Jeff Bridges Band to Play Santa Fe New Mexico

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The first Live Stage Performance of Jeff Bridges' Band is to Play at the historic Lensic Theater in Santa Fe , New Mexico on Sunday April 18 at 3:00PM. Bridges was highly acclaimed for his perfomance as Bad Blake in "Crazy Heart". The film was filmed mostly in Santa fe New Mexico, in fact a lot of the movie was filmed at Evangelo's a local watering hole right across from the historic Lensic Theater.
Bridges won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for his portrayal of a down and out singer , and hard drinker in the movie. TBone Burnett and co-producer Ryan Bingham also won an academy award for Best original song , "The Weary Kind"
This charitable event will host an auction on Crazy Heart Movie memorabilia , silent auction and screening of Crazy Heart along with the music. The event is being staged to raise money for New Mexico film Makers Give Back, sponsored by Hutton Broadcasting & NM Filmmakers union. Tickets are available through Santa Fe at The Lensic 505 988 1234 or boxoffice@lensic.com Ticket prices are $20 $50 and $100
For more information contact Jon Hendry 505 670 7381

Billy D & The Hoodoos CD Release Santa Fe New Mexico

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Billy D & The Hoodoos will officially "in person" release their new CD at the bar in The La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe New Mexico March 26 & 27th. They will be playing new songs and old songs from 8:00PM to 11:00PM for rockers to dance the night away. See La Fonda's web site at http://www.lafondasantafe.com for more information.

Enchanted City Santa Fe New Mexico

This is a beautiful poem written about Santa Fe by an unknown author. Enjoy!!

Enchanted City

We sat by the fire, my friend and I,
And talked of Santa Fe.
She asked me what I'd miss the most
if ever I went away.

Then I thought of May when the acequias flow,
And the lilacs bloom like mad,
When the robins sing in our apple tree:
"Spring is here ,be glad!

I thought of chile and pinon wood,
And my friends of many a day,
of hollyhocks reaching to turquoise skies,
And the bells of Cristo Rey.

Of burros and 'dobes and fiesta so gay,
The majestic cathedral for a moment to pray
Of the breathless sight when the aspens change
In the beautiful Sangre de Cristo range.

Of snow softly falling on Chreistmas Eve,
Luminarias lighting the way
To welcome the Christ child once again,
When He is born on Christmas Day-

It is hard to say what I'd miss the most
If I ever went away,
But I hope and pray with all my heart
I can remain in Santa Fe...

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Spring Skiing Santa Fe New Mexico

Some of the best spring skiing can be found right here in Santa Fe New Mexico. In our last storm on March 14 the Santa Fe ski area reported 15 inches of new snow. I can also report that the skiing is excellent. I skied Santa Fe on Tuesday March 16 and found some incredible powder!! Double Eagle Oh My God!!

If you are reading this and are going this week I would definitely ski off of the triple and millennium lifts. You won't have as long of lift lines and the powder is still there. They have had some warm days after all it is St Patricks Day today. It is hard to believe that we were in a blizzard Sunday night and today it is 60 degrees. I am sure it is more like 45 at the ski basin.

Ski Santa Fe plans to close after April 11th, as long as the snow holds out and we are expecting another storm next week. Check out their web camera!

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Southwest Foccacia Bread Recipe

This recipe will be in our cookbook that is coming out soon, look for it on our Facebook Fan page .

makes 1/2 sheet pan

2 pkg dry yeast
1 1/2 cups luke warm water
(mix together and set aside)

1 3/4 cups mashed potatoes
1 large red bell pepper, slivered
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
1/4 bunch Italian parsley,chopped
6-8 chipotle chilies, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced

Add yeast mixture to mashed potatoes that have cooled slightly. Add next 5 ingredients, mix. Then slowly add 5 cups of bread flour that has been sifted with 1 Tablespoon of salt. Add 2 cups at a time using a kitchen aid mixer with a dough hook attachment. Keep scraping the bowl with a spatula. Put in a large bowl and rub with olive oil. Let it rise in a warm place for about 3 hours or until it is double in size. Punch down. Spread dough in a greased 1/2 sheet pan or cookie sheet. Brush the top with olive oil. Let rise again until double in size . Bake at 350 until golden about 25- 30 minutes.

This is great to serve with enchiladas or make panini sandwiches. It also freezes well.

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Todays Food for Thought

I was driving into town today from The Bobcat Inn and heard an interesting topic on a talk radio show. They were discussing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental problems associated with rearing cattle and other animals. Rajendra Pachauri, was recently re-elected for a second term chair of the U.N. Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The organization won a Nobel Peace Prize award in 2007 along with Al Gore. Pachauri told the Observor that people should start by having one meat free day per week then cut back further.

This is more than likely correct but I don't think anyone has the right to tell me or anyone else what to eat. Next, they will tell us to live in a small house and not drive a car. This is very disturbing to our agriculture base. My father is a rancher and farmer in Texas and this kind of propaganda will only hurt ranchers. A lady called into the program who raises pork. She was being funny and said her name was Mrs. Bacon . She said that her two pigs that she had raised were now in her freezer and she was being complimented by how good they tasted when she gave samples to her friends. The host ask her what made her pork taste so good and she replied it was what she had fed them. (corn and alfalfa and scraps) I can also relate this to grass fed beef since it is a pet peeve of mine. I know it is politically correct to eat grass fed beef if you are going to eat beef. It is lower in cholesterol and very lean. If you had a tasting and compared grass fed to corn and grain fed beef , the latter would win hands down. I do agree that it is nice to know where your food comes from and if it is fresh it will taste a lot better than if it was shipped and frozen.

I wonder if people were asked to stop eating chocolate for the planet if they would do so? I certainly would not. I cater to many people's special diets and I have never heard this being the reason a person is a vegetarian until now.

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Fall Colors and Galisteo 22nd Annual Studio Tour - 2009

It was so much fun taking a country drive and heading to the small village of Galisteo last weekend. The weather unlike today was gorgeous. This morning it snowed and then turned very cold and damp. The cottonwood trees were at their peak of changing to gold. The art in this small village is incredible. There were 36 artist showing their work and there was all different mediums of art. I bought a retablo of San Pasqual from artist, Catherine Ferguson. I have it hanging in the kitchen at The Bobcat Inn. This artist had even painted her propane tank with ravens and a dark New Mexico blue sky background. Another well known artist , Priscilla Hoback had murals, monotypes and pottery sculptures. There are several other art studio tours happening this fall. La Cienega hosts theirs after Thanksgiving and Dixon will host theirs on November 7 & 8th. It is a great way to meet the artist and contribute to your local economy while getting some fresh air.

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