Author dorabenley

When we stayed at the La Quinta in Albuquerque we ate here for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was only a few steps from our exterior corridor motel room. We couldn’t decide whether the breakfast cheese omelettes were better than… Continue Reading →

The steak at K-Bob’s in Socorro was better than during our previous visit three years ago on the way back from Santa Fe researching WW2 spies. But it wasn’t worth $82.63 for three people and one takeout for our dog…. Continue Reading →

Denny’s is supposed to be just another family sit down restaurant on the cheap side. How come this summer it’s transformed itself into an Italian wonder with the best spaghetti I’ve ever tasted? We looked for every excuse we could… Continue Reading →

By the time we were on the return trip from Santa Fe where we’d been researching WW2 spies, we knew to look for Denny’s. We got off the road in Bernalillo and enjoyed spaghetti and meatballs for lunch. It was… Continue Reading →

It was July. It was hot and crowded outside during the Folk Festival Weekend. I decided to shop inside in the La Fonda Lobby. Where would I buy that painting I’d been waiting for? I had to look no farther… Continue Reading →

The humble little French Pastry Shop Restaurant tucked away in a dark corner of the La Fonda lobby with a separate entrance onto E. San Francisco is quietly enough probably the best eatery in New Mexico. The atmosphere evokes colonial… Continue Reading →

We attended the International Folk Art Festival on the weekend of July 12-13 in Santa Fe for the first time. Vendors had stands set up all over the Santa Fe Plaza area, spilling out almost to the surrounding parking lots…. Continue Reading →

We didn’t want to eat at the El Canon at the Santa Fe Hilton where 3 years ago the waiter threw our tip at us. We walked across San Francisco Street to Il Vicino. Every night of our 4 night… Continue Reading →

We promised ourselves we would never stay at the Hilton again 3 years ago. Guess what? We booked the room still again in July. It was the International Folk Art Festival Weekend. We were here researching WW2 spies. We couldn’t… Continue Reading →

Jackalope is that kind of place where you can find statuettes, statues, ceramic kleenex boxes, birdbaths, pots, prints, and every other kind of Santa Fe bric-a-brac that you can imagine for the lowest prices in town. We visited on a… Continue Reading →