PETE’S CAFE, BELEN—I met Rhona Espinoza, Belen’s Executive Director of its MainStreet Partnership, for lunch. There are two things I have to say about that: 1. Pete’s Cafe was packed, but Rhona knew absolutely everybody in the place…well, except one person and that person was me. 2. I have seen Read more
RATON, NM—I rattled into Raton and immediately headed for the old downtown area looking for a hotel in the historic district. The historic district is not that big, and it quickly became obvious that there were no hotels in the area at all, so I did what a good many Read more
SOUTH 2ND & CENTER ST, TUCUMCARI—The Odeon Theater lights up South 2nd St. in Tucumcari. The rest of the street is pretty dark. This is not on Route 66 that has the world famous neon signs…signs like the Blue Swallow Motel and the TeePee Curio Shop. No, this is old Read more
GALLUP, NM—I didn’t think this trip would begin with high winds and snow, but it did. Fortunately, the wind was straight out of the west and the snow was in the form of snow pellets the size of garbanzo beans. No problem. In fact, the snow disappeared and so did Read more
SILVER CITY—It was time for the Tour of the Gila! As we got ready to leave for Silver City, our plans went awry immediately. We decided to eat breakfast at the Arrey Cafe, a wonderful place to get a good breakfast in a hurry and at a reasonable price. Besides, Read more
NOB HILL, ABQ—For the 24th year, Nob Hill celebrated Earth Day with a community festival on Silver Ave. just behind La Montanita Co-op. Famous for being a gathering of all sorts of colorful people, as well as those interested in issues of the environment and social justice, the Earth Fest Read more
As Christmas creeps closer, we want to remind you to shop local. And not just local, but specifically, Shop MainStreet. There are twenty-seven MainStreet, seven Arts & Cultural and fifteen Frontier Communities in New Mexico. Each of them have great shopping and dining options for residents and visitors. Each community is Read more