural start or end to a busy day of sightseeing and skiing. ICE BARS AND IGLOOS Built

Tito Muñoz is a conductor on the go. The director of The Phoenix Symphony conducts all over the world – The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota, Utah Symphony in Salt Lake City, Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Germany and São Paulo State Symphony in Brazil, to name a few. Wherever he goes, Muñoz brings a carry-on-ready backpack with all his necessities. “I conduct all over the place. I have to kind of keep a very compact [backpack],” he says. “I have to just make sure I can bring it with me an