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For those of us who eat breakfast out, especially (like mom said) if we consider it the most important meal of the day, we are picky about our restaurants. For both locals and visitors, the criteria can be the fresh, organic ingredients, the inventiveness or depth of the menu, the atmosphere, the price, or just a place that’s so unassuming and convenient that it feels like home. No single eatery combines it all, and biases are highly personal, but the list below, in no special order, shouldn’t disappoint. After breaking bread with fellow dawn-worshippers for 25 years, I’ve seen some...

Monday, February 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
by Michael French

With its sunny climate and variety of tourist attractions, Santa Fe offers a stunning selection of locations and services for the perfect destination wedding. Santa Fe enjoys four distinct seasons, providing the perfect backdrop for anything from a cozy winter affair to a summer evening al fresco. Begin planning by setting a date and your budget, choosing from an array of outdoor or historic venues, and selecting an officiant from a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional options. If you want help, select an experienced local wedding planner. And don't forget to get your marriage license at the county clerk's office!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Hillary Welles • SantaFe.com

Let’s face it—you don’t visit Santa Fe to go to the Gap. In the City Different you seek the unique, the eclectic and the sinfully fabulous. If you’re a local, you’re missing out when you forego downtown’s cozy shops for the cheap thrills of the mall. Whether you’re here for three days or 365, set aside an afternoon to browse your way through downtown Santa Fe. Don’t forget your wallet!

Start a block north of the Plaza on Marcy Street. Pop into Wearabouts, a small women’s clothing store carrying specialty designers like 3J Workshop and Burning Torch. You’ll appreciate snazzy details like...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Hillary Welles • SantaFe.com

Congratulations! You’ve chosen beautiful Santa Fe for your destination wedding. You’ve set a date, wrangled a budget and maybe even started thinking about a few minor details like wedding venue, lodging and officiant. Now it’s time to plan the best party you’ll ever throw—your wedding reception.

First, it’s essential to keep in mind that whether you are inviting 300 of your closest friends or an intimate group of twenty, your reception is for you, the happy couple. Although plenty of people will have opinions on how to do it, you need to make sure that it’s an expression of what you want...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Hillary Welles • SantaFe.com

On December 7 & 8, 2007 at Wise Fool Studio (2778 Agua Fria Street), Santa Fe’s Theater Grottesco (John Flax Artistic Director and Co-Founder) produced a solo puppet show of six related stories by solo puppeteer Eric Bass (Co-Founder of Sandglass Players of Putney, Vermont).

The evening was appropriately titled Autumn Portraits as each vignette focused on the interplay of the puppeteer and a solo puppet that in each instance confronted its history, its present, and its imminent death. The puppet O’Neill, a vaudevillian that clearly had “died” many times on the boards and always faced his...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Jeffrey Laing • SantaFe.com

As with all theater companies, Theater Grottesco (TG) attempts to tell stories. The essential challenge is how to connect with the audience on emotional and spiritual levels as well as on the more literal level of narrative. Company co-founder and artistic director John Flax is always searching for a “new way of telling a story” with his experienced ensemble attempting to discover “what forms make something new.” John makes the analogy between the congruence among TG’s ensemble actors and a no-look pass from a highly skilled point guard on an experienced basketball team. That flash of...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Jeffrey Laing • SantaFe.com

El Farol has been a favorite nightspot since Bob Young opened it in 1968. The current owner of some fifteen years, David Salazar, has maintained the sophisticated but down-home watering hole culture: local cowboys, artists, intellectuals, urbanites, and students mix with out-of-town visitors. The New York Times recently praised El Farol as being “one of the best bars on earth!” Nestled between the plethora of galleries on Santa Fe’s historic Canyon Road, you can dance to live music most nights, including blues, folk, and Latin jams. Warning: Some bands are better than others, but...

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
by Tim French • SantaFe.com