Restaurant Review: In Gold Street Caffé We Trust In Gold Street Caffé We Trust It’s hard to miss all the new coffee shops surfacing throughout Albuquerque. If you’re familiar with this unique and apparently caffeine-addicted city, you [...] Monica Schmitt \ Sep 29, 2016 Read More Breakfast burrito with green chile (Eric Williams)
Culture Shock: Mosaic Arts Program Leads The Way Public Art Involves Youth In The Art Community Public art plays a fundamental role in most communities, from Cloud Gate—commonly referred to as “The Bean”—in Chicago to the Statue of Liberty [...] Monica Schmitt \ Aug 18, 2016 Read More (photo by Eric Williams)
Art Review: Radiating Brilliance Juliana Coles Challenges Viewers With Her Art Installation Stripped The Harwood Art Center—for those who are unfamiliar with the neo-classical revival style building near Downtown Albuquerque—is a place for young artists to [...] Monica Schmitt \ Aug 11, 2016 Read More
Restaurant Review: 35° North Coffee Offers French Flair 35° North Coffee Offers French Flair Cleverly named after the restaurant’s map coordinates, 35° North Coffee is a Santa Fe-based coffee shop that recently branched out of their original [...] Monica Schmitt \ Aug 11, 2016 Read More Veggie hummus wrap (Eric Williams)
This Modern World: Magdalena Ridge Dim Things Made Bright It was a Thursday morning in mid-July when I sat inside one of two white Suburbans with government license plates and admired the [...] Monica Schmitt \ Jul 21, 2016 Read More
Patio And Happy Hour Guide: Pati-Yo’ Beer Belly Suds Under The Sun There’s nothing quite like sipping on a local beer while watching the sunset or snacking on grub from food trucks, and having the [...] Monica Schmitt \ Jun 16, 2016 Read More Drink up! (M Schmitt)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends A confused seriema—a foraging bird native to South America that looks strikingly similar to Kevin from the Disney film Up—crashed a golf course [...] Monica Schmitt \ Jun 16, 2016 Read More
Restaurant Review: May Café Serves A Tantalizing Thai Tea May Café Serves A Tantalizing Thai Tea Never judge a book by its cover, and never judge a restaurant by its exterior. To miss out on good food because of [...] Monica Schmitt \ Jun 09, 2016 Read More Shrimp with noodles and veggies (Monica Schmitt)
Reel World: For The Record For The Record As part of the Art Show at Albuquerque Pride Fest, sponsored by Century 21 UNICA Real Estate, the documentary Let The Record Show [...] Monica Schmitt \ Jun 09, 2016 Read More
Opinion: In ‘Till The Last Ballot Is Cast It was a hot May afternoon as my friend Jonny and I drove west towards the Albuquerque Convention Center. My beat-up 2001 Toyota [...] Monica Schmitt \ May 26, 2016 Read More