Since my first visit to the Art House Centro-- during an exploratory trip preceding my move from…read moreConnecticut to Tucson-- I've kept coming back to the place, as much to browse for fun as to buy anything, and sometimes to savor Mexican food in the restaurant in the courtyard (preferably within view of the turtle pond in its ring of contented-looking mesquite trees). Bright, hard-edged southwestern colors prevail in the shops within, where local artists' works are for sale, and since each shop is a separate business the place is a labyrinth of little rooms, each room giving onto the next, yet more eccentric one before you know it. The merchandise offered, room-to-room, includes not only the artworks but also books, gewgaws and greeting cards; old countercultural records and posters; vintage clothing; wines from Arizona and sodas from Mexico; and distinctive southwestern edibles such as multihued transparent lollipops with spider and scorpion husks inside (great fun for the kids!). I do highly recommend a thorough browse, or even a souvenir-shopping spree, in the Art House Centro to anyone with a few hours in downtown Tucson to spare.