Yes, New Mexico Is a State
GIVE HIM THE BUTTE Brian Leavy, of Albuquerque, was pleased recently when he received a commemorative New Mexico gift set that included a state quarter and an engraved pocketknife. Opening the white…
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Category: September 2018
Things We Love: This VRBO With a Pond
Above: Lake of Clouds House, Taos. You can stay here. Enjoy 3 bedrooms (plus den), 2½ baths, a hot tub, and a sauna. Oh, and did we mention the lake? Photographs Courtesy VRBO.com I found the house…
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Philmont Is the New Home of the National Scouting Museum
Above: The National Scouting Museum. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. I'M IN A ROOM FILLED WITH TREASURE. Some of it has passed through generations, some crossed continents. Some came from attics and…
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Things We Love: Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
Above: Libations from Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery. Photograph by John McCauley. Wild-harvested juniper berries and foraged herbs infuse Tumbleroot Botanical Gin with a taste of the high desert…
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4 Delicious Barbecue Side Dish Recipes
Above: Hatch green chile fires up a side of corn at Sparky's. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. Barbecue, both as a cooking technique and as an excuse for revelry, has been the great American pastime for…
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September Events For the Kids
Above: Thrills at the New Mexico State Fair. Courtesy Albuquerque Free Images. Two words: baby animals. Kids love to ogle and coo over the fluffy inhabitants of the Red Barn at the New Mexico State…
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Made In New Mexico
Above: Syzygy Tile. Photograph by Jay Hemphill. Makers have always been the foundation of New Mexico culture, from the great builders of Chaco Canyon to the designers of interactive neon sea urchins…
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This Augmented Reality Exhibit at Artechouse Offers a Serene Experience
Above: Responsive projections make visitors a part of the show. Photograph by Josh Marks. Take a tentative step into the black-and-white pool of light and watch as ripples flow across the cement…
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Meet the Mariachi Margaritas
Above: The Mariachi Margaritas. Courtesy Karina Vela. Brownsville, Texas’, Mariachi Margaritas stand out for a couple reasons. Watch them, and they’ll lull you with their beautiful melodies and…
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The Story Behind Inscription Rock
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, people have found their way to a small pond fed by a reliable spring below a towering cliff. There, they rested, watered their horses, and camped under a diamond-specked sky…
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