Get ready for summer

BY JEANS PINEDA

April is the cruelest month. It’s been this way since Eliot penned the “Wasteland.” May is cruel too with its variable weather making al fresco a risky endeavor. But June brings good tidings. Those who frequent the bars of Taos and seek live music are well aware of the Adobe Bar at the Historic Taos Inn, colloquially known as “the living room of Taos.” You can expect to shake your rumps once again this summer as live music will finally return in June.

For the first two weeks (June 3, 4 and 5 and then June 10, 11 and 12) you’ll get a steady dose of Brent Barry and you’ll also get a steady dose of Micheal Fitzpatrick Burke and his heart-rending folk ballads.

Another term people may not be familiar with yet is “The Grove,” a new outdoor dining experience on the Doc Martin’s side of the inn. As with most businesses during the pandemic, and especially restaurants, they’ve had to engineer ways of surviving in spite of COVID-safe regulations – namely getting enough people at your establishment when there’s a definite limit on how many patrons can dine-in at any one time (in the yellow phase its 33 percent of maximum capacity indoors, in green 50 percent, in turquoise 75 percent).