Santa Fe

When people first visit Santa Fe, the very first thing we suggest they do is take the Loretto Line Tour, the city’s oldest touring company.  Their enthusiastic guides drive you around the historic downtown and outskirts of the city…

One of the oldest houses in America is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The De Vargas Street House was built in 1646 and the front original rooms are carefully maintained and still standing for touring.  It rests on part…

Amy just got back from spending a sister’s vacay in Santa Fe where she and Bardbabe rented a casita in Tesuque (a quiet village like the Topanga Canyon of Los Angeles) and discovered new places like Museum Hill, the…

If you’re looking for a place to stay that has Route 66 nostalgia, distinctive Southwestern design, and is uniquely different situated smack in The City Different … hello El Rey Inn of Santa Fe, New Mexico!  We’ve driven by hundreds …

When Mr.D and I are in Santa Fe we like to have lunch on the historic plaza and then walk about four blocks over to the The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.  This is the largest single repository of her work…

This week our Guest Q&A is with Kristin Connolly Schillaci … an artist we’ve consistently art-stalked every September when she exhibits with the Durango Autumn Arts Festival.  The first time we met her she was standing in her booth,…

Nambe, New Mexico is a widely known place in the Southwest, and collectors of the tableware line (by the same name) are from virtually every continent.  When in Santa Fe, we always stop into the Nambe store near the historic…

We recently had a beautiful lunch at Santacafe that surpassed everything we'd heard about their elegant, seasonal reputation. Half way through the meal I was asking Mr.D, "How in the name of Pasqual (patron saint of cooks) have we not been here until now???"

Right now at this very moment all across the Southwest people are spotting bright hand-painted pottery and yelling ‘Stop the car!”  These places really don’t need signage.  I know when I’m driving and see vibrant orange-faced suns with wispy psychedelic …

When I travel around the Southwest, I’ve already researched where to stop for the best green chile cheeseburger in town.  I love them, like people in Philly love their cheesesteaks, Kansas City loves their burnt ends, and New Orleans…