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The future of skiing rests on the wobbly legs of beginning skiers and snowboarders, and you must admit, it’s a tough go. Often out on old or inadequate gear, dressed in an odd assortment of clothing, they have to wait in long lines to get rental gear, then more lines to board pokey chairlifts. Then, like novice swimmers tossed in the deep end of pools, they crash coming off the chairs and have to figure out how to get to the bottom of the slopes alive. It’s amazing any of them come back for a second round, but they often do. Read about beginning skiers and get this week's ski conditions.
Veronica Ortiz had dreamed of owning a paleta store and when she and her husband, John, stopped at the Paleta Bar in Bernalillo, they decided they wanted in. Just over a year later, they are co-owners of three Paleta Bars as well as a Paleta Bar Café in Albuquerque, along with their partners, Marcos and Yesica Palafox. So, what is a paleta? Basically, John explains, “paleta” is what an ice pop is called in Mexico. But the Paleta Bar doesn’t … Read More
Santa Fe painter Randall Davey (1887 – 1964) eschewed the larger art world, knowing that he could have had more success in bigger markets out East and elsewhere. But he preferred to live in the place that invigorated him and paint for himself and get along with his teaching, an occasional portrait commission, and the little amount that came from raising chickens. Davey experimented in several mediums, from oil, encaustic, and pastel, to charcoal, ink, and watercolor. Although has never … Read More