Bootheel
Above: A scene from the Bootheel in southwestern NM: a majestic yucca in the Playas Valley, with the Animas mountains in the background. February 1972 Bootheel excitement—and beauty—lie always just…
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Category: February 2016
One of Our 50 Is Missing | February 2016
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Ken Kawata of Las Cruces writes: “During our recent vacation to Scandinavia, I told a stranger in Bergen, Norway, that we were from New Mexico; he responded, ‘You’re from the…
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New Revelations
Above: Lloyd Kiva New designed this Southwest-patterned ensemble; it dates to the early 1980s. Photo by Kitty Leaken White leather Kiva bag with Charles Loloma detailing, from the 1950s. Photo by…
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Cooking Up a Scene
Above: Cured meats, cheeses, and bread are from Cheesemongers of Santa Fe. Left page, clockwise from top right: Che! Chimichurri. La Quercia Speck Americano. Barrio Brinery’s escabeche. Creminelli…
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Putting the Art in Artesia
Above: The Artesia Public Library was designed to showcase the 1952 Peter Hurd mural The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It, which originally occupied a Houston office building. THE BEST PLACE…
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15th Annual New Mexico Magazine Photography Contest
Above: Los Volcanoes of Albuquerque by John Whitney, Grand Prize winner . The judges are unanimous: It gets harder to pick the photo contest winners every year. This is a very good problem for us to…
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Fat Tuesday in Red River
Above: At the Pirate Krewe Ball at the Black Diamond Grill, King Michael Johnstone hoists the grog as Queen Hannah Gadri draws nigh. Wayne Evanson performs with Fritz Davis and Friends at Mountain…
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On The Up and Up
Above: Nob Hill Main Street Association president Robert Munro, with the new centennial mural by Aaron Stromberg that celebrates Colonel D.K.B. Sellers and the evolution of his vision. Sellers’ 1938…
Read MorePride and Joy | Editor’s Letter | February 2016
“I LIVE IN NOB HILL,” says Kurt Oelsner. “I grew up in the area. I’ve seen it go through good times and bad. And I wanted to be part of it.” Oelsner’s a partner in ChocolateDude Coffee and Candy…
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New Mexico Magazine Photo Contest Winners in First-Ever Public Exhibition
From cloud-swept mountains to sunlit pueblos, to soaring hawks and chain link steering wheels, amateur photographers from around the world submitted more than 1200 pictures to New Mexico Magazine’s…
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