Category: April

On the O’Keeffe Trail

By Charles C. Poling on Mar. 24, 2014

My horse—a big-boned, bombproof Norwegian fjord named Pooh—picked his way neatly down the sandy trail into the arroyo, gathered himself, and powered up the other side. Ahead, our trail string’s guide…

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Food for the Soul

By Cheryl Alters Jamison on Mar. 21, 2014

IN THE RESTAURANT WORLD, “new” always grabs headlines. Vintage dining establishments, though, can build on their classic character, day after day, decade upon decade, and show the arrivistes that aged…

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Breakfast Burrito Recipe

By Cheryl Alters Jamison & Bill Jamison on Mar. 20, 2014

Smothered Breakfast Burritos Here’s the classic plated New Mexico morning eye opener. If you’d like for the burritos to be in the also-popular on-the-run handheld style, make a few modifications. Use…

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One of Our 50 Is Found!

By The Staff on Mar. 20, 2014

Abiquiú Deputy Sheriff Elizardo “Lee” Maestas. SHOT TO THE HEART Although my mother’s family is from New Mexico, I was born and raised in California. I’ve visited New Mexico many times, as a child and…

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Contemporary Corrales

By Charles C. Poling on Mar. 20, 2014

Above: Brian and Carrie Freeman's Corrales home. After Brian and Carrie Freeman had lived for several years in a frame-and-adobe home Brian built in Corrales, they fell for an alluring lot nearby. In…

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Expect the Unexpected

By Rus Bradburd on Mar. 18, 2014

To sit and talk with the radiant Denise Chávez is both exhilarating and exhausting. She has the charisma to front a rock ’n’ roll band and the adrenaline to power a football team. Best known as one of…

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What's Happening

By Rob DeWalt on Mar. 18, 2014

APRIL 4 SOUTH AFRICA BY SOUTHWEST The Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir has sung with U2, Peter Gabriel, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. Although the ensemble excels at soulful renditions of…

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Historic Las Cruces

By S. Derrickson Moore on Mar. 18, 2014

NEED TO KNOW Casa Camino Real is open to the public daily during the 20th annual Border Book Festival, April 25–27, and regularly Thursday through Sunday and by appointment. 314 S. Tornillo St.;…

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The Last Hacienda

By S. Derrickson Moore on Jan. 31, 2014

“It’s my forever home,” Cliff Schlothauer says of his residence, the Don Rafael Bermudez House on Mesilla Plaza. And he certainly knows a thing or two about the upkeep of historic homes in this part…

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Red Chile Sauce and Capirotada

By Cheryl Alters Jamison on Jan. 29, 2014

Red Chile Sauce For centuries, farmers in Chimayó have grown a particular “landrace” of chile, different from other versions just a valley over, and a good bit different in appearance from the…

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