A Week in New Mexico (Weeknotes
Albuquerque Trip
We spent the week to exploring Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was another stop on our “places we might want to live in retirement” tour, and gave me a new state for my “Where have I been?” page. We rented small house in the northeast part of the city, worked during the day, and explored the city in the afternoons and evenings.
It was unusually cold while we were there and several inches of snow fell. Although the city’s best experiences all seem to be outside, the weather didn’t stop us completely. We managed a few excursions, including
🌵 A short hike in the Sandia foothills, while it snowed
🚡 A ride up the Sandia Peak Aerial tramway to an elevation of over 10,000 feet
🌶️ A visit to historic Old Town
🎨 A day trip to Santa Fe
We ate at some really good restaurants, including
🌮 Church Street Cafe made me a Chili Relleno convert.
🌶️ El Pinto served up some amazing ribs marinated in Hatch chilis.
🧄 The Shed was good, but not worth the long wait. And they serve garlic bread with everything, which is just weird.
🌯 Garcia’s Kitchen is like Mexican Denny’s. Not trying to be anything fancy, just good food.
It was time well spent.
Now Page Highlights
Reading
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In her November 8 edition of “Letters from an American”, Heather Cox Richardson finds the “profound ignorance” of many American voters echos a similar situation from the 19th century.
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The cross-country plane rides gave me a chance to read a few more volumes of The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi.
Writing
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A short post about why I write these weekly updates.
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Some immediate thoughts following the presidential election.
Watching
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Excited for season 2 of The Diplomat!
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Finally put season 4 of Only Murders in the Building out of my misery.
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Went to the cinema to see Conclave. Stanley Tucci could read the phone book to me and that’d be okay. This movie works pretty well, and smooths out some of the book‘s rough spots.
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Started watching The Santa Clauses. The writing is sloppy, but I need some early Christmas comfort this year so I’ll probably be back for more.
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Another favorite from last year, Shrinking returns for a second season.
Video Vignettes
Stay strong, friends.