If your goal is to eat a healthier diet while on vacay, you’re traveling in the right place !! Santa Fe has plenty of spots offering delicious healthy fare. Living here for almost 3 months, there is no way I could eat delicious New Mexican fare everyday. (burritos, enchiladas, tacos, rellenos, and so on) Or I could but I would definitely need to buy new pants! HA!
So many of my childhood memories involve food, family + home. These things have always been one and the same to me.
I grew up in a beautiful bucolic valley in Slovakia . That’s what DOLINA means in Slovak – valley. It’s a word mentioned in so many traditional songs and folklore. It’s where people meet; it’s where things grow.
t’s my favorite time of year here in The City Different!! Bring on all the autumn content!
Sangria is definitely my go-to drink here! It’s so refreshing and just so delicious!
I recently discovered Mija Sangria and I love it’s a natural ready-to-drink bottled sangria made in New York with premium wine and 100% real fruit juice for a true homemade taste. Mija is crafted without any artificial additives or preservatives. It is 100% gluten-free, and packed with antioxidants (3 times as many as a glass of red wine!)
The Burning of Zozobra is a unique cultural event staged annually by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe on the Friday of Labor Day weekend as an exciting and fiery finale to the last days of summer.
Read MoreNatural Qualities of the Jemez Mountain Trail
You'll find many wonders along the Jemez Mountain Trail. For example, the history of the Jemez Mountains goes back one million years to a volcano's eruption. The eruption created an area of mountains, mesas, and canyons the size of a small eastern state.
Dominating the western half of the Santa Fe National Forest, the Jemez Mountains resemble a wagon wheel on a topographic map. The hub is formed by the giant Valles Caldera (a crater created by the volcano's violent explosion), and the spokes are made by the mesas built of volcanic tuft. Elevations in the range from 6,000 to 11,000 feet. One of the legacies of the volcano is the canyons' Swiss cheeselike rock cliffs and strange cone-shaped tent rocks.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for some Dia de los Muertos inspiration you’ve come to the right place. The Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday in which loved ones that have passed away are remembered, honored and celebrated. A very important part of this holiday which is celebrated in many Latin American countries is the significance and importance of food.
Read MoreSo grateful for my dear friends at Alora Ambiance for sending me their lovely diffusers to New Mexico for my summer stays in various AirBNB’s.
Currently enamoured with their Lavanda fragrance : LAVENDER, SAGE, CEDARWOOD
Sure, you can grab a nice bottle of tequila, and a few mixers, and spend an afternoon whipping up margaritas and other various tequila cocktails! But now that it’s beginning to look (and feel) a lot like fall -who wants to do that?! I love this time of year and just want to be outside in nature especially when this setting is all around you!
Read MoreHappy National Dog Day everyone! I cannot think of a better day to share some of Henry and Melvin’s favorite places here in Santa Fe as they have been here with us all summer long!
If you’re thinking of visiting Santa Fe with a canine companion, you’re so in luck! The City Different is one of the best places to travel with a dog (or to be a dog!).
Read MoreTHE CERRILLOS HILLS IN NORTH-CENTRAL New Mexico—a mere 20 miles from Santa Fe—is one of the oldest historically documented mining districts in the United States. Keres and Tano Puebloans from the nearby Rio Grande and Galisteo Basins began mining turquoise in 900 CE, which was used for medicinal and ritual purposes.
By the early 1300s, Pueblo potters from the central Río Grande area were mining galena (lead sulfide), which was the source of glaze paint used to decorate pottery. This ceased after 1700 when the Spanish inhabitants, who worked many of the mines in the Cerrillos Hills for their silver and lead content, cut off Puebloan access.
Read MoreThe venerable Spanish village of Tesuque was founded in 1740 and is situated a few miles south of the current Pueblo and just north of Santa Fe, the heart of Spanish colonial occupation.
Tesuque is a Tewa word which refers to the village’s river’s alternating from and disappearance into the sand.
Read MoreI have been enjoying all the Calabacitas here in New Mexico as squash and green chile are in season!!!
I wanted to make my own and try it in delicious Calabacitas Quesadillas and it turned out soooo delicious so I knew I had to share it with you!
Read MoreI need ro tell you guys that I’ve never felt so open and free in my life, and it’s amazing what starts to happen when you are living so in flow. I feel like life started to dance through me and became a string of synchronistic and serendipitous moments. New Mexico really changes you when you are here for a period of time. I’m doing everything I can to embody this feeling and bring elements of this life back home with me end September. One thing I have really been practicing (and it is that, a practice!) is being fully present with whatever task I am doing.
Read MoreWelcoming you to a small corner of New Mexico with a mighty history today!
This quaint railway town was born in 1879 when the Santa Fe railroad laid it’s tracks through New Mexico. All though just 18 miles south of Santa Fe, Lamy is surrounded by wilderness, big clear, star filled-skies, and plenty of Western charm. ( You will love the provided telescopes in The Rail House which I am going to tell you about shortly)
Read Morefirst explored Madrid in 2016! And it was so great to return with my daughter Zoë! She loves art and has the soul of a gypsy so I knew this tiny little town outside of Santa Fe would very much appeal to her!!! Plus she was on a mission to find some turquoise jewelry!
First things first - Madrid…. (pronounced with the accent on the first syllable: MAD-rid, not Ma-DRID) is an artist community of some 400 p
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