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C’mon, you know what goes on behind the scenes: hidden at every retail counter there is a big money shredder, and as soon as you spend a dollar on something–say groceries, a CD, some clothes–the dollar is destroyed forever. No, of course that’s untrue, but isn’t it how we often think about money? After you spend it, it’s gone, so you better be economical and get things as cheaply as you can.

In reality there is no shredder, and if you spend that dollar to buy something from your neighbor, your neighbor will probably end up spending that same dollar to buy something from you, or to employ...

Monday, June 9, 2008
by Katie Mehrer and Nikesha Breeze (Photographer) • localflavor magazine

It's very rewarding to find that you have the talent to recognize talent in others. When you are the talent, it’s equally rewarding to be recognized. That is why 24-year-old Walter Dominguez’ recent rise to executive sous chef at the Hotel Santa Fe’s Amaya Restaurant is so satisfying to so many.

Walter was raised by his grandparents, in Mexico. The taquería they ran all his life offered him, as a boy, constant exposure to food preparation. Bread dough was a favorite plaything. Grinding chiles was a common pastime. Walter would come to New Mexico periodically to see his mother, and...

Monday, June 9, 2008
by Katie Mehrer and Jennifer Davidson (Photographer) • localflavor magazine

Idealism pays: that is the message of today’s green revolution. Some of those who have–in the immortal words of Marie Osmond– been country ever since country wasn’t cool are reaping rewards today that they never dreamed of when they committed to lives and businesses of social consciousness. Dress designer Crystal Miller is one of those. With her sweet smile and prodigious head of dreadlocks, the Santa Fe mother of two has become a rising star in the world of “green weddings.” Her hemp-silk wedding dresses were first featured here in localflavor in 2002 when her atelier in the back of Santa...

Saturday, March 1, 2008
by Katie Mehrer and Anne Hayunga (Photographer) • localflavor magazine

Celebrated native son, lanky Alex Maryol, at 26, enjoys region-wide popularity as a rocker and blues man. With that and his foodie-family background, the soulful singer, by Santa Fe standards, has got every finger that’s not plucking a guitar string plugged into our town’s preeminent cultural sockets.

The self-effacing local success story, who draws crowds with his accomplished guitar riffs, songwriting skill, sincere smile, and long golden locks, actually thought I wanted to interview him about his family’s lauded restaurants, which include Tia Sophia’s, Tomasita’s, Diego’s, and at one...

Thursday, February 1, 2007
by Katie Mehrer • localflavor magazine