HF Coors: Your #1 Dinnerware for the Southwest
Southwestern dinnerware wasn’t on my radar until I dined at La Posada, the magnificent Fred Harvey hotel on the Santa Fe Railway in Winslow, Arizona. Every design detail at La Posada, including the dinnerware, provides visitors a unique sense of place, the...
Chocolate and the Southwest? Yes!
Cacao Santa Fe pays tribute to chocolate’s surprisingly long history in the American Southwest.
Southwestern Jewelry and Vintage at Wahoo! Santa Fe
On a recent trip to New Mexico, I visited Wahoo! Santa Fe and was immediately charmed by their eclectic mix of Southwestern-style jewelry and vintage pieces from the 1930s to the present. I'm always on a mission to find some Southwestern treasures and was not...
Dryland Wilds: Perfumes from the Wilds of New Mexico
I caught her scent just after sunrise as she passed by me on the trail to Jemez Falls. She wore a Chimayo coat, battered 501s, hiking boots, and an old Nikon FG around her neck. Her fragrance was aromatic and somehow familiar: Rosehips. ...
Santa Fe Vintage Outpost
Periodicals like Conde Nast, GQ, New York Times, and Vogue praise shop owner Scott Corey’s Santa Fe Vintage Outpost as one of the best reasons to visit Santa Fe... I think they’re underselling it. Corey’s tastefully curated Southwestern vintage clothing and...
Monument Valley
Claustrophobic cities.Interminable commutes.The rat race.A home like a human file cabinet.Chasing trends.And always being #Instaperfect.Urban luxury was everything in my twenties and thirties. Suddenly I hit my limit, grew up, and I was over it.I want to...
Euro-Cowboys & Authentic Southwestern Style
Shortly after moving to Italy (back in another lifetime), I was amused to find fashion-savvy Italian men strutting the streets of Milan and Vicenza dressed as American cowboys. Philip Morris had decided to market cigarettes abroad by sending their iconic...
Southwest Road Tripping: The Bisti Badlands, New Mexico
There’s a sense of freedom in traveling with nothing more than a weekend bag, your best friend, and a car. (Sorry, T.S.A. Our frenzied passions had their delights, but it’s over now.) This summer, wanderlust lured me to New Mexico and the otherworldly land...
Refresh Your Wardrobe – Southwest Style!
Passementrie of Santa Fe Lookbook Image, Pisac Ruana. Fashion trends come and go with dizzying speed. There’s something delicious about finally leaving trends behind and choosing your own style. Easier said than done? Maybe not. Inspiration is everywhere. I...
Tucson’s Barrio Bread by Don Guerra: Top Ten Bread Baker in the USA
Have you ever wondered if there were specific qualifications for being a food critic? I actually read the Association of Food Journalists (there IS such a thing) Food Critics Guidelines before writing this post, so I can speak with some authority: I am unqualified....
