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Days Of Awe: Myth And Meaning
Rosh Hashanah began last night, with the new moon. Translated from the Hebrew to “head of the year,” the biblical name for the Jewish New Year is Yom Teruah, literally “day of shouting or blasting”....
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Local Flavor’s New Look
The October issue is on the stands! With a brand new format – a convenient keeper size – but still filled cover to cover with all you need to know about what’s going on up here in Northern New Mexico...
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Lawrence J. Herrera At Magpie
Lawrence J. Herrera was born and raised in Oakland, California. One of six boys, he grew up with resourceful and creative parents; immigrants from Spain and Portugal. He recalls a happy childhood,...
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30 Years On Bent Street
Happy Birthday to Taos Blue and Sue Westbrook! This month they both celebrate birthdays and 30 years on the corner of Bent Street. Since first opening her doors in just a tiny corner of what once was...
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The 2019 Taos Wool Festival
The Taos Wool Festival Celebrates its 36th year! A destination spot for weavers, knitters and all wooly lovers from near and far, who know that it is one of the best kept Autumnal secret for miles...
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Peter Walker & Blaise Basara: Media That Matters
“Let’s make media that matters!” Peter Walker likes to say. The current Chair of UNM-Taos’ Digital Media Arts Program, Peter has brought this Department up front and center at UNM-Taos’ Campus. The...
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Painting The Town Pink
There’s a worldwide annual campaign taking place this October. It involves thousands of organisations, coming together on Pink Ribbon Day, to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education...
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Shree Yoga Embraces The Change Of Season
The theme for October is Quietude. Liz Fox, Shree Yoga Taos’ Studio Manager told me as we sat in the Indian Summer sun, outside El Gamal. Liz had just come from teaching a class and I was on my...
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Goodbye Columbus
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. So says Marcellus in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, referring to the corruption in the political hierarchy. The Bard’s words resonate through the...
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Five Kid-Friendly Things To Do In Taos
Traveling with children can be challenging. Especially if your destination is somewhere you’ve never been, so I thought a few easy suggestions might be in order; things to do with the children that...
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Anais Rumfelt: The Art Of Figurative Art
Figurative art has existed for thousands of years in cultures all around the world. With a history as long as the history of representation itself, the earliest example is the carved mammoth ivory,...
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Golightly; Chocolate & Cashmere For The Holidays
I’ve been covering Chocolate & Cashmere since the inception of this blog. Haleigh Palmer was born and raised in New Mexico, and founded her business on a cashmere hat she sold through an ad placed...
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Smart Style At Salon X
Taos is home to a lot of hairdressers. Not too surprising, hair stylists are creative types and we know this place is a magnet for them. But in a small town like Taos, the sheer number of stylists is...
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Stakeout Revival
The Stakeout on Outlaw Hill has reinvented itself. With a facelift and a new approach to events and dining, the old beloved local haunt now promotes itself as “New Mexico’s premier venue, a reprieve...
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Cliffhanger
A cliffhanger is a literary narrative or plot device. Where the ending is sudden and abrupt, with the characters in the story left in an impossible situation, seemingly without any way out. Michael...
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Ghostly Ganja & Mango Madness at SWWellness
Yesterday, The Guardian newspaper noted that “La Calavera Catrina, the elegant female skeleton once used to mock the rich Mexicans who aspired to be Europeans ( is), increasingly seen as the...
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Cid’s Anniversary Weekend
Until quite recently, shopping for organic foods required a special trip to a natural foods store or farmers market. Today, you can find an extensive selection of organic products in thousands of...
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Steven Bundy Captures The Spirit Of The West
“It’s my last show as President of the Board.” Margo Beutler-Gins noted. The New Masters of Taos series, which she spearheaded at the Blumenschein Museum, continues with a show of photography that...
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Change Makers, Culinary Crushes And Talking Turkey
With Local Flavor Local Flavor’s Editor Cullen Curtiss, writes in her foreword to this month’s preview of the magazine, about being thankful. In this month of gratitude, we take to heart with...
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Clean Taos And The Fashion Revolution
Fast fashion is fast. It is also disposable and cheap – a toxic combination that exploits our environment along with workers and we, the consumers. The undeniable weight it burdens our planet with,...
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