In 1928 they built a concrete road in Santa Fe and they were pretty proud of it. How do I know the year and that they were proud of it? They inserted a brass plaque in the concrete: The road is now an orphaned section of Marcy St just East of the intersection with Paseo de Peralta. So a construction project from 85 years ago is still surviving because it was made from that incredible new product concrete. But the evolution of the community has… Read More »Road Pride
Santa Fe is one of the top art destinations in the USA and as a result there is lots of public art. Bronze Bear Brass lizard Granite Shape Massive Shapes There are a few more pictures on Flickr What a wonderful place Santa Fe is.
First a word about New Mexican wine. We have tried a few on previous visits and have been underwhelmed. But the Blachers took us to Casa Rondena Winery and we drank a lovely bottle of Meritage sitting on the winery patio. It was the start of a beautiful evening. The winery grounds were magical, the wine was excellent They had the sound of running water and the company was great. We saw the sun setting on the on the Sandia Mountains. In Santa Fe we… Read More »Casa Rondena Winery
We went to the to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque for the “glowdeo” on Thursday night but it was canceled because of high wind. Click here to see some pictures from three years ago when I went with Gene B. The next day we shopped and sent postcards and went to dinner with our friends the Blachers. It looked like we weren’t going to see any balloons. On Saturday morning I opened the curtains of our hotel room and there were about a hundred balloons… Read More »Balloon Fiesta
When you go to Santa Fe and you should. Try to stay at the Inn of the Governors. They have beautiful flower baskets. and very nice rooms The Inn of the Governors is only a block or two from the Plaza so it is easy to immerse yourself in the culture. Central Santa Fe is one of the few cities in the USA that is different from everywhere other city in the USA. Others are Savannah, GA and New Orleans. Nurit likes the air and… Read More »Inn of the Governors
Is it a good idea to call a gymnasium in the west: “Buddha Fitness Club?” To me and I think to many others in the west Buddha connotes mental but not physical health. We saw the sign on a new business in the Santa Fe Railyard District. They have a web site and seem to realize the irony of there name because their tag line is: “Give your Buddha Belly a Six Pack.” Buddha Fitness Club As a marketing concept maybe it can work? Remember… Read More »Buddha Fitness
While posting the pictures from our trip last month to Santa Fe I discovered that I had never finished the pictures from our trip there in January cheating you out of a short vicarious vacation. Here is my favorite picture of the set: It was sunny in Santa Fe in January. It is drizzling in Pasadena in June. Click here to see the entire set of sun and snow pictures. Some nice sunny pictures could cheer you up.
Nurit and I went to Santa Fe last week with our friends Gretchen and Randy. We shopped, I wrote postcards, we looked at art and we ate great food. Mostly what we did was soak in the atmosphere of a place that is different. It was an excellent trip and a great relief from the elder management issues we are currently dealing with in Pasadena. You can see all of our pictures from the trip here. You can see more of our Santa Fe pictures… Read More »Santa Fe in May
The title is self explanatory. Here is the first entry: An unmatched set in Espanola Mobile homes are an underrepresented group in the annual calendar sales catagory. This one reminds me of “The Roundabouts of Derby” calendar I received from my brother Tom B. in England a few years ago. Unfortunately it and any reference to it on the web are still missing.
Our first week in Santa Fe Nurit and I drove up to Los Ojos with Missy the dog. We went up to see the weaving cooperative they have in Los Ojos and the countryside on the way. It was magnificent. We drove into town on the back road and had a beautiful view of the town from above and the local catholic shrine. The shrine of mystery Los Ojos On the way up we stopped in an area that was having an art and crafts… Read More »The Road to Los Ojos