Raising Phoenix: Whirlwind of Kitsch

How our columnist learned to stop worrying and love cowboy boots and ocotillo-emblazoned drinking glasses. by Amy Silverman | illustration by Laura Spalding Best Many years ago, I opened a holiday box from an old friend and curled my lip. Tucked among the much-appreciated bar of guest soap, fancy dish towel and pretty floral scarf was a Blakely glass tumbler. On the card, my friend explained that she’d found it in a vintage shop somewhere in the Pacific Northwest and thought of me. That glass wa