Datebook: May 2024
IF FOOD IS ONE OF THE BEST ways to experience culture, then the New Mexico Tamale Festival cooks up the perfect chance to take a huge bite. The Cinco de Mayo celebration brings together local…
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Tag: Family Fun
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Hit the snow. Grab your snowshoes or cross-country skis and head to Chama on Saturday for the 51st annual Chama Chile Ski Classic. The 6km loop-course includes a section of the Cumbres & Toltec…
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Family Fun Beyond the Slopes
EACH YEAR, on the last weekend of February, a scene from Frozen plays out in the middle of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as a snow castle—complete with slides, staircases, and multiple rooms—rises…
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Feel at Ho-Ho-Home in Cloudcroft
MY DAUGHTER, WILLA, STANDS ON her tippy-toes, looking west from The Lodge at Cloudcroft’s copper-topped tower. From this 9,000-foot perch, light from the setting sun gets caught in dust over White…
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Pumpkin Spice Up Your Fall
Balzano Family Vineyard and Pumpkin Patch Celebrate 10 years of family fun as you pick pumpkins and sip wine at the 150-acre property between Artesia and Carlsbad. “It’s about bringing family…
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Balloon Fiesta First-Timer Guide
➤ Arrive early. On Mass Ascension days, it’s important to arrive before sunrise. “You might be sitting in line, but I think 5 a.m. is good,” says Neil Jackson, vice president of the Balloon Fiesta…
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Tips for Balloon Fiesta Photography
ALBUQUERQUE PHOTOGRAPHER AARON BLANC figures he wasn’t even a year old when he attended his first Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. He’s been a “balloonatic” ever since. Even while living away…
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Balloonist Makes a Comeback
KAREN CONVERSE AND HER CREW roll up to balloon events sporting matching pink-and-black apparel inspired by her 90,000-cubic-foot balloon, Penumbra, and its alternating vertical bands of color. A pink…
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Get to Know This Young Balloon Pilot
“I’M GONNA GO HOT!” Kierstynn Wehner shouts to her crew over the loud, droning noise of a nearby inflation fan. It’s just after sunrise in Rio Rancho as the 17-year-old triggers and steers a 15-foot…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Say baa . Navajo Churro sheep set their hoofprints in New Mexico hundreds of years ago, and their wool quickly earned the adoration of weavers and textile artists. A new exhibit, Art and Legacy of…
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