By Dianna M. Náñez | The Republic | azcentral.com
Dave “Stickman” Cortiana rubbed his tattooed hand along his dog’s side as she shut her eyes and stretched out on the warm brick sidewalk just off Mill Avenue in Tempe.
“She’s my Ruby,” Cortiana said. “She’s my blessing.”
It was the kind of Arizona weather that natives and transplants brag about. The time of year when tourists take refuge from winter and watch their favorite baseball team play a spring-training game.
Tempe is a favorite among tourists because of its central location between ballparks, and because of the historic feel of Mill Avenue mixed with its modern shops and restaurants.
