From Enchantment to Easy

Sunset in Albuquerque with doves on telephone wires.


Tour of latest additions of best friends father's Motorbike collection.





The incredible tree decorating duo of Abigail and Hannah

The Tree at the Compound.


Long lost art from undergrad







Tiny Planes and Big Hats at Denver International.

Where I've been...

In the freezing tranquility of North Western New Mexico.
Visiting family on the farm, being allergic to the sheep,
making a quilt for my freezing NYC apartment out of fabric
I forgot I had here. Eating a ton of green chile (not chilie,
mind you. this is New Mexico) and a bit of the red as well.
Meeting up with all of my super healthy New Mexican friends.
It's been decided that Albuquerque is where I'd be healthiest
with all the organic local eating and super easy access to
outdoor recreation and low gym rates. New Orleans feeds my soul
and New York feeds my bank account (sometimes.)

A good friend of mine were talking the other day about what informs
our ideas of romantic love in terms of movies we saw between the
ages of 7 -10 years old. His was Stand By Me, which I have to say
is pretty darn endearing. For a while I could only remember watching
David Lynch's Blue Velvet before I remembered all the old Hollywood
movies like Roman Holiday and The Seven Year Itch as well as Disney's
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Talk about a close call, never mind a
close call that explains a few things. Although Sleeping Beauty explains
why I constantly wait demurely to be approached by potential prince charmings.

Anyway, the pictures....

Near the family farm in Coolidge, New Mexico.




the sheep I've been allergic to since I can Remember.

The Bosque de Albuquerque along the Rio Grande.


Finally cured the craving for a Green Chile Cheeseburger.
A few times over.




Quilting like a bee.





Now awaiting Santa. Probably in NYC. Hopefully with a few other friends
who can't make it home for Christmas.

Featured Artist: Empire of the Sun

I was going to make another full post with pictures,
however my android decided to delete all of my photos
from the past two weeks. Anyway. Here I am in New Mexico
where I had a fantastic Thanksgiving stuffing myself
with green chilies and other Navajo comfort foods.
Saw the family out on the farm all weekend, and now back
in Albuquerque doing the coffee-lunch-dinner-drinks circuit
with friends here. Visiting can be exhausting.

Baloon Fiesta

I miss waking up to cold air, eating breakfast burritos and seeing hundreds of balloons in the sky.

Lotaburger

Total New Mexican- homesick- comfort food thing.
I miss it so much & have a serious craving right now.

I'm a painted lady.

New Year's Day

Breakfast at Garcia's Kitchen.






Mmmm....menudo.

Heading back up to Santa Fe with Daryl for more spa and museum/gallery viewing.

That's Daryl below last night at the Press Club. Rockabilly Bluegrass New Years......yep.

We eventually went to hang out with the bears at Sidewinders bar.

It was a good night.
Daryl got propositioned three times. :)

New Years Eve

Got up this morning to meet my friends Jesse & James and their lovely little Abigail for a trip into the mountains to go sledding.
Jess' sister Chistina came along as did the adorable Barkley, who despite wearing a chic little puppy jacket was a bit chilled.
Thank God id skipped breakfast because inner tubes go the speed of light down a snow packed hillside.
I swear that one tree in particular had it out for me. I only flew ten feet into the air once, but the lack of waterproof trousers
ensured that my ass was quite wet for the ride home. The G wagon was equipped with heated rear seats though so I mannaged to
get through it. On our way back down we stopped off and ate some amazing pulled pork sandwiches. Amazing
because we were all exhausted from climbing back up the snow packed hillsides at 12,000 feet of altitude.

warmth & light

Yesterday was fantastic. Woke up to find a long lost friend online. We hung out and had an incredible time.

Then I went to my favourite cafe, The Flying Star, and had cherry pie and coffee for breakfast...although technically it was noon.
It's a place I've been going since I was a freshman in high school. It started out as a little magazine stand that sold coffee and had a few sandwiches but has turned into an Albuquerque institution with 7 cafe restaurants, 6 satelite cafe's (their actual name).



Next, a trip to Santa Fe's Japanese mountain spa, Ten Thousand Waves.
Three hours of hot water, open air, and possibly seventeen billion stars.
They also have the most amazing smelling bath products.






I'll be going back before I get tattooed.
Oh yeah, I'm getting tattooed.