If you’re like me, you love to wander up Canyon Road in Santa Fe, strolling through galleries, admiring gardens, sitting on benches, admiring sculptures. But also, if you’re like me, you secretly wish you could rub elbows with the artists, get to know them personally, even if just for a minute or two, and watch them in the process of creating their amazing art. Mother’s Day weekend will be the perfect opportunity to do exactly that – hang with the Canyon Road artists, watch them at work, and then have the chance to bid on your favorite pieces immediately after [ Read More ]
When you think of the Civil War, you probably think of Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Atlanta. . .Southern locales where the fighting was heavy and rivalries between neighbors and families were heated and angry. People don’t usually think of New Mexico as being associated with the Civil War. But we had battles here, two of them fought in 1862 near Santa Fe at Glorietta and in Apache Canyon. This year marks the 150th anniversary of New Mexico’s Civil War battles, and this weekend you can get a glimpse of what those battles were like at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, [ Read More ]
I’ve been going to Canyon Road since my childhood, when my Aunt Margaret led me there on a wintry Christmas Eve to view the farolitos and visit with one of her Santa Fe neighbors. I love it still – the galleries, the sculpture, the narrow street, the restaurants and patios. I love the general feel of Santa Fe history mixed with the excitement of creativity. But I never took the time to learn the history of Canyon Road. Quite a confession from someone with a history degree, but I unjustly assumed it had always been sort of a chichi fancy [ Read More ]
For me, Santa Fe’s vibrant history has always been one of the best reasons to visit. It’s no secret that you don’t have to spend an afternoon in a Santa Fe museum (although those are amazing) to get a glimpse of how life was in the city hundreds of years ago. One of the best examples of Santa Fe’s rich history is La Casa Sena. And then there’s the food. I’m here to tell you that the vegetarian lasagna is to die for. But I’m always talking about food. What I really wanted to share is the history of the [ Read More ]
One of the absolute best things about going to Santa Fe is the eating. I agree that it’s not the only thing worthwhile about visiting – there’s the Opera and the Lensic and the Georgia O’Keefe Museum and the Plaza and the Railyard and the hiking and the skiing and Ten Thousand Waves and music at El Farol on a Saturday night. . . There are a lot of good reasons to visit Santa Fe. But the food. . .just thinking about the amazing food we eat when we’re there makes my mouth water. I love a great breakfast. In fact one [ Read More ]
Springtime in Santa Fe. Forsythias blooming on side streets, sunshine on Canyon Road patio bars in the early afternoon, high school kids playing hacky sack on the plaza, Georgia O’Keefe poppies in front yards, hiking at Bandelier National Monument . . .It’s an amazing time to be in the Capitol city, and I was fortunate enough to spend the first weekend of spring at Wendy Kapp’s Mariposa, one of Two Casita’s two bedroom homes. It’s a recurring theme in what I write here, but this weekend really brought home the fact that if you choose to stay in a hotel, [ Read More ]
If the past year has proven to be difficult, or if you’re just needing a new perspective or a spiritual awakening of sorts, walking to Chimayo this Good Friday (April 6) may be just what you need to restore your soul. Pilgrims from all over the world will test their faith and humility, some of them by walking barefoot, some of them by carrying crosses, some of them in groups and some of them on solitary missions. And they’ll all be headed for El Santuario de Chimayo. It’s a tradition as old as the world, the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo. El Santuario is considered one of [ Read More ]
Michael Kramm recently posted this on Two Casitas Facebook page after a stay in our El Caminito casita. It’s so inspiring we asked him if we could share it with you on the blog. “Philip Sulecki and I still have dreams of napping in the living room and cooking in the kitchen at El Caminito. El Caminito has inspired me to redecorate my home. There are no words to describe the need for the vacation that we had. If we had opted for a hotel instead of the casita… there is no way it would have been the same. We [ Read More ]
March is a great time to start planning your summer vacation, and March is also a great time to begin the countdown to the first day of opera season in Santa Fe. Only 114 days! The 2012 Santa Fe Opera Season begins on June 29 at 8:30 p.m. with Tosca. This season has five new productions, three of which are new to the Santa Fe Opera: Tosca, The Pearl Fishers, Maometto II, King Roger and Arabella. I borrowed some info from the Opera’s website to let you know just how excited the company is about these performances: “Two will not [ Read More ]
If, like me, you’re a fan of trying new restaurants and eating great food, Santa Fe’s Restaurant Week is probably the perfect culinary adventure for you. Starting on Sunday March 4 and continuing through March 11, Restaurant Week is an event planned specifically to offer discounted meal prices to get patrons in the door to experience the amazing cuisine of Santa Fe at 56 of the city’s restaurants. The Restaurant Week New Mexico website says “New Mexico’s Restaurant Weeks were established in 2010 to introduce diners and travelers to the vast array of restaurants and hotels in New Mexico. All [ Read More ]
