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High Water
After the heavy Spring snows and a very white Winter, we are looking at a High Water Season here in Taos. The runoff from the mountains, both here and in Colorado will raise up the Rio to levels we...
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Easter Brunch At The Trading Post
When Rene Mettler and his wife Kimberly Armstrong arrived in Taos in 1994, they imagined it was only a quick stop on their way to Sedona. “We met Ron Cooper and he showed us this building,” Kimberly...
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Karina Armijo’s Team Spirit
Since landing the gig as Marketing Director for the Town of Taos, Karina Armijo has been head down, getting stuff done! People have asked me about her often, wondering who this mysterious creature...
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Ann Huston At DAFA
They say what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Try telling that to artist Ann Huston and you will get a wry smile and a knowing sideways glance from under the long bangs she’s forever pushing...
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Our Bodies Our Earth
It’s Earth Day tomorrow, a day of remembering and honoring our connection to Mother Earth. I thought these extraordinary paintings made by Eunika Rogers, perfectly illustrated that connection, and...
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Twirl’s Invent Event! Is Back
For the third year in a row, Twirl has partnered up with Taos schools to produce the truly spectacular Invent Event! at the Enos Garcia Gym. A couple of weeks ago I dropped by Twirl to talk to Anais...
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Healing Injury With Yoga
Is it possible to practice Yoga with chronic injuries, and can Yoga help one heal chronic injury? A few weeks ago, after Liz Fox broke her foot in a freak accident, and Ashleigh Beyer had spent the...
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The Pelican Inn
Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain of the Elizabethan era. After docking in Table Bay, he declared that (Cape Town) was the “fairest Cape in all the world.” I would have to agree, but of...
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Dreams Of The Sea
I’ve been dreaming of the ocean for a year at least. Longing for the salty air and the sand beneath my feet. This past week I have been living the dream, here on the Northern California Coast, These...
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Izumi Yokoyama At Magpie
Before I left Taos for a week on the Northern California Coast, I dropped by Magpie at the Overland Ranch Complex. Georgia had just hung a new show and was excited about sharing it here on taoStyle....
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Bird’s Eye View
If a room with a view is what you are looking for, look no further. This house is situated high above the Valley of Valdez, just minutes from the village of Arroyo Seco and Taos Ski Valley. Unique...
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Salon Shuffle
When Delta Cossette Bayer opened Salon X on the Paseo four years ago, she envisioned a full service salon combined with a Gallery space. She also imagined that with other stylists and beauticians...
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Gone Fishing
The water is high and I’ve got a lot on my mind. We appear to be living in treacherous times. I’m taking the day off and going out to catch some fish. See you back here with so much more about Taos...
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Santa Fe Style
After spending a glorious week on the Northern California Coast, I was picked up at the Albuquerque Airport by my daughter Genevieve. She was returning home from Truth or Consequences, where she had...
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Dennis Hopper Day In Taos
In 2010 Robby Romero and Michael McCormick convinced then N.M. Governor, Bill Richardson, to proclaim, May 17th, Dennis Hopper’s Birthday, as Dennis Hopper Day in the State of New Mexico. Hopper was...
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The Cellar
At Cid’s, is opening this week! If you live in Taos or visit often, I’m sure you have noticed the construction going on adjacent to Cid’s Food Market, over the past year, and now the completed...
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Ghost Busters
I featured Melody Romancito here on taoStyle early on, and touched on but did not elaborate on, her Ghost Tours here in Taos. With Summer on its way (even if it doesn’t look or feel like it), and...
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Cold Remedy
I’ve been in bed all weekend with a bad cold. Although I’m well on the mend, I’m still coughing and sneezing a bit so I’ll be laying low just a little longer. This morning I took a short, ten minute...
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Witness To History (In The Promised Land)
Yesterday, shortly after Donald Trump’s plane took off from Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s President Rueven Rivlin, opened the 50th annual Jerusalem Day Celebrations. Earlier Prime Minister Netanyahu...
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Birds Of A Feather
When the Manzanita Market opened in November last year, the bare white walls reflected the snow that continued to fall through the Winter. At some point, as the windows steamed up from the breath of...
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