Tag: Santa Fe

New Mexico Magazine True Heroes

By Elizabeth Miller on May. 12, 2020

Above: Sunrise Springs' 20 Silkie chickens are getting some special attention from staff without visitors to the resort. Photograph courtesy of Sunrise Springs. WHILE WE'RE ALL COOPED UP AT HOME…

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Five Things to Do This Weekend

By Maria Manuela on Apr. 23, 2020

Above: Emmalee Hill and Anna Robinson make up the Americana-folk-blues duo 3,000 Miles. Photograph by Bob Wilson, Frogworks Photography​ VIGILANCE ISN'T EASY. But it’s necessary if we want to keep our…

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Feeding Time

By Maria Manuela on Apr. 06, 2020

THE MORNING IS QUIET as my husband and I make the drive down NM 14 from Santa Fe to San Marcos Cafe & Feed Store for breakfast. The muted gray hue of the early-spring sky accentuates the gold tones…

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Eating Out

By Maria Manuela on Apr. 02, 2020

Above: Picnic NM packs its platters with local ingredients. Photograph courtesy of Lauren Stutzman. If you want to wow the gang at your next picnic, skip the packaged potato salad. Instead, turn to…

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Campfire Classic

By Alicia Inez Guzmán on Mar. 31, 2020

Above: Once a campfire classic, s'mores are now an everyday one. Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. Whether camping, glamping, hosting a party, getting married, or simply hanging out on your couch, the…

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Hard Core

By Kate Nelson on Feb. 10, 2020

Above: Fernando Ruiz. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. BY 13, FERNANDO RUIZ WAS RUNNING WITH A GANG, carrying guns, and delivering drugs in Phoenix. He spent his 21st birthday in one of former Maricopa…

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Birth of the Travelogue

By Kate Nelson on Jan. 27, 2020

Above: A hand-colored image of a New Mexico dude ranch. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. In 1925, the Fred Harvey Company announced something new and exotic: Indian Detours. Travelers who came west on…

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We Are Famille

By Maria Manuela on Jan. 16, 2020

Above: Sit down at Clafoutis for a light meal and one of their mouth-watering pastries. Then take one (or a few) for the road. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. TO VISIT CLAFOUTIS, the French bakery…

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White Shoes

By Ashley M. Biggers on Jan. 02, 2020

“IT'S JUST LIKE WALKING. Don’t make it weird,” a friend advises as I buckle into snowshoes for a maiden journey. With my first steps, I feel the urge to widen my stance and amble like a newbie cowgirl…

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Farolitos vs. Luminarias

By Kate Nelson on Dec. 13, 2019

IN A DECEMBER 3, 1590, journal entry, Spanish explorer Gaspar Costaño de Sosa mentioned the small bonfires his cohorts had lit to guide a scout back to camp. Luminarias, he called them, thereby…

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