Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Cozy up to fiber arts. The Murray Hotel Ballroom in Silver City hosts the Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective’s Fall Fiber Arts Sale on Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 2…
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Category: October
Don Silviares, El Verdulero
MY PRIMO INTRODUCES me to the barber. “So you’re from Embudo?” the barber asks me, the snip of his scissors rhythmically slicing through the slow afternoon. “When I was a kid growing up in Dawson…
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The Fechin House Builds on Its Past
FOR THOSE WHO spend a fair amount of time in northern New Mexico, entering the historic Fechin House in Taos brings a sense of welcome familiarity. The home of the Taos Art Museum is known as an…
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New Mexico’s Lost Watering Holes
Thornton-Curry Saloon. George Curry, a former Rough Rider and governor of New Mexico Territory, briefly operated a Lincoln saloon with cattleman J.Y. Thornton. Built around 1887, the adobe building…
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This Coffee Is Brewing Up a Storm
WHEN TOM PATTON’S roommate showed him how to use a hot-air popcorn popper for roasting coffee in their University of New Mexico dorm room, Patton found his passion. “I thought it was the coolest…
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Fall into Fun at McCall’s
FOR SIX WEEKS every fall, people from throughout New Mexico flock to McCall’s Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Farm, in Moriarty, to pick pumpkins, wander the corn maze, taste delicious treats, and, if…
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Barelas Is for the Gente
A CALICO CAT LOUNGES ON THE PATIO in front of La Mexicana Tortilla Co. Cleo and her two cohorts are street cats in their golden years that the crew of the historic Albuquerque establishment treat with…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Touch the sky. One of the most photographed events in the world, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta lifts off Saturday morning at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque. Over nine days, more…
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An Ode to the St. James Hotel
THE BULLET HOLES in the ceiling will be missed. So, too, will the St. James Hotel’s bison burgers, ice-cold beers, and the sound of bootheels on the old wooden floor. The list of Old West figures who…
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Brunch It Up at Vine
MATT DIETZ WAS a visitor to Red River long before he became a resident. The Texas-born transplant grew up vacationing in the mountain town, sometimes multiple times each year. “I don’t think my…
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