Santa Fe: Bandelier National Monument

DSCN9986.JPG Originally uploaded by kerner. Bandelier is a monument for the cliff-dwelling Native Americans about 40 minutes NW of Santa Fe fairly close to Los Alamos. The dwellings aren’t reconstructed as they are at Mesa Verde, but the park gives a good overview of the people who lived there. There are several places where you can climb ladders to various …

Santa Fe: Cowgirl BBQ & Cafe

DSCN0127.JPG Originally uploaded by kerner. Wednesday night we had dinner at Cowgirl BBQ & Cafe one of the few restaurants in Santa Fe that is open later than 9pm. After Bandelier and a very late lunch at Sugar’s dinner after 9 was a requirement. We sat on the patio which was a bit chilly, but there was live music and …

Nokia 6682: Car Blogging

I’ve been needing a new cell phone for quite a while. Partially to switch my number to the Springfield area and partially just because I’m a gadget freak and my Siemens phone was getting old (almost 2 years). My criteria for a phone has been: Cingular, bluetooth, and Flash. Which basically means I needed a Series 60 smartphone. I’ve been …

Santa Fe Posts Will Resume

I’m not dead, and I’m still going to write up the series of posts about Santa Fe. I’ve been swamped working on some fairly major changes in my life. Can’t say yet, but hopefully Monday I’ll have an update that is fit for posting. After that posting about daily life should be much more frequent. I’m going to try to …

Moxie!

If you’re sick and tired of the crap movies that get shown at the cineplex there is one easy solution, The Moxie. Sarah and I went to last night and had a great time. I’d wanted to go opening night but with things at church and figuring the theater would be swamped we decided opening weekend was good enough. The …

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy!! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day and in honor o’ this great holiday I thought t’ followin’ poll was good. Learn your pirate name, and make anybody who won’t use it walk t’ plank. My pirate name is: Captain Sam Flint Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in …

Santa Fe Update

There may be more posting later today, but stay tuned over the next week or so for a full write up of the various things that have been going on during the vacation. A brief preview: 1. Cowgirl BBQ & Cafe — not too shabby 2. Bandelier — ladders are fun 3. Sugar’s — so good we went two days …

Santa Fe: Tomasita’s

Tomasita’s Originally uploaded by kerner. Last night for dinner we went to Tomasita’s. A restaurant that came highly recommended. It didn’t let us down. The wait was a bit longer than any place we’ve been in Santa Fe, but the food was great (and afordable). The restaurant posts warnings that the chile is spicy and that they’re not responsible if …

Outside Santa Fe

Today we’re driving to several Native American pueblos, Bandalier National Monument, and Ghost Ranch (where Georgia O’Keefe lived). There will be lots of nature photos today, we’re hoping to take enough that we can put together a good grouping. We’re also stopping for lunch at Sugar’s BBQ & Hamburgers. Today will be a day without New Mexican food.

The Shed

DSCN9884.JPG Originally uploaded by kerner. Today for lunch we took the advice of Ranse (one of the partner’s at Sarah’s firm) and several people we spoke to in Santa Fe and had lunch at The Shed. The Shed is famous for northern New Mexican cuisine, particularly using red chiles. The Shed has been a Santa Fe establishment since 1953. The …

Del’s Restaurant

Del’s Restaurant Originally uploaded by kerner. We ate dinner last night at Del’s Restaurant in Tucumcari, NM (about 2 hours from Santa Fe). Tucumcari looks like at one point it was a thriving destination along Route 66, when the highway moved (becoming I-40) the old Route 66 started to fall apart. Nearly a dozen dilapidated motels with the great kitschy …