Add Enchantment to Your Holiday Decor
Light it up. The tiny mining town of Madrid has an outsize reputation for lighting the night. In the early 1900s, the town enjoyed free electricity supplied by the coal mining companies, which allowed…
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Tag: Santa Fe
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Dance with the Nutcracker. Festival Ballet Albuquerque puts an enchanting spin on The Nutcracker this weekend by incorporating New Mexican heritage and traditions into Tchaikovsky’s traditional…
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Bakeries with Flour Power
WHILE COOKIES AND CAKES get much of the attention during the holidays, bread has more than earned a spot on the table. Since not everyone can be a master baker, we’ve found five places to pick up a…
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Gift Holiday Cheer with Local Art
1. Dennis Vialpando carves Santa heads and other Christmas creations with a chain saw, using leftover ponderosa logs he gathers from the lumberyards and sawmills in Las Vegas and Española. Vialpando…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Shop small at these Christmas markets. String of Lights Market, Santa Fe Sixty vendors take over the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion at the Railyard on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. The eighth annual…
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Experience New Mexico's Skiing Wonderland
FOR THE EXPERT Want steep thrills? Don’t miss the cliff-riddled chutes and 3,250-foot vertical drop from Taos Ski Valley’s high point, Kachina Peak. Then again, the moguls on Al’s Run—named after a…
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Find Holiday Magic in Santa Fe
ON A WINTRY MORNING in downtown Santa Fe, a handsome man strolls past the Cathedral Basilica and pauses before turning to his companion. “There’s nothing like Santa Fe at Christmastime,” he says…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See the sparkle. Twinkling lights make for one of the most magical holiday experiences. Catch your share of glittery cheer at these parades and farolito-laden sites this weekend. Twinkle Light…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. DEEP SOUTH Both BRUCE MORRISON of Elephant Butte and CATHARINE STRINGFELLOW of Rio Rancho wrote to apprise us of a web article making the rounds titled “The Best Lake…
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Beauty Awaits at These Luxury Spas
EAST MEETS WEST at the Inn of the Five Graces, a gorgeous Santa Fe getaway on the city’s oldest street that’s decorated with treasures from the ancient Silk Road. The sumptuous spa, embellished with…
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