Visit the Pecos West Cyclorama
THERE GO A COUPLE of coyotes, snouts raised to the sky. Now a trio of bighorn sheep climb a mesa. Here come some outlaws on horseback, galloping past a bank. At the Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village…
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Hit the Road for Five Classic New Mexico Foods
GREEN CHILE CHEESEBURGER Sugar Nymphs Bistro chef-owner Ki Holste’s green chile cheeseburger is just one of the many beloved menu items that have made the funky Peñasco eatery a High Road destination…
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The Ultimate New Mexico Food Road Trip
“IT’S BUTTERY. THERE’S NO CHEW TO IT,” says Jerry Smith of the ideal chicharrón. “The meat itself has a crispy outside. But when you bite into it, you get that luscious fat penetrating this chunk of…
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Arthur Sze's Poetic Journey
“When a black butterfly flits past, when you glimpse the outlines of apple trees, when you smell the sprig of sunrise and walk up to the ditch …” ARTHUR SZE’S NEW BOOK OF POEMS leads off with a simple…
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Self-Portrait in a Complex Mirror
VICENTE TELLES CAREFULLY rolls open a storage cabinet, revealing a retablo of Our Lady of Guadalupe that’s more than 200 years old. “Pedro Antonio Fresquís, he’s the one known as the first native New…
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Three Outdoorsy Getaways
THE BLAKE, TAOS SKI VALLEY Opened in 2017 and named for Taos Ski Valley founder Ernie Blake, the stylish 80-room ski-in, ski-out hotel and spa is 20 yards from the valley’s Lift 1. “The resort…
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Wildlife Meets Luxury at Vermejo
FROM A SWATH of shortgrass prairie to a chain of alpine peaks, early morning light floods the big country of Vermejo, flushing out its inhabitants. Barreling up a ridge near the eastern boundary of…
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Art City, Here We Come
DAWN LIGHT BATHES ART CITY in pastels. Mauves and pinks unfurl over the desert plains, lending a gauzy morning majesty to the giant sculpture of a poppy-red mouth that sits outside my trailer. I open…
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What We're Reading: Fountain Creek
NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE contributor and Pueblo, Colorado, native Jim O’Donnell traces the flow of his hometown watershed in Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River (Torrey House Press). “The world…
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New Mexico's Chile Nights
NEW MEXICANS TEND to gather outside on December evenings. We want to be among the lights: blazing bonfires on Christmas Eve, little paper-bag-and-sand lanterns all season long, and even the…
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