Inn on the Alameda | The Authentic Guide to Santa Fe

Life IS a Dream in Santa Fe

Santa Fe Red — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:39:00 +0000

Life in Santa Fe is certainly dreamy in general, but even we who live in this southwestern dreamscape need the escape from reality that great art provides. Big dreams in the arts can pay off big time but there are no guarantees. What can you say about an opera company that would give up additional performances [...]

Santa Fe Spanish Market means La Herencia!

Santa Fe Red — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:33:58 +0000

The 59th Annual Summer Spanish Market takes place from 8am to 5pm on Saturday, July 24 and 9am to 5pm on Sunday, July 25 on the Santa Fe Plaza. Each year, Santa Fe celebrates 400 years of Spanish heritage with the annual Spanish Market. While this event has both a summer and a winter incarnation, [...]

Never enough ART, Santa Fe!

Santa Fe Red — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:45:30 +0000

ART Santa Fe 2010 takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center located on the northeast corner of West Marcy and Grant Avenue from July 15-18. Hours: Gala Opening July 15 5-8pm; July 16 11am-7pm and 11am-6pm July 17-18 After last weekend’s panoply of the arts, International Folk Art Market [...]

SOFA Santa Fe? It’s NOT a couch!

Santa Fe Red — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:09:09 +0000

SOFA West Santa Fe 2010 takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center located on the northeast corner of West Marcy and Grant Avenue from July 8-11. Santa Fe is enjoying an embarrassment of riches in the art world right now! It began this week with the SOFA West exhibit opening today, July 8 and [...]

Summer + Santa Fe = Opera!

Santa Fe Red — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:22:20 +0000

Quick! What was the first opera performed by the Santa Fe Opera in 1957? The answer? Madama Butterfly! And she is back in Santa Fe for the summer 2010 season! I first fell in love with opera right here in Santa Fe when I took a job as an usher, back in the days when standing [...]

The Butterfly Meadow

The Santa Fe Naturalist — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:47:58 +0000

Santa Fe National Forest: The Aspen Vista Trail The Aspen Vista Trail is probably the most popular trail in the Santa Fe area. The trailhead, with abundant parking, is around 14 miles from downtown Santa Fe, right along Hyde Park Road (NM 475) and the trail itself is a 5.7 mile doubletrack with a wide grade [...]

A Special Santa Fe Summer Symposium

Santa Fe Red — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:42:27 +0000

Located at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center on the NE corner of West Marcy Street and Grant Avenue from July 6-8, 2010. Registration in advance at tcarlson@royalroadtours.com Every summer, the art opportunities in Santa Fe seem to get better and better. The two-year-old SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair) WEST Exhibit and its big [...]

The Zen Forest

The Santa Fe Naturalist — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:30:23 +0000

Pecos Wilderness: The Winsor Trail The Winsor Trail is Santa Fe’s gateway into the Pecos Wilderness from the west. Its most popular trailhead is near the western end of the large parking area of Ski Santa Fe, at an elevation of 10,240 feet. On the map for which I’ve provided a link, the portion of the [...]

Something Special on the Santa Fe Plaza

Santa Fe Red — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:15:37 +0000

Running through June 14 nightly at 8:30 pm in the second story windows of the Shiprock Gallery on the NE corner of the Santa Fe Plaza What can one say about a four-hundred year-old destination? It’s timeless! That has been a standard answer – and a challenging question – for me when queried by journalists about [...]

The Acceleration into Summer

The Santa Fe Naturalist — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:07:07 +0000

Cerrillos Hills State Park: Jane Calvin Sanchez Trail Cerrillos Hills State Park has a number of trails, all of which you can see on the maps found on the website www.cerrilloshils.org. There is little shade in the park and your exposure to the sun is high, so be prepared with hats, water, and sunblock. Pets are [...]