Rail Yard Renaissance
ONE DECEMBER DAY IN 1920, Isadore Freed, a Russian émigré to New York and then Iowa, stepped off an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train at the Albuquerque depot. Behind him, the Alvarado Hotel…
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Category: 2022
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Gear up for outdoor fun. Ruidoso celebrates the coming of spring with an inaugural Outdoor Expo at the convention center on Saturday (10 a.m.–6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m.–4 p.m.). The…
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Alamogordo's Newest Brewery Takes Off
THE EARLIEST KERNELS of 575 Brewing Company began fermenting in Bill Arnold’s Alamogordo kitchen. “I just bought a homebrew kit one day,” he says. “I made a mess, but it was kind of drinkable.” He…
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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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Take in the Taos Inn's Adobe Bar
THE TAOS INN'S LOBBY comes by its nickname—“the living room of Taos”—naturally. More than a century ago, it was an open-air plaza with a town well that served as a gathering place. Today that locale…
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Flower Child
LIKE THE PUFFY CLUSTERS of yarrow flowers that blossom during the summer, Shayai Lucero (Laguna Pueblo) is a rare delight. As the owner of Earth & Sky Floral Designs, she is among the very small…
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Chicken Liver Pâté
Bar Castañeda & Kin Castañeda Hotel, 524 Railroad Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701…
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Bar Castañeda's Green Chile Smash Burger
Bar Castañeda & Kin Castañeda Hotel, 524 Railroad Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701…
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Sean Sinclair Cooks Up Historic Meals
FROM A TIJERAS KID teaching himself the basics of salsa, Sean Sinclair has blossomed into a chef worth knowing. His Bar Castañeda, at the renovated Castañeda Hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, was the…
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Record Keeper
KENNETH BROAD HELPS SAFEGUARD one of the most important legacies in rock ’n’ roll. As owner of the Norman Petty Recording Studios on Seventh Street in Clovis, Broad celebrates the producer and his…
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