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Brave Faces
Frank Buffalo Hyde illustrates the cross-contamination of his Native heritage with pop culture icons. A typical composition includes a depiction of a Native figure or artifact juxtaposed with a mass-produced object, often dessert, floating amid a field of dots or bright color.
Cozy Chic
Boots, gloves, sweaters, hats and lotion for staying warm and protected in the coming ice age.
Winter Guide 2009
An early pre-Halloween snowfall in Santa Fe sent us all scurrying into our sweater drawers and required the reluctant firing up of pilot lights around town. While November returned us to more moderate temperatures, the snow on the mountain leaves no doubt: The first official day of winter isn’t until Dec. 21, but we’ll be fully into the swing of that picturesque season by then.
Heaven Is a Lonely Place
In 1984, Mark Mortier and a few friends crossed over the top of Santa Fe’s Lake Peak in flimsy leather ski boots, with skinny, 7-foot-long telemark skis thrown over their shoulders. They clipped at the top of a sub-peak on the other side and dropped into a small piece of heaven.
Go Toward the Light
The day before riding the Star Train, I sat down to lunch with Peter Lipscomb and Robert Hoyle, two self-proclaimed “astrononerds” who spend their days talking about the skies and their nights gazing into them.
Double Trouble
Fifteen sets of skates for 15 pairs of stockinged skaters’ feet make a 50-mile journey three to five times a week. This is the story of prospective ice-skaters’ introduction into the high-stakes world of US Figure Skating. It’s also a story of not taking such things too seriously.
Cold Snack!
The dark, chilly days of winter and the often attendant desire to remain inside belong to those of us who know that settling in with a good book or staying in bed are the best plans. Of course, those leisurely, lingering activities come with a de facto pit stop: the indulgent break for needed sustenance, the winter snack.
Pulling Strings
There’s evidence Americans are under the erroneous impression that puppet shows are only for kids. But if the minds behind the Holiday Open House at the New Mexico Museum of Art have their way, adults will get over it and enjoy toys just as much as children do.
Shovel It!
The history of snow sports is one of tragedy, folly and regret. But some things hurt more than others. When 30 fun-filled years of mayhem and drunken horror is robbed from the public because of “liability,” the only choice is to go rogue.
Boarding Call
Razelle Benally considers snowboarding—like filmmaking, skateboarding and underground hip-hop—to be more than a hobby. For Benally, it's integral to life.
