Ride the Río's Rapids
Above: Yes, there are rivers in New Mexico—and some move really fast. Photograph by Ryan Heffernan. CALL IT "RIVER TIME"—that hypnotic space where the real world falls away and you float, just float…
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Tag: Summer Guide
Drink in a Sunset
Above: Bell Tower Bar serves up a great view with its margaritas and appetizers. Photograph courtesy of La Fonda. When you perch atop the historic La Fonda Hotel, on the Santa Fe Plaza, your Bell…
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Walk Among the Murals
Above: Kenneth Malone's portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe adorns Spirit Winds, a cafe and gift shop. Photograph courtesy of Kenneth Malone. WHEN SEBASTIAN "VELA" VELAZQUEZ moved to Las Cruces nearly a…
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Summer, Spectacular!
WE'VE BEEN COOPED UP for too long, so let's squeeze every last drop of fun and adventure out of the next few months (once it's safe to do so*). You've got 92 glorious days to ride the rapids of the…
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Tesuque Summer
Above: Illustration by Brett Affrunti. NEARLY FOUR DECADES AGO, I moved to New Mexico very much for winter—as a place to ski, to schuss down slopes above Santa Fe and Taos, and to enjoy hearty dishes…
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Ode to Pecos
Above: Illustration by Brett Affrunti. THE DOLL IS AS TALL AS ME, a girl on a patch of lush green grass. I talk to her and she talks back. A lone peacock ambles, wails, and dandies about. I barely…
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Alligators
Above: Illustration by Brett Affrunti. LATE-1980S MIDSUMMER EVENINGS we would go irrigate the fields. Mama and Stepdad shoved their shovels into the bed of the dusty green 1952 Willys truck, the…
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