The Aphonopelma chalcodes (what I'm assuming you mean by Arizona Blonde), and pretty well all US-native tarantulas from the Aphonopelma group do great in a very basic setup - room temperature, no extra humidity required. Just offer a cage large enough for you to offer a hide spot and a shallow water dish and some floor space in between. Fill the enclosure up with packed substrate (Eco-Earth/coco fiber works fantastically) until the distance between the surface of the substrate and the top of the enclosure is no more than 1.5 times the legspan of the tarantula.
These guys are generally docile but known to have decent feeding responses. When they're young, I'd offer 2-3 crickets (about the same size as the abdomen) per week. Then as they get older you keep the relative size of the prey items the same and offer 1-2 per week.
They're super hardy and easy to care for, just spot clean when you find food boluses (undigested parts of prey items). They will fast when they're approaching a molt, and after they've molted, food should be withheld for at least a week to allow the exoskeleton to harden. That's about itthey're a great beginner species to be certain.
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