Editor's Letter: Hotel Perks
“WHAT ARE THOSE?” a woman from California asks as our six-person tour group moves from La Fonda on the Plaza’s lobby into an alcove near the registration desk. She motions toward a display of more…
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Tag: La Fonda
Don't Sleep on These Art Tours
ONETIME TAOS RESIDENT AND AUTHOR D.H. Lawrence also loved to paint. He just wasn’t as good at representing his mostly biblical or mythical—and often nude—subjects as he was at writing novels. In 1929…
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Hotels with History
TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE IN NEW MEXICO between sunrise and sunset and eventually you’ll start to envision a soft place to rest your head. Spanish colonists caravanning north along the Camino Real called…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
Above: Start your holiday shopping at the Winter Indian Market at La Fonda on the Plaza. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. 1 Support Indigenous artists at Winter Indian Market. Native artists show their…
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In Remembrance: The Concierge’s Concierge
Steve Wimmer gave perfect service as the gregarious, huge-hearted Chef Concierge at La Fonda on the Plaza. Photograph courtesy of La Fonda on the Plaza. ON OCTOBER 19, 1989, a tall, red-headed…
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Wild West Hospitality with Jenny Kimball
Jenny Kimball helped lead the renovation of Santa Fe's La Fonda on the Plaza. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. WHEN JENNY KIMBALL, board chair of Santa Fe’s La Fonda on the Plaza, and architect Barbara…
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Meet Eight Exceptional Women Forging New Paths in New Mexico
Collette Marie incorporates New Mexican imagery such as coyotes, quails, and medicinal plants in her work. Photographs by Jay Hemphill. How Artist Collette Marie Infuses Folk Art with Memory The…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend: New Year's Eve
Light up New Year's Eve with your own special touch at home. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash. Make it special at home. Those big New Year’s Eve parties are out this year. But don’t set yourself up for…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
The Fred Harvey History Weekend explores the many aspects of his legacy, including the Castañeda Hotel in Las Vegas. Photograph courtesy Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Get…
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What Would Mary Do?
IN 1931, A WOMAN known to us only as “Edna” booked a trip from Chicago to the Grand Canyon aboard the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. A stopover in Santa Fe left her enraptured, particularly by…
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