Muse Traveler
Santa Fe grandmother Jenny Zamora Valdez has a lot to brag about. Not only does she talk with her granddaughter, Kirstin Valdez Quade, every other day, but said granddaughter recently won the…
Read MorePosts From: April 2015
Blast to the Past
NEED TO KNOW Bernalillo Abuelita’s 621 S. Camino del Pueblo; (505) 867-9988; abuelitasnmkitchen.com Coronado Historic Site 485 Kuaua Rd.; (505) 867-5351; nmmonuments.org/coronado Hyatt Regency…
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Taking the Plunge
Canada's Hay River flows east from British Columbia into the remote, glaciated Northwest Territories before surging into a deep gorge and spilling over two waterfalls. The second and larger of the…
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Only in NM
BEAUTY IN THE BEAST It’s above freezing for the first time in days, so I bundle up for a walk. If the wind isn’t too strong, I have a destination in mind: the bottom of a nearby arroyo where centuries…
Read MoreLee Marmon: An Eye for Change
It’s hard to keep a straight face learning that 89-year-old photographer Lee Marmon wished he’d done more to capture the old people and the old ways at Laguna and Acoma Pueblos. This is, after all…
Read MoreThe Summer Looks Bright
Museum Hill's Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer, by Craig Dan Goseyun, and the Laboratory of Anthropology, designed by John Gaw Meem. NEED TO KNOW Museum Hill is on Camino Lejo, just off Old Santa Fe…
Read MoreKeep On Truckin’
THE STREET FOOD INSTITUTE Some five years ago, Joslynn Gutierrez drove past a forlorn-looking food truck sitting on an Albuquerque street with a “for sale” sign stuck in the window. Her brother was…
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At last year's Outside Bike & Brew Festival in Santa Fe. APRIL 29–MAY 3, 22–24 BIKE IT AND SPIKE IT One of the nation’s premier cycling events, Tour of the Gila comprises five days of enthralling bike…
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