A New Home in New Mexico's Ski Scene
LAURA SPECTOR COMPETED at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in biathlon, which requires skate skiing then shooting targets with a .22-caliber rifle. Now settling into life in Los Alamos, Spector…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Float over Gallup. Hot-air balloons mosey along dramatic canyons and over sandstone cliffs at the Red Rock Balloon Rally—the second-largest balloon rally in North America (and in New Mexico!)—which…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Halloween and Día de los Muertos Halloweekend, Los Alamos If you’re that person—or family—who’s really into Halloween, Los Alamos is the place to be this weekend, as the city’s annual…
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Manhattan Project Leaders, Frozen in Time
IN THE END, J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER and Leslie Groves’s time in Los Alamos flitted past quickly. Their legacy, however, lives on—not only in a pair of bronze statues downtown but also in the city’s…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Join the party of the century. Hundredth birthdays call for a party, and this weekend’s Santa Fe Indian Market gets the big-bash treatment for reaching its 100th year as the nation’s premier Native…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a fair time. Stars, Stripes, and Summer Nights is the theme of this year’s Rodeo Parade at the Los Alamos County Fair. It winds down Central Avenue at 10 a.m. on Saturday. “This year we have…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Throw some mud. You can see ceramics, purchase pottery, and even coat yourself in raw materials during the Silver City Clay Festival this weekend. “Clay is a great connector for all New Mexicans,”…
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Shop the Cricket Window for Local Treasures
IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEKDAY HOUR, three clumps of shoppers see past the understated entrance of Ginny Roemer and Rachel Hensen’s shop and crowd into its four small rooms, each packed with pillows…
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20 Green Chile Cheeseburgers To Try Now
Check out this map of the top 20 green chile cheeseburgers Pajarito Brewpub & Grill When owner Patrick Mockler-Wood calls Pajarito Brewpub’s Green Chile Pub Burger ($19) a “smash burger,” it’s not…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate Burque’s birthday For 316, Albuquerque, you’re lookin’ good. Celebrate the Duke City’s founding in 1706 Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. in Old Town with live music by Mariachi Tenampa…
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