One of our favorite events of the whole year here in Phoenix is "Las Noches de las Luminarias" at Papago Park's Desert Botanical Garden. This year was a little different to previous years as they had re-designed parts of the park since we were last there, and added some new features specially for the event like a fake ice skating rink. A lot of the old stuff was there too - like the thrill of walking around in the desert, pathways lit only by luminarias - small paper bags with tea-light candles in them - and listening to a lot of great music from the bands dotted around the gardens.