10.24 Editors Note
I’m seeing more balloons in the sky on my morning runs as the air gets cooler and the days get shorter. I’m partial to the July heat here in New Mexico, but October has its charms. It always seems like the city breathes a collective sigh of relief right around the time the cranes return in October.
9.24 Editors Note
I’m a Lobo, to the extent that I’m a graduate of UNM, though the closest I ever got to Lobo sports was playing Frisbee out on Johnson Field until I worked on this issue. There are some great stories in here about legendary athletes. Hopefully, if you are a Lobo too, you’ll see some old friends.
Passenger Window: Southwest Pieta
Driving slowly down Edith Boulevard over the street’s ample speed bumps, it’s impossible for the very big and very blue sculpture “Southwest Pieta” at the intersection of Roma Avenue on the edge of Martineztown Park not to draw your eye. The sculpture’s massive azure base and intertwined figures invite further investigation into the history of the neighborhood, the sculpture and the artist who created it.
Eats Etc: Turquoise Desert Taproom
Turquoise Desert Taproom has a sports bar atmosphere, but the food isn’t what one might typically expect for such an establishment.
Eats Etc: Burrito Express
As legend has it, Burrito Express got started more than four decades ago in a 250 square-foot building in Roswell, backed by a prolific “Tortilla Machine” and a cache of delicious family recipes.
Eats Etc: New Mexico Beef Jerky Co.
There’s a reason why the beef jerky sold at this establishment has a well-earned reputation for excellence.
“My father grew up with his grandpa, they were ranchers,” says Veronica Chavez Lewandowski. “My dad carried on the tradition, and we were also ranchers when we were small. We raised animals; we sold them. So basically we just kind of carried on the tradition.”