Izanami’s Happiest Hours
THE SERVER ARRIVES with a bottle of Chokaisan Junmai Daiginjo Nama sake and a look of knowing anticipation. He sets down a glass, leans in slightly, and begins to chant as he fills it…
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Tag: Santa Fe
Tia Sophia’s Lands in Roswell
A TRAIL OF LITTLE GREEN men leads us to Tia Sophia’s Roswell. The Santa Fe restaurant’s satellite location, which opened in April, already seems right at home in the UFO Capital of the World’s…
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Walking with Willa Cather
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS SEEMED to dare her to write about them. The literary allure was in their potent name, meaning “the Blood of Christ.” It evoked the saturated hue that flushed over them…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a wild weekend. Step into a village frozen in time for Old Lincoln Days and The Last Escape of Billy the Kid pageant. The village of Lincoln is the state’s most visited historic site, and for a…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Stop and smell the lavender. Let your plant curiosity bloom on Saturday during the 20th annual Lavender in the Village Festival, held at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: July 2026
BAD ROMANCE CAITLIN KUNDRAT and her fiancé were nearly denied a marriage license at New York City Hall after handing over their state IDs. “The marriage bureau does not accept foreign driver’s…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Jump into the page. Get ready to geek out about the latest books and discover local authors this weekend at the second annual Book Fest at the ABQ Collective. “Last year we had a turnout of 600…
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A Santa Fe Mystery Returns
ILAN STAVANS VISITS northern New Mexico cemeteries to see how Jewish and Catholic symbols mix on some of the headstones. “The Star of David with a cross or a kabbalistic hand,” says the Amherst…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Toast to summer. Sip and shop at New Mexico’s longest running wine festival, the Santa Fe Wine Festival, Saturday and Sunday at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. “The unique nature of our grounds being…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Celebrate adobe. More than a building material or an architectural hallmark, adobe is a cultural practice that is very much alive in New Mexico today. “Adobe is not just a historical artifact,” says…
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