santa fe

Three family weddings, a law school graduation, and the end of another school year, that's what I've been doing the last few weeks. Now it's time for a summer of adventure.

Mark and I are exploring Santa Fe right now researching for an upcoming book we working on for the University of New Mexico Press. Research can be so much fun. First of all we're getting to stay for two weeks in an awesome house off Canyon Road. If you know much about Santa Fe, then you know just how cool Canyon Road is - jam packed with art galleries and a few fab places to eat.

We're getting to try new restaurants, shops, galleries, flea markets, farmers markets, history, and historical spots. We've been to Santa Fe plenty of times, but we're really digging deep in to new things this trip.

The Arizona fires are devastating of course, but the smoke sure makes for some glorious sunsets here in Santa Fe. We took pics along Canyon Road last night, but they don't do the scenery and the lighting justice. A local stopped us and said he'd never seen the sun like that in his thirty Santa Fe years. Tonight we got some better shots from the Bell Tower patio of the La Fonda hotel on the Plaza.

We spent some time today along the Plaza watching the filming of an upcoming movie, Odd Thomas. I kept wanting to stay, afraid that I'd miss something (or someone) cool! The movie is based on some of Dean Koontz short stories I understand....I've gotten enough detail about the plot to make me want to read the stories. Anton Yeltin (Chekov from Star Trek - movie) is the main character and Willem Defoe and 50 Cent have roles in the movie as well. 50 Cent should be here tomorrow.

Looking forward to a few days of exploring outside of S Fe tomorrow, hiking, fishing,and discovering new things. Who knows, maybe I'll get back into town in time to see 50 Cent!