Day 2472; Sante Fe is done, Palm Springs to start.

stuff on a plate: photograph & digital

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Thursday we woke early, finished packing and checked out of ...

a really charming home away, while we were in Santa Fe.

We left Santa Fe for Albuquerque Airport.
 After returning the rental car, we were ready to wait.
This airport is western themed and has comforting 
beige and rust color scheme.
A contrast from industrial look of LAX.

During our wait to board, we did some people watching.

I thought you might enjoy seeing my brunch?

A $4 coke and banana bread = $8.50.

A full American Eagle flight with 78 passengers 

took off for the 1 hour 35 minute flight to LAX. 

Once at Irene's home, I set off for Tustin at 4:03 pm, 

knowing I would deal with rush hour and freeway traffic.

The 55 miles took two hours. 

Palos Verde Road, Crenshaw Boulevard to 405, to 22 to 55.

Small but welcoming, Home Sweet Home!

Unpack, laundry and repeat packing for tomorrow's

Mother-Daughter weekend trip to Palm Springs.

I have over 100 unused Santa Fe photos yet to share. 

adding just  a few here.

Irene @ Casa Nova

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll join me from Palm Springs?

A smile for Friday ...

17T 

Day 2471: Last full day in Santa Fe.

St. Frances Cathedral, Santa Fe: photo, collage & digital.

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Our last full day in Santa Fe, and we filled it!

We were on Canyon Road before the galleries opened, 

so Irene drove us up into the hills where we saw so many

beautiful walls, gates and homes on our prettiest day yet.

Irene & I with Mao at the Turner Carroll Gallery 

on Canyon Road. Over 75 fine art galleries, studios,  this area 

also has Santa Fe’s finest jewelry and dining establishments. 

We ate lunch at El Farol ...

and we both agreed our sandwich, the TORTA de CUBANO

with Pulled Pork, Avocado, Roasted Jalapeños, Bacon, 

Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Garlic Aioli, Spanish Torta, 

Pork Cracklings was the best sandwich ever, ever!

It had been highly recommended by many, and did not disappoint.

A highlight of our day 

was meeting Ernesto Mayans 

at his gallery on his 35th gallery anniversary. A kind, caring and knowledgeable man. 

He took a lot of time with us 

and introduced us to the artist,

Jason Berger

let us see and sketchbooks 

and drawing, which were 

ready to go to the Smithsonian.

Ernesto has completed a book on the artist, and will be published soon.

After visiting I am not sure how many galleries and shops, 

we were mutually on gallery & sculpture overload. 

So we headed outside of the town and discovered another side.

We drove out Bishop's Lodge Road and stopped at
Shidoni Gallery, and Sculpture Gardens

Several acres of sculptures and scattered benches for rest.

You'll have to go and pick your favorites, this is mine.

A steel clothesline, titled Wash Day. $26,000.

The clothes, recycled steel doors & car parts bolted!

Cool?

On the way back to our hotel, Irene saw this real sign. 

We actually went around the block to get a photo.

We returned to our rooms to rest a bit, before...

eating yet again! This time at Mucho Gusto.

A tucked-away Mexican spot that offers classic fare 

from taquitos to fajitas, in humble, homey digs.

I ordered the Chicken Taquitos: Five fried taquitos 

made with their famous creamed chicken, wrapped 

in blue corn tortillas. Served with arbol chile salsa 

and guacamole. And no, I couldn't finish it all.

Irene ordered "The Bomb", their most popular specialty.

A chicken breast stuffed with Jack cheese, poblano chiles,

almonds, sun dried tomatoes, topped with a mushroom 

Chipotle chile cream sauce. Served with rice, 

whole black beans and sour cream. 

Both were amazing and I felt like I would never eat again?

My Grandma used to say, 

"You feel like you'll never eat again, but you will."

Thanks for coming along on our trip!

Happy Thursday.

Throwback Thursday

Doug Ivan, Demura Sensei, Makoto Ibushi, demo, 1974

A smile for Thursday ...

Day 2470: Santa Fe, 7,200 feet, hail and eye candy!

Santa Fe Angel: photo, junk mail collage & digital

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First full day in Santa Fe. We had hail this morning 10-10:30! 

The weather changes so fast, I am sure they have a bigger sky! 

A bigger dome for all the clouds and weather to move quickly.

As I said yesterday, I love our hotel.  Just the best, they said ...

" Remember to stay hydrated, you're 7,200' above sea level."

We were in galleries by 10 am. So much to see. 

Eye candy everywhere. I love the architecture, flat roofs, 

rounded corners, quaint doors, and windows and very nice people.

I took 140+ photos and got my i phone battery down to 1%!

Just a few photos tonight and more later on, okay?

Irene at Moss Furniture Gallery

me at Casa Nova Gallery

hail

Moss Furniture Gallery

The Santa Fe Railyard Arts District was our first stop.

 I will show more art from this area in later blogs.

We got a recommendation for lunch at ...

 

Veggie Hash and poached eggs. Delicious!

After a great lunch we decided to go downtown.

We found a parking meter and walked the square and all over.

Eventually we took a break ...

I got an apricot tart and tea. Irene got a chocolate eclair.

More downtown walking then back to our car, on to Santa Fe Clay.

This was a large clay installation outside Santa Fe Clay.

7 pm Santa Fe sky.

Thanks for visiting, more Santa Fe tomorrow.

A smile for Wednesday ...