One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. MIDWEST NOT-SO-NICE After a visit to Tucson, JANICE JONES was returning to the Midwest via Amtrak, on the Sunset Limited, set to change trains in San Antonio, Texas…
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Tag: Reader Stories
One of Our 50 Is Missing: Jan/Feb 2023
DON'T MESS WITH MARYLAND Reader JOEL GALLANT notes that while many “One of Our 50” stories involve people confusing New Mexico for Mexico, our state can go missing in other ways, too. Before he moved…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2022
DESTINATION UNKNOWN On his way back to Santa Fe from a visit to New Orleans, Patrick Murphy needed to check in for his flight at an airline desk. When he got to the front of the line, the clerk saw…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2022
Roll Those R’s National media had a field day over a spelling error too large to miss. In July, the New Mexico Department of Transportation upgraded a truck-size directional sign on I-40 that told…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2022
Meta-Googling Jon Jackson, who lives in Albuquerque, sent in a whopper that belongs only in virtual reality. When his Google Pixel 3 XL phone battery failed a few years back, he sent Google a message…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: September 2022
Drivin’ Me Crazy Edgewood resident Ed Gerber had been waiting—and waiting—five months for the delivery of a new car. After the delivery date had changed several times, he contacted Subaru’s corporate…
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