The Colors of New Mexico
DOZENS OF BOTTLES OF FINE POWDER line the windows of Stella Maria Baer’s Santa Fe studio. Their contents vary vastly in color. Some are light mauves. Others are deep spruce greens, sunny yellows, and…
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High Flyin’ Finds in Eagle Nest
DEB AND PATRICK ESPIE purchased the 1880s building in downtown Eagle Nest right before the Covid-19 pandemic. The couple had recently moved from Ohio and were ready to invest in a new business. Deb’s…
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Vintage Meets Local at the Heirloom Shop
IN DOWNTOWN RATÓN, across from the stately brick railway station, Jacob Blackwell is arranging organic vegetables and minding the register inside the Heirloom Shop. With its emerald awning and vintage…
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The Buzz About Honey
KATEE KLEIBER got her start tending bees in Amarillo, Texas. “I kept hearing about the bees being in trouble,” she says. “So beekeeping seemed like a really cool way to give back and help humanity.”…
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Dive Into These Five Hotel Pools
FOR THE FAMILY Nestled among palm trees and Spanish-style gardens, the pool at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces is “the only one of its kind in southern New Mexico,” says Liz Robinson, corporate director…
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Let’s Get Toasted
“FOOD IS MY PASSION,” says Ashley Trebitowski, founder of Toasted Albuquerque. “I travel for food, I cook for food, I live for food.” But until last summer, Trebitowski wasn’t in the business of food…
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Find Stuff You’ll Love at And Stuff
“BACK IN THE 1980s AND 1990s, Nob Hill was the local retail destination in Albuquerque,” explains Jacob Fox. “But brick-and-mortar retail hasn’t been a super viable business option for a lot of…
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Elevate Your Everyday at High Noon
MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO, Hannah Humpheries left her home in Wales and traveled, first by boat, then by train, finally by carriage, to the booming city of San Francisco. There, she made her living by…
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Lineage Seeds Plants Traditions
THE FIRST THING MOST people learn when they begin gardening or farming, Jared Hagood laments, “is to open a catalog and order your seeds.” But it wasn’t always this way. People used to share their…
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Bison Star Elevates Your Self-Care
WHEN JACQUELENE MCHORSE became a new mother, she and her husband, Angelo, often found themselves frustrated in the pharmacy aisle. “In Taos, there aren’t a ton of options for buying stuff,” she says…
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