Bernalillo Is Grounded by Faith
THIS MONTH, NEW MEXICO’S FAITHFUL will observe the Christmas season with cherished traditions. That’s especially true in Bernalillo, a small town north of Albuquerque that has resisted the urban…
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Los Maestros del Norte Weaves Tradition and Art
AMID THE STARK MESAS and hidden valleys of Chimayó, a few shops serve as beacons of traditional Río Grande–style weaving. Generations of New Mexicans have handed down the art, just as award-winning…
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How Roswell Got an Iron Cross
A CREW OF 50 GERMAN WORLD WAR II–ERA POWs may be gone, but they’ll never be forgotten in Roswell. They crafted an emblem of their nation—an iron cross—in the riprap (stonework used to reinforce a…
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Take Off for Galactic Fun in Roswell
DID I BRING MY FLUX CAPACITOR? Do I have any interstellar goo on me? Have I recently visited the beta quadrant? The galactic flight attendant asks me these questions during the pre-boarding screening…
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Guide to Albuquerque's New Old Town
ON A WEDNESDAY EVENING, I sip a glass of wine in Old Town. Growing up in Albuquerque, I never envisioned myself enjoying this simple indulgence here. When I was a child, Old Town was reserved for…
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Art Heals at Secret Gallery
ON DECEMBER 22, 2021, a fire ripped through the warehouse where artist Jesse Littlebird kept his painting studio in Albuquerque’s Barelas neighborhood. Some $500,000 worth of works succumbed to the…
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Wine and Dine
SARA JO MATHEWS named Prairie Hill Café, the restaurant in Las Vegas’s Plaza Hotel, after the road leading to her family’s ranch. Their beef stars in the Jackpot Cowboy, a triple-layered, nine-ounce…
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Luxurious Lodgings
Sierra Grande Media mogul Ted Turner owns two parcels of land the size of national parks outside Truth or Consequences, and the Sierra Grande retreat is the jumping-off point for explorations of them…
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Hotel Andaluz Shines
ENTER THE HOTEL ANDALUZ'S LOBBY, in downtown Albuquerque, and the “Middle Casbah,” an alcove seating area, just might invite you to lounge a bit while sipping a cocktail near its fish-tank table. But…
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Visit Three Hotels with Hidden History
Eklund Hotel “Around here, the Old West hasn’t died,” says Keith Barras, one of the owners and managers of the Eklund Hotel, in Clayton. Swedish immigrant Carl Eklund opened the inn in 1894, and it…
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