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At age 38, Jody Naranjo is a veteran of the Santa Fe Indian Market. A sixthgeneration potter from Santa Clara Pueblo in northern New Mexico, she has been working the annual art fest since age 5.

“(My family) has been at Indian Market since the beginning,” says Naranjo, who now lives in Albuquerque. “I got my own spot at the age of 20. About five generations in my family have been doing pottery before me and now my daughters are doing it.”

She makes ceramic pots and sculptures out of traditional hand-dug clays that are fired with wood and manure. Naranjo integrates natural colors into her...

Sunday, June 1, 2008
by Eric Billingsley • Journal Santa Fe

Whether it’s riding on singletrack trails, abandoned Forest Service roads or high-speed downhill courses, northern New Mexico has a little bit of everything for mountain biking enthusiasts.

“There’s a fantastic opportunity in Santa Fe to have a real sense of adventure and return to town and have a four-star meal,” says David Bell, owner of Mellow Velo bike shop on Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe. “And access to the foothills and high country is phenomenal.”

Bell says cyclists in Santa Fe can ride a variety of trails just outside of town that range in elevation from 7,000 feet to 12,200 feet...

Sunday, June 1, 2008
by Eric Billingsley • Journal Santa Fe

And the secret ingredient is? Tomato. But chef Martin Rios of Santa Fe's creative use of the ingredient was not enough for him to defeat the "Iron Chef."

Sunday evening, more than 100 food lovers gathered at the Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe to watch Rios compete, via television broadcast, against celebrity chef Bobby Flay on The Food Network's "Iron Chef America."

Rios, chef at Inn of the Anasazi who recently announced he is leaving to be partner at Geronimo in the City Different, prepared five dishes in the competition. For the Sunday event, he re-created all of the dishes, plus dessert.

Monday, April 21, 2008
by Eric Billingsley • Journal Santa Fe

New Mexico ski areas have everything to lose from global warming, industry experts say.

If scientists' estimates are correct, average temperatures in the state could increase by 5 degrees Fahrenheit this century and decrease the winter sport's lifeline: snowpack.

“The more we learn about climate change the more we realize how it directly affects ski areas,” says Adriana Blake, marketing director for Taos Ski Valley, who added that ski seasons already seem to be starting later and ending earlier.

So, some of the state's ski areas are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprints— the amount...

Monday, December 24, 2007
by Eric Billingsley • Journal Santa Fe