New Mexico

This post is in celebration of Mabel Dodge Luhan’s birthday (February 26, 1879).  A great patron of the arts and central figure of the Taos Art Colony, we visited her house this…

It’s a given … every trip to Taos we have our first breakfast at Michael’s Kitchen.  And on our recent jaunt, a 4 hour drive southeast of Durango … a misty…

When someone mentions they’re traveling to Taos and are wanting a taste of northern New Mexican cuisine … something different, a unique setting … and especially if they’re celebrating a special occasion…

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…

When we travel around the Southwest, we stick with the 75% planed, 25% spontaneous rule.  We also do a lot of research for our scheduled time, and if there is…

Owner Randy Rodriguez says he’s ‘too lazy to work and too honest to steal’ and that’s why he’s run his antique store for almost three decades now.  A treasure trove of ‘Cowboy…

The first time I made this, it was on a freezing cold December night in Taos, New Mexico.  I’d first thought of it much earlier, on an afternoon we once spent…

In the spring of 2011, Mr.D and I lived in Santa Fe, within walking distance to the main historic plaza.  We walked three times a day or more, along the…