Sure, Santa Fe was crowned a UNESCO Creative City in 2005 (for folk art and design) and has apparent squatter’s right in the Small Cities category of American Style’s annual poll on the top 25 arts destinations. We’re known for the Canyon Road art galleries, the opera, Indian Market, Spanish Market and most recently, the […]
Santa Fe Downtown
Emerging artist Phillip Vigil lands new home at downtown Santa Fe Gallery
Phillip Vigil swept into our lives last Spring via Facebook. Focused and prolific, Phillip has been a one-man band of production and promotion, furiously churning out work all the while gathering its audience. Less than a year later–three years since he began his career in earnest, he has scored the big score: a new home […]
Barrio La Canada, Santa Fe: more neighborhood details
Following on the heels of my previous post, Santa Fe Neighborhood Quick Sketch: Barrio La Canada, this post offers more nuts-and-bolts information on the Barrio La Canada neighborhood in downtown Santa Fe: The local elementary school is the once struggling Larragoite STEMM, now a magnet school, which has partnered with the University of New Mexico, […]
Dining Santa Fe: India House
Like many immigrants arriving in New York from India in 1974, Kewal Dhindsa found his first job in the United States in a restaurant. Unlike his comrades, however, he refused to start as a waiter, determined to be a cook. He was so determined, in fact, that he cut a deal with the renowned Punjabi […]
Santa Fe Neighborhoods: Casa Alegre
Casa Alegre is another great downtown Santa Fe neighborhood. Located a little over 2.5 miles from the Plaza, this residential oasis strikes a winning balance between access to the action and serene removal. Even though it’s bounded on the south by Cerrillos, one of the city’s major commercial arteries, Casa Alegre is a relatively quiet neighborhood […]
