How Sparky's Became Legendary
Above: Sparky’s Restaurant. Photograph Courtesy of Sparky’s Restaurant. Colonel Sanders relaxes with Uncle Sam below a rooftop family of giants wielding mugs of root beer next to some Chernobyl-size…
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Category: September 2019
One of Our 50 Is Missing
Above: Illustration by Chris Philpot. NOT-SO-SMART PHONE You know how when you’re texting on a smartphone, little emojis pop up as suggested inserts—like a birthday cake appears when you type…
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Where Ancient Ways Abide
Above: Sky City towers over Acoma's rugged landscape. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. MARISSA CHINO, OUR TOUR GUIDE, spots me lagging behind the group and urges me to join everyone else at the sheer…
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Artist We Love: Deborah Pierson
Above: A sampling of Deborah Pierson's collection. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. Deborah Pierson vegetable-tans leather for bags, purses, and clutches, adding woven wool touches for a refined…
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The Man Leading Indian Market Toward Its 100th Anniversary
Above: Ira Wilson. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. IRA WILSON GREW UP among a family of artists. His father was a painter, his grandmother a weaver, his uncle a jeweler. When he moved to Albuquerque…
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Urban Jungle
Above: Hitting the Paseo del Bosque Trail is like taking a mini-vacation from the city. Photograph Courtesy of ABQ Free Images. The Albuquerque metropolitan area has about one million humans. But it…
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Chiles Rellenos, Mom's Way
Above: Richard, Alicia, and Dolores Guzmán dig in. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. MY SECOND YEAR IN GRAD SCHOOL, I promised to serve chiles rellenos to my PhD adviser and her husband. Without my mom…
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Eighties Kid
Above: Jon Sanchez in his Albuquerque studio. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT’S HOT AND I’VE SPENT MOST of the day at the Hispanic Contemporary Market, on the Santa Fe Plaza, waiting for a cloud…
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¡Felicidades!
Above: A margarita paris with every meal at La Posta. Courtesy of La Posta de Mesilla. In September 1939, San Francisco was hosting the Golden Gate International Exposition. On the opposite coast…
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