DRP – Late Dec/Jan Cliffs

A tad bit late posting the monthly summary, it’s been a busy kick-off to the year!

December was pretty awesome.

We kicked it off with out usual Sunday Cars & Coffee at MINI of Tempe which is always a great turn out – always nice to see some new faces there too Ms Katie Blaker was kind enough to get us a sweet deal at Papa Murphy’s in Peoria for their grand opening – MINIs at Murphys. We brought out the MINI crew and they supplied us with many pizzas which we baked up at Mark Ryan/Teresa Flores’ home after mingling with Santa for a while. Sunday Sweets was at Rita’s and we pretty much took over their entire inside area. Even in the December cold, their gelato is delicious. The Holiday Lights Run was great, not too many people got lost haha. There were some very festive homes and the end point was a MINI owner who eats, drinks and sleeps Christmas apparently. George Rocheleau, Tate Lickfeldt and William Solan won prizes for the best decorated cars and a good time was had by all. The month ended with our usual Pavilions Car Show, had some Dee and Larry popped in from Vegas and there were some new folks as well. It was a pretty legit month.

Pictures by George Rocheleau, Desert Magazine, me

January also kicked off with Cars & Coffee at the dealership, some of us were a little ruined from Rocky Horror the night before but it was a wonderful morning. Sunday Sweets turned into a crock pot exchange at Krispy Kreme, we were mildly overtaken by Mustangs but it was a nice evening. The Pavilions got a little crazy because Barrett Jackson was in town so the MINI crew was somewhat over-shadowed. Some very cool cars were there and cruising around all week though, very good scenery. The January Pajama Jam was pretty fun, most everyone was rocking their PJs and we went on a very nice drive to Fountain Hills, the weather was perfect and we ended it with bagels and the DRP serious business meeting at the Fountain Park. Karting night at Octane had a small but effective turn out and there was some good racing going on out there. Sean Grimes and Richard Newby always rock it.