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Santa Fe Neighborhood Quick Sketch: Acequia Madre

by Malissa Kullberg on April 30, 2010

The very phrase Acequia Madre–Mother Ditch–suggests something rough and elemental: a primordial slash in the earth from which life springs.  Yet Acequia Madre is one of the priciest streets in Santa Fe.  But then that’s Santa Fe, where mud homes on dirt roads are prime real estate. A few minutes’ stroll will convince you of [...]

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Liquid Luxury = Solid Satisfaction at Downtown Santa Fe Chocolatier

by Malissa Kullberg on February 12, 2010

Step through the doors of  Kakawa Chocolate House and the smell of chocolate is thick, voluptuous, almost musky.  The downtown shop is tiny–just one room with an alcove–but with a charm both potent and engaging.  A tiny kiva, Tibetan prayer flags and exhibits by local artists add color and warmth to the cosy rooms. The [...]

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Christmas Eve on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road

by Malissa Kullberg on December 29, 2009

The cold was frightful.  Snow and ice covered much of the ground.  But those who braved Nature’s buffets for the annual Christmas Eve walk on Canyon Road in Santa Fe reaped the rewards of a sweet, community ritual that defines the winter holiday for many in the City Different. Tradition reports that luminarias, the little [...]

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Santa Fe Art Scene: Substance over Style

by Malissa Kullberg on October 30, 2009

Sure, Santa Fe was crowned a UNESCO Creative City in 2005 (for folk art and design) and has apparent squatter’s right in the Small Cities category of American Style’s annual poll on the top 25 arts destinations.  We’re known for the Canyon Road art galleries, the opera, Indian Market, Spanish Market and most recently, the [...]

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See and Be Scene

by Malissa Kullberg on June 15, 2009

‘The Armageddon Super Meal’ or ‘Google Boogle’, 9ft. x 12ft., enamel on canvas, 2009–Todd Scalise A little over a year ago, my business partner and I held our first art opening at our listing at 123 West Santa Fe Avenue.  We knew a few artists without gallery representation in Santa Fe; I’d been the co-director [...]

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“Generations”–New Exhibit at SF Community Convention Center

by Malissa Kullberg on January 11, 2009

Once, as I purchased a writing book by a fellow named Peter Elbow, the literary savant at the till told me that such a name showed the author hailed from a family of writers (elbow?)  Names have, at times, pointed to the family profession: thus, Coopers were barrel makers; Schiavo, slaves. In the show, Generations, [...]

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