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Summer Guide 2009
Thunderstorms over Memorial weekend may have delayed the first pool weekend of the season and rained out a couple of barbecues, but they also (hopefully) foreshadowed the monsoons Santa Fe counts on to cool off hot summer afternoons.
SFR's guide to Roller Derby, ice cream, music, swimming, golf, hot-air ballooning, movies & more.
Divide and Conquer
This summer’s movies can be separated into three categories, provided one is willing to make up three bullshit categories and put this summer’s movies into them.
Free to Be You and Me
A chronicle of free outdoor music for summer in Santa Fe.
Perfect Moment
Hot air ballooning only seems expensive until you realize it's necessary.
You Can Take the Heat
Wherein Chef Johnny Vee teaches a sad bachelor how to cook. And how to date.
The Empress of Ice Cream
It’s a yummy job, but somebody’s gotta do it. Santa Fe offers many varieties of cold treats—ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt, ice pops—so the hardest part about finding the good stuff is simply choosing from the many options.
Ocean Bound
Puerto Peñasco is a former fishing village-turned-vacation-destination, a mere 12 hours away from Santa Fe or, if you’re traveling in a minivan with two kids, the journey translates to about eight DVDs with some time added for bickering as to whether Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr. beats School of Rock’s Jack Black when it comes to charisma and believability.
Be An Outsider
The Santa Fe Botanical Garden's many satellites offer solace among nature that other people mercifully maintain.
Joining the Club
This was supposed to be a “hilarious tale of misery and humiliation on the green.” At least, that’s how I pitched the story. But I made a gross miscalculation when I thought Nettles, the head golf pro at Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe, was gonna be the guy to help me with that plan