May 2016

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MAY 2016

S e rv in g t h e C o m mu nitie s of N orth C e n tral New Mexi c o

IN THIS ISSUE:

Feature - Out of Hibernation - Let the Events Begin!

Community Spotlight - Eldorado pet store moves Focus on Art - Placitas and Eldorado Studio Tours The Trowel - Early gardening, lettuce, etc.

May Calendar of Events Active Corridor - May is BIke Month

Volume 2 - Number 4

Tales of the Trails - First Fort Union, HIstoric Pres. Month 5th Annual Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show Blinded with Science - Artificial nueral networks Side Trips -Santa Fe north to Pojoaque Bits & Bites - Lensic: “City of Dreamers”, Double Dragon Acorn’s Corner - Coloring, crossword, origami

May 2016

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From the Editor This month we want to share a few reader submissions. Our first piece is an op/ed submission from Ed Moreno, who is a candidate for Santa Fe County Commission, District 5.

Ed Moreno “What does civic engagement mean to you?”

The first time I thought about it, I was 18 years old and a newly-minted citizen of the United States. I had been living in America since I was five years old, but not until I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship did I really feel connected to all the rights and privileges of our great democracy.

As a kid growing up in a racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood, I was lucky to be exposed to a wide variety of lifestyles, cultural values, religious beliefs and socio-economic conditions – it was the perfect American melting pot.

We felt connected -- to our community, church and each other.

We belonged.

Something good happens when you feel connected to a community. You care about the quality of life and the events that take place. You want to have a say in the decisions that are made by your local officials, and you take care to vote for those who share your concerns.

Here along the Eldorado – 285 Corridor, our population has doubled in the past 25 years. So have the issues and concerns: traffic, development, water, the need for social services. Our participation in the decisions made by local, regional and state government entities, as well as homeowner associations, has never been more important.

As a former journalist who has covered thousands of public meetings, and a public policy facilitator and policy analyst, I can attest to the power we all have to affect decisions made by our representatives. By listening to divergent views and opinions, learning from them and sharing ideas, we become more connected with our community. I believe dialogue is at the heart of public involvement.

As Eldorado and the 285 Corridor continue to grow, I hope more and more citizens will get involved in local affairs, and find it as fulfilling as I do.

A shared commitment in our community will let us keep enjoying our night skies, improve access to services, protect our water and land and strength-

en our community. Do you have an opinion about what matters most in and around Eldorado? Call me at 4661183 or e-mail me at edmoreno@ newmexico.com.

Ed Moreno is a candidate for Santa Fe County Commission, District 5

On March 12 we received this letter from Rene’ in Wagon Mound.

“Editor and staff of the Corridor congratulations!! awesome paper! absolutely grand, well done, well written articles, beautifully laid out, informative, wonderful, ... for many of us to see such a paper it is a dream come true.

Writing to you from “A Veteran Affair Centro de Educación para Artes y Culturas” ~ Wagon Mound ~ I was pleasantly surprised to see the little article posted online for May about the upcoming art fest in the village.

Thank you! Thank you very, very, very much. The news must have been submitted to you from Susie of the LV Arts Council.

Yes, the 2nd art fest shall happen on historic Railroad Avenue - May 28, 29 and 30. If you were to post the fest in your May calendar of events I would be most appreciative. Thank you.

Thank you for the Corridor.

This is our attempt to make a positive difference in this little corner of the planet. most sincerely, Rene” www.awagonmoundveteranaffair.org And this letter was posted to our Facebook page on March 24, 2016 “Very excited to find this page. As part of a collaborative in a corridor (El Valle Women’s Collaborative) in a rural area, we love that you are making spaces for the hidden gems of NM.” Jeanette

It’s always nice to hear from readers, good or bad. We like to know that you are enjoying our publication.

As always, we welcome your comments and your submissions. We encourge you to visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ thecorridoronline/ Send us your feedback by snail mail to: The Corridor, 7 Avenida Vista Grande #252, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508 You can also call our office at (505) 438-9600. Send all electronic remittances to editor@thecorridornm.com An you can always visit our online edition www.thecorridornm.com Best regards, Marc-Paul LaRouche Editor and Publisher, The Corridor “Serving The Communities of North Central New Mexico”

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ON THE COVER: “Spring is in the air” photo by Debbie LaRouche

In This Issue - May, 2016 - Volume 2, Number 4 FRONT PAGE - “Spring is in the Air” 2 - From the Editor - We hear from our readers 3 - Out of hiberation - let the events begin!

4 - Community Spotlight - A popular pet store makes a move 5 - Focus on Art - Placitas and Eldorado Studio Tours 6 - The Trowel - Early gardening, lettuce, etc.

8 - May Calendar of Events 9 - Active Corridor - May is Bike Month 10 - Tales of the Trails - The first Fort Union, Historic Preservation Month 11 - Upcoming Event - 5th Annual Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show 12 - Blinded By Science - Artifical neural networks 13 - Side Trips - Santa Fe north to Pojoaque 14 - Bits & Bites - Lensic: “City of Dreamers”, Double Dragon review 15 - Acorn’s Corner (Kids’ Page) - Coloring, crossword, origami, Saberdog

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Definition of Hibernation “A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter”

By Marc-Paul LaRouche

The month of May is typically the launching point for many months of “fairs, fests, shows, runs, rallys, fleas & tours” in north central New Mexico. As

a reader of The Corridor you are already aware of the abundance of Artists Studio Tours in New Mexico. This in fact seems to be something unique to New Mexico. From the first weekend in May (this year was split between April 30 and May 1), 23 artists studio tours will take place in New Mexico, most of them in the northern part of the state, as far north as Colorado. In May there are two studio tours, in back to back weekends. The Placitas Studio Tour will is held every Mother’s Day weekend, this year on May 7 and 8. The following weekend is the largest tour of the year, the Eldorado Studio Tour, with open studios on May 14 and 15. Another art event will take place in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, on Railroad Avenue, on May 28, 29 and 30. Be on the lookout for a multitude of arts events in The Corridor in the coming months.

If you are into bicycle events, there are a myriad of events taking place every weekend. One such popular event takes place in Santa Fe and is sponsored by Outside Magazine. The Outside Bike & Brew festival is 4 days of, basically, riding bicycles and enjoying quality crafted beers.

This year the event will be held from May 19 to May 22.

We Are Out of Hibernation . . .

Let the Events Begin !

It is an interesting thing to consider that the phenomenon to which we all refer as “Global Warming”, which is in fact a true and rapidly occurring set of events, seems to have had a reverse effect on much of the temperate climates. I have lived in New Mexico (this time) for 15 years, and personally I am TIRED OF BEING COLD! Whatever the cause of the change in climate, it seems that we may be finally reaching the Spring Thaw. We all are coming out of hibernation, so to speak, and just in time.

That same weekend, in Madrid, New Mexico, a less energetic but equally popular event is the Crawdaddy Blues Fest at the Mine Shaft Tavern.

This event features fresh crawfish boils, Cajun food, and lots of live blues.

For flower lovers and admirers there is a very special annual event in Taos, the Taos Lilac Festival, that celebrates the heritage of lilacs. This event is held from May 20 to May 27.

Close to my home in Eldorado we are a media sponsor for a very popular motorcycle event (see page 11 of this issue). The Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show is celebrating their 5th year and will take place on Father’s Day, June 19, from 10 am to 3 pm in Eldorado.

From a Mother’s Day whitewater festival in Pilar to a Memorial Day motorcycle rally in Red River, be sure to check out our event calendar every month for ideas on ways to “thaw out” and start You can log on anytime to check out our latest calendar events to feel human again. Happy May and http://thecorridornm.com/calendar/ Visit our Facebook page at welcome to the outside world.

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Community Spotlights

Popular Pet Store in Eldorado Makes a Big Move Into a Bigger and Better Store

We herd that Spring is just around the corner (Or was that just the wind?)

Come on out and see us while we’re still cute and fuzzy Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons 1-4 pm or by appointment 66 Jacinto Road, Santa Fe, NM 87508 (Off hwy 285, just south of Eldorado) Shearing this May 17th and 18th

Call Anne at 505-310-3369 for more information or visit our website: The friendly staff at Eldorado Country Pet in their beautiful new store Anne Embry, Patty McNally, Lisa, Autumn Buddemeier and Freddi Martinez

Story by Kim Shanahan When Lisa Boegl, owner of Eldorado Country Pet, moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Eldorado in 1999, the first thing she thought was, “This place needs a pet supply store.” As someone who managed her first retail store at the age of 20, a busy record store in Washington State, she knew she was up for the task but put the notion on the back burner for a while.

In the meantime, an opportunity to pursue another passion – wild birds – presented itself and she took the job of volunteer coordinator for the Randall Davey Audubon Center on Upper Canyon Rd. “It was a great five year run,” Lisa said. “I learned so much about the wild birds and wildlife of New Mexico and participated in numerous bird counts from Raton to Socorro.”

While the Audubon Center was a great experience, Lisa was always on the watch to resume another great passion – animal welfare. Before moving to NM, Lisa had been the wildlife rehabilitation coordinator for Peninsula Humane Society, one of California’s only animal shelters with a wildlife division. “I loved that job,” Lisa remembers. “Helping sick and injured animals back to health and then releasing them back to their natural elements was tremendously gratifying and extremely hard work.”

One animal she nursed back to health was not a wild one but was on death’s door when he came into the shelter. That was a stray, year-old green iguana. Lisa took Manny home to rehab and ultimately adopted him.

Manny made the move to Eldorado with Lisa, along with a female iguana and a rescued collie named Sable.

Manny is now a healthy 19+ years old and enjoying his senior years in his own climate-controlled, sunfilled room in Lisa’s Eldorado home.

The chance to get back into animal welfare presented itself when Lisa accepted a position as cruelty case manager with Animal Protection of New Mexico, a position she was well-suited for after five years of working as community outreach manager at the Peninsula Humane Society. Both positions required knowledge of animal ordinances, and grass-roots organizational skills.

“I’ve never been one to stick my head in the sand when it comes to animal abuse and the rights all living beings should be allowed. It certainly wasn’t glamorous work, but necessary work that many people find unappealing.”

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In 2007 Lisa decided to get back into the retail game and managed two different pet supply stores in Santa Fe. “It was fun to be responsible for the stores, but I was eager to fulfill my dream of owning my own pet supply business,” Lisa said. So when Tina Carr offered Lisa the chance to work at Eldorado Country Pet with the idea of eventually buying it, Lisa jumped at the chance. “Tina saw the same need I did when she moved to Eldorado,” Lisa said, “and she built a great community store and I couldn’t wait to build upon Tina’s success.”

Lisa and Tina consummated the sale of Eldorado Country Pet on the final day of 2014 and Lisa has never looked back. Indeed, the most exciting event just happened when Lisa took over three vacant spaces in the Agora and expanded the store. The beautiful remodel was finished the first week of April and the move was accomplished in two days, thanks to the generous help of 25 dedicated and loyal customers who came out on a Sunday to help. “The response to the new store is overwhelming and I look forward to becoming more of a community resource,” Lisa said.

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The New Eldorado Country Pet She’s also excited to bring her own dogs to work with her. Lisa has been a volunteer, and more recently a board member of Southwest Collie Rescue since 2006. She has fostered 15 collies (and mixes), and adopted only three of them!

Lisa knows the success of Eldorado Country Pet & Wild Bird is dependent on its loyal customers. She also feels blessed to have a dedicated staff of Patty McNally, Autumn Buddemeier, Freddi Martinez and Anne Embry – all Eldoradoans who are extremely knowledgeable in animal nutrition, health, grooming and behavior.

A Grand Re-Opening is planned for Saturday June 4th. It will be a great party and the entire community is invited!

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19th Annual Placitas Studio Tour Mother’s Day Weekend 59 Artists - 49 Studios 2 Days

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Open Studios Saturday and Sunday, May 7 and May 8, 2016 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

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Our Doors Are Open!

On Mother’s Day weekend, 59 Placitas artists will “Open Their Doors” to the public at 49 studios, offering a wide array of fine arts — paintings, wearable art, photography, ceramics, woodworking, glass art, jewelry, mosaics, sculptures, metalwork, and mixed media, including found and re-cycled objects.

This is always a great opportunity to explore the unique studios scattered throughout the scenic foothills of the northern Sandias, where one can meet and talk with the artists about their work and discover the fascinating and varied working environments where they create.

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25th Annual Eldorado Studio Tour 94 Artists - 59 Studios 2 Days Artist Reception at Eldorado Community Center Friday, May 13, 2016 5 pm to 7 pm Open Studios and Preview Gallery Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and May 15, 2016 10:00 am to 5:00 pm www.eldoradoarts.org/eldoradostudiotour/tour_artists.php nmastguide.com/2016-guide/eldorado-studio-tour-2016/

Celebrating its 25th anniversary is one of the oldest artists’ studio tours in New Mexico, and this year will have the largest number of artists participating in any tour. We have brought together 3 representative artists from this impresseive group to share a little about them and their journeys as artists.

Susan J. Hyndman “Impractical Toys Brochure” Susan J. Hyndman - Studio 55 “Innovative Lively Paintings” http://www.susanhyndman.com/ “Be who you are. Be free. Integrate spirit with quality of life not quantity of possessions.

I have always been an artist. It is in the genes. I draw, doodle, color, paint and experiment with a myriad of techniques. I studied Textile Design and produced a small collection of fabrics. I have worked in mixed media, collage and pastel/crayon/inks and watercolor. This year I also published my first book featuring my images and prose.

I am passionate about integrating colors and textures.

I have always been very visual. I grew up surrounded by art, architecture, nature and music. I love the water, earth, sky and stars.

Surrender to your innermost desires to create and sustain yourself through Art. As I draw breath, I inspire my imagination.”

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The Eldorado Arts & Crafts Association proudly presents the 25th Anniversary Eldorado Studio Tour the weekend of May 14 – 15. Once again the Tour

leads the pack of Spring Studio Tours with the greatest number of artist and artisan participants in New Mexico.

The Preview Gallery kicks off the Tour on Friday, May 13th at the Eldorado Community Center at 1 La Hacienda Drive from 5 – 7, where you can meet and talk with the artists, immerse yourself in their work and enjoy music and refreshments.

Artist genres included in this year are: painting, ceramics, sculpture, glass, jewelry and photography. Also included are woodworking, digital images,

Julie Nocent Vigil “Publication Image from Cloud Deck for Prospero” Julie Nocent-Vigil - Studio 40 “Mixed Media and Book Arts” http://www.highdesertps.com/ “As an artist, I draw upon the notion of palimpsest in my art-making. Historically, palimpsests were scrolls or books, from which text had been erased, scraped, or washed off so that the surfaces could be used again for new text.

In a contemporary art context, the process of creating a palimpsest connotes memory, fragmentation, and dissonance as traces of early stages emerge and interact to suggest new meaning in juxtaposition.

I create works that recall palimpsests by incorporating fragments of text, erasing, and adding new layers to communicate the experience of memory, meaningful connections over time, and records of passage through space and personal geographies experienced in the Southwest.”

furniture, fiber and wearable art, mixed media and recycled art.

To enhance the enjoyment of your weekend, visit the Preview Gallery at the Eldorado Community Center Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM to 5 PM, view a representative piece of each participating artists work, and pick up a brochure and map to each artists studio. Alternatively, visit: www.eldoradostudiotour.org Directions to Eldorado Community Center: Eldorado is located 12 miles southeast of Santa Fe on US 295 off I-25 at exit 290. Go south on US 285 to the first traffic light (Avenida de Amistad) turn right and follow the signs to La Hacienda Loop and the Preview Gallery.

Andrea Sharon “Metamorphosis Tree Nymph” Web Mixed Media and Advertising Andrea Sharon - Photography Studio 57 http://andreajsharon.net/ I have been very fortunate to have lived and worked in some of the most spectacular places in the country. From the depths of Death Valley to the foothills of Denali, my career with the National Park Service has been a door to the world of photography.

Starting out with scientific photo documentation in the field over 20 years ago, I have expanded the scope of my expression to include fine art and “street” photography; Polaroid image transfer, historic alternative processes; and I am currently exploring high-resolution digital scanning and archival printing.

Photographic images have an incredible power to capture our hearts and influence our attitudes and actions. Through my work I hope to follow in the footsteps of these early artists and continue to influence the viewer towards a sense of wonder and appreciation.

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The Trowel

GARDENING TIPS & TRICKS MAY GARDENING

by Milicent McFarland

EYES EVERYWHERE! Multitasking is the mantra this month.

It seems that is there is just a lot to check on all the time--both inside with the indoor grow-lights and outside in the yard: watering, weeding, thinning, re-seeding, etc.

We never plant warm weather crops, like tomatoes and peppers, outside until the end of May or later.

We have experienced too many late freezes since moving here to Eldorado. One mid-May we had an 18° morning that killed a rose and a flowering tree. Last year we lost I love it though, because gardening a dozen mid-size tomatoes plants lures me outdoors, where I can we had put out in the cold-frame enjoy bird song, insect buzz, lilac to harden off. An unexpected late perfume, iris hue and the ever- April freeze did them in. So maybe starting later this year is not such a changing colors of the sky. bad thing?

Some of the intriguing, unique sights I have witnessed serendipitously Thinning plants: I tend to thickly plant my greens and lettuce when include:

* Seeing a Curved-bill I seed them, in order to eat the Thrasher chase a tiny Red Racer thinnings. You can thin by actually pulling plants up or by cutting the away from its cactus nest site;

* Rescuing a tiny plants off at the base. I thin the hummingbird from the water barrel bigger plants, like Mustard greens, Collards and Kale, by pulling the it had fallen into;

* Watching a mama Towhee entire plant out. They need to be feed her baby, who was as large as thinned to a foot apart. she;

* Discovering that the This is my first year growing Butterfly Weed (Asclepius collards and this particular variety Tuberosa) seeds I grew last year will get three feet tall. I started are coming back; all of these greens March 8 and

* Finding baby hollyhocks have kept them under row cover, appearing unexpectedly in a spot which helps with moisture and heat only a bird could have planted; retention as well as discouraging

* Watching over a young pest incursion. hawk that was curled up in our drive, recovering from some I also thinned my tomato plantings catastrophe. And he did recover as inside, to reduce the numbers to the sun warmed him and his three only two tomato seedlings per cell. siblings circled and screamed to In a few weeks, those two will need him; to each be re-planted into their own

* And keeping a constant separate pots. eye out for signs that destructive critters—like gophers & packrats— On a side note, the the coir filled 72 have not infiltrated areas where x 2 (2 trays of 72 cells each). So the they will cause damage. coir was very economical.

Every year is different. Last year Anon. Happy gardening! at this time we had tomatoes and pepper plants several inches tall and on their way to be hardened off. This year we have started our indoor seedlings much later, but I am confident everything will catch up in the four or more weeks we have left.

Mustard and collard greens

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Los de Mora Local Growers’ Cooperative farmers all practice natural and organic practices from recycling rain water, using heirloom seeds, bee keeping, using vermiposting and microbes to increase soil quality without the use of synthetic fertilizers and continued education on best sustainable agricultural practices.

With the structured oversight of http://ourmora.org/visit-mora/ the Co-op, we are able to offer local-resources/ the highest quality produce, to los-de-mora-growers-coop include a variety of vegetables, eggs, meats, soaps and other https://www.facebook.com/ value added products by requiring LDMLGC/ that producers are certified and/ or licensed for the products they Los de Mora Growers’ offer.

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Grand Re-Opening Saturday, June 4th

We have moved to a larger space

Still in the Agora Shopping Center - next to Cameron Veterinary Clinic

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COMMUNITY NEWS, VIEWS, AND MORE May 2016 Calendar Taos Mothers Day Celebration

Mother's Day Rio Grande Whitewater Festival

Taos Lilac Festival

Kit Carson Park, Taos

– Pilar

Kit Carson Park, Taos

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All Day - Bike to School Day and GUTS Celebration at SFCC Santa Fe Community College, Witter Fitness Center, 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe

g a r d e n i n g , g r e e n h o u s e construction and more.

10am-4pm - Folk Art Flea, Museum of International Folk Art, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

Thur May 5

10am-5pm - Placitas Studio Tour - Placitas

7am-12:30pm - Los Alamos Farmers Market, Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos, NM

10am-5pm - Taos Spring Arts and Crafts Fair - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos

Fri May 6

11am–12pm - Pelts & Skulls Hike - Cerrillos Hills State Park, Co Rd 59, Santa Fe, NM

All day - Mother's Day Rio Grande Whitewater Festival – Pilar 1-4pm - First Friday Open House - Ralph T Coe Foundation for the Arts, 1590 B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe 4-6pm – Garden Tour Georgia O’Keeffe Research Center, 135 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe 4-9pm -15th Annual Mother's Day Celebration - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos 5-7pm – Collage & Mixed Media Artist Reception – Placitas Community Library, 453 Hwy 165, Placitas.

The show opens Sunday, May 1 and hangs through May 29th.

Sat May 7

12-5pm - Las Vegas Cinco de Mayo Celebration - Mural Park, 7th & Douglas, Las Vegas.

Music, activities, food and more.

12pm-9pm -15th Annual Mother's Day Celebration Concert – Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos Sun May 8 All day - Mother's Day Rio Grande Whitewater Festival – Pilar 10am-5pm - Placitas Studio Tour - Placitas 9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank Parking Lot 122 W Palace Santa Fe 9am–12pm - Corrales Growers Market - 500 Jones Rd, Corrales

All day - Mother's Day Rio Grande Whitewater Festival – Pilar

10am–4pm - Railyard Artisan Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

8am–1pm - Santa Fe Farmers Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

10am-5pm 1st Annual Pecos Canyon Cruise (cars, motorcycles) – From Santa Fe to Pecos, NM

9am–3pm 12th Annual Spring Garden Fair - Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, Rodeo Road, Santa Fe

10am-5pm - Taos Spring Arts and Crafts Fair - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos

9am–5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank, 122 W Palace Santa Fe

10am-5pm - Placitas Studio Tour - Placitas

9am-3pm - 5th Annual Edgewood Self Reliance Fair – The Church of Latter Day Saints, 18 Edgewood 7, Edgewood. Classes in beekeeping,

12pm-5pm -15th Annual Mother's Day Celebration Concert – Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos 1-4pm Historic Santa Fe Foundation's Annual Mother's

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Day Tour – Santa Fe Properties, 1000 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe. Tours of San Miguel Chapel, the "Oldest" House, Roque Tudesqui House and the Bataan Memorial Building.

3-5pm - Las Vegas Mothers Day Words & Music Concert featuring Tenor Marco Vigil - Champ Tyrone Music Building 1052 11th St. Las Vegas, NM 7-8:30pm - Littleglobe and The Lenisc present "City of Dreamers" - Lensic Performing Arts Center.

Mon May 9 7:30-10pm Yuja Wang, Piano Concert,Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe. Tue May 10 6:30-7:30pm - Friends of Tijeras Pueblo Lecture Series Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site, 11776 Highway 337, Tijeras.

Topic: Petroglyph Recording in the San Pedro Creek Drainage, Dr. Milford Fletcher.

Thu May 12 7am-12:30pm - Los Alamos Farmers Market, Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos, NM Sat May 14 All day - New Mexico Kids Tri Triathlon - Rio Rancho 8am–1pm - Santa Fe Farmers Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe 8am-12:30pm - Taos Farmers Market, Taos 9-10:30am 9th Annual CommUNITY CRUISE - Second Street Brewery, 1814 2nd St, Santa Fe 9am-4pm - Placitas Garden Tour - Placitas 9am–5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National

Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace Santa Fe

May 20-27

Fri May 20

12-7pm - Crawdaddy Blues Fest - The Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 NM-14, Madrid.

Tickets at www. ticketssantafe.org

10am-4pm - Fiesta de La Familia – El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe

All day -3rd Annual Outside Bike and Brew Festival - Fort Marcy Park, 490 Bishops Lodge Rd, Santa Fe

10am-5pm - Eldorado Studio Tour Eldorado at Santa Fe, 1 Hacienda Loop, Santa Fe

All day - Lilac Festival Grand Weekend - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos

11am–12:00pm Plants & Wildflowers Talk - Cerrillos Hills SP - Cerrillos Hills State Park Co Rd 59, Santa Fe

6-7pm - Moon Hike Cerrillos Hills State Park, Co Rd 59, Santa Fe Sat May 21

Thu May 26

1-4pm Enchanted Vista Iris Society Show - Haynes Park Community Center, 2006 Grande Blvd, Rio Rancho

All day - 3rd Annual Outside Bike and Brew Festival - Fort Marcy Park, 490 Bishops Lodge Rd, Santa Fe

7am-12:30pm - Los Alamos Farmers Market - Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos, NM

7–9pm - Santa Fe Music Collective Jazz Concerts - Museum Hill Cafe, 710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

All Day - Lilac Festival Grand Weekend - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos

Sat May 28

Sun May 15

8am-1pm - Santa Fe Farmers Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

All day - Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally/Run – Red River

9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace Santa Fe 9am-12pm - Corrales Growers Market - 500 Jones Rd, Corrales 10am-4pm - Fiesta de La Familia – El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe 10am-4pm - Railyard Artisan Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, 10am-5pm - Eldorado Studio Tour Eldorado at Santa Fe, 1 Hacienda Loop, Santa Fe

9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show First National Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace, Santa Fe 12-7pm - Crawdaddy Blues Fest - The Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 NM-14, Madrid 1-4pm - Santa Fe Iris Show - DeVargas Center, 564 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe Sun May 22

All day- 3rd Annual Outside Bike and Brew Festival - Fort Marcy Park, 490 Bishops Lodge Rd, Santa Fe

Wed May 25 6-9:30pm - Star Gazing at SMNHC - Sandia Mountain Natural History Center - 60 Columbine Lane, Cedar Crest

All day - Wagon Mound Art Fest Wagon Mound, NM

8am-1pm - Santa Fe Farmers Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe 9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace Santa Fe 10:30am-12pm - Fly Casting Clinic Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, 5224 NM-518, Vadito Sun May 29 All day - Wagon Mound Art Fest - Wagon Mound All day - Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally/Run – Red River

1:30-2:30pm - Pecos NHP Legacy & Lore Pecos National Historical Park, NM63, Pecos. The Practice of Aural History by Jack Loeffler

All day- Santa Fe Century Bike Tour – Santa Fe County

Thu May 19

9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace, Santa Fe

10am-4pm - Railyard Artisan Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

9am-12pm - Corrales Growers Market - 500 Jones Rd, Corrales

Mon May 30

All day - Wagon Mound Art Fest - Wagon Mound, NM

7am-12:30pm - Los Alamos Farmers Market - Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave, Los Alamos, NM 7-8:30pm - Glimpses of the Past - Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center Building, 116 Bridge Street, Las Vegas

All Day - Lilac Festival Grand Weekend - Kit Carson Park, Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos

10am–4pm - Railyard Artisan Market - Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe

9am-5:30pm Outdoor Fine Art Show - First National Bank Parking Lot, 122 W Palace, Santa Fe 9am-12pm - Corrales Growers Market - 500 Jones Rd, Corrales

All day - Memorial Day Motorcycle Rally/Run – Red River

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MAY IS BIKE MONTH

HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVE CORRIDOR National Bike Month

May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American

With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours?

I RIDE TO ENJOY A LIFELONG SPORT.

Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast.

I RIDE FOR CLEANER AIR.

Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase

the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving

I RIDE TO SAVE MONEY ON GAS.

biking a try.

I BIKE TO THE BUS TO GET PLACES FASTER.

I RIDE BECAUSE IT MAKES MY BUSINESS RUN BETTER.

I RIDE FOR LESS TRAFFIC.

I RIDE TO TURN MY COMMUTE INTO A WORKOUT.

I RIDE TO FEEL THE WIND ON MY FACE.

I RIDE TO CREATE A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY FOR MY KIDS.

National Bike to Work Week 2016 will be held on May 16-20.

Bike to Work Day is May 20!

National Hike/Bike to School Day is May 4.

The 3rd Annual Outside Bike and Brew is from May 20-22 Santa Fe Century 25, 50, and 100 mile rides on May 22

#BIKEMONTH BIKELEAGUE.ORG/BIKEMONTH http://www.santafecentury.com/

Multi-Use Trails Grand Unified Trail System (GUTS) The “Grand Unified Trail System” (GUTS) initiative is an effort to study and develop an integrated and unified

trail system in and around the Santa Fe area. The vision of the GUTS initiative is an interconnected trail system that allows non-motorized users to travel in a loop

around the greater Santa Fe area as well as between

the urban center and the periphery. The GUTS Initiative will lead community participation efforts to have a

unified, sustainable trails system built around the entire metropolitan area by 2020.

GUTS Trail Systems http://goo.gl/iKfOJQ

SFCT is happy to embark on the GUTS planning expedition with Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, National Parks Service’s

River Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, Santa Fe County Horse Coalition, the City and County of Santa

Fe, and many other local and regional partners interested in creating connections between our area’s various trail

systems and the places where people live, work, and play.

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ofofof the the the

The First Fort Union From the National Park Service https://goo.gl/58FpPI

By 1851 nearly 1,300 soldiers served in the New Mexico Territory. They were scattered throughout eleven small outposts, with the headquarters at Fort Marcy in Santa Fe. Unhappy with the performance of troops in New Mexico, Secretary of War C.M. Conrad, commanded Lt. Col. Edwin V. Sumner, 1st.

Dragoons, to take control of the territory and “revise the whole system of defense.”

Conrad thought that “both economy and efficiency of the service would be promoted by removing the troops out of the towns... and stationing them more toward the frontier.”

Sumner’s first action was to relocate the department headquarters and the main supply depot from Santa Fe, “that sink of vice and extravagance,” to a location on the eastern frontier. The chosen site was strategically situated near the junction of the Mountain and Cimarron Branches of the Santa Fe Trail.

Usually, civilians employed by the Quartermaster Department built frontier posts, but Sumner discharged these men and assigned the work to his soldiers. The result was what one might expect from unskilled laborers.

Assistant Surgeon Jonathon Letterman commented on the conditions in October 1856: “The entire garrison covers a space of about eighty or more acres, and the buildings being of necessity, widely separated, causes the post to present more the appearance of a village, whose houses have been built with little

regard to order, than a military post. Unseasoned, unhewn, and unbarked pine logs, placed upright in some and horizontally in other houses, have been used in the erection of the buildings, and as a necessary consequence are rapidly decaying. In many of the logs of the house I occupy, an ordinary sized nail will not hold, to such an extent has the timber decayed, although several feet above the ground.

One set of the so-called barracks have lately been torn down to prevent any untoward accidents that were liable at any moment to happen from the falling of the building; and yet this building was erected in 1852. The unbarked logs afford excellent hiding places for that annoying and disgusting insect the bed bug, so common in this country, which it is by no means backward in taking advantage of, to the evident discomfort of those who occupy the buildings-the men almost universally sleeping in the open air when the weather will permit. The building at present used as a hospital, having a dirt roof, has not a room which remained dry during the rain in the latter part of September last, and I was obliged to use tents and canvas to protect the property from damage.”

Despite the dismal living conditions, the soldiers managed to live there for ten years, and participated in several Indian campaigns.

Civil War came in April 1861, and when news reached New Mexico things began to change... See the June edition for the Second Fort.

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May is National Historic Preservation Month.

Join the NM Historic Preservation Society to celebrate.

Join HPD, parks, communities, and organizations statewide in commemorating the National Park Service Centennial, the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, and Mission 66 during

Heritage Preservation Month, May 2016. Forty events will have you exploring New Mexico history in May. Our 38th annual poster is available for free by calling the office or on our website at https://savingplaces.org.

OPEN DAILY, 9am-6pm Located along the Scenic & Historic TURQUOISE TRAIL on the road to Sandia Crest!

www.tinkertown.com • (505) 281-5233

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Motorado Motorcycle Club Announces 5th Annual Motorado Classic Motorcyle Show

Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show - Corridor staff photo

For the 5th straight year the Motorado Motorcycle Club will host its popular Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show, held each Father’s Day from 10 am to 3 pm at La Tienda Shopping Center in Eldorado at Santa Fe. The Motorado Motorcycle Club is a non-profit organization whose goal is to support the enjoyment and participation of motorcycle sports of all kinds. The club seeks to promote the sport, the enthusiasts, the vendors, and the region.

Whether you are a motorcycle enthusiast or just looking for a fun afternoon, this is the place to be on Father’s Day. Nearly one hundred classic motorcycles from all over New Mexico as well as neighboring states will be on display. The bikes will be judged and awards presented to the best in their categories. Find out more about this event and the Motorado club at www.motorado.org or call (505) 466-2723.

2016 Motorado Show News to be featured in the June Corridor

Santa Fe Shelter Adoption Van at Motorado Event - Corridor staff photo

The Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show is a public event, free to all ages, featuring classic and vintage motorycles from 1984 and before.

Motorcycle entries come from all around New Mexico as well as neighboring states. Participants exhibiting motorcycles in this judged event pay a nominal fee to show their bikes. Sponsors and exhibitors pay a fee to participate in the show as well. The net proceeds from the event will be donated to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society.

For the past 2 years, EldoradoDaily.com and Streamlynx Communications have produced the Motorado Show News, a special newsprint publication dedicated to the Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show and the official publication of the Motorado Motorcycle Club. This publication was distributed in select locations in the Eldorado area and handed out to visitors the day of the event each Father’s Day. For 2016, the Motorado Show News will be an 8 page “pullout” publication in the June, 2016 issue of The Corridor. This special edition will feature information about the event, including a sponsor page, the winners of the 2015 awards, and other information about what visitors can expect to see at the 2016 event.

Additional copies of the June Corridor will be printed to be distributed the day of the event, as well as our normal distribution throughout North Central New Mexico. If you want to learn more about this event, be sure to pick up your copy of the June Corridor.

1928 Harley Davidson JH 74” Big Twin -Winner of the 2014 Motorado Classic Motorcycle Show Best of Show Award - Corridor staff photo

At the culmination of the event the judges will decide upon a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner in each class, as well as optional honorable mention in each class. Finally a Best of Show award will be presented.

For 2016 the show will feature American-made motorcycles. In 2014 a 1928 Harley Davidson JH 74” Big Twin was the Best of Show winner.

That motorycle was featured in a composited image on the cover of the June, 2015 issue of The Corridor.

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Advertise in the June Corridor’s special Motorado Show News and reach as many as 1,500 motorcycle fans and enthusiasts.

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My name is Jefferson LaRouche. I’m from Eldorado, but now I’m living with my wonderful fiancee in an apartment in Albuquerque, creating graphics and ads for this paper as well as updating the website. I’ve also been a lifelong enthusiast towards computer science, physical science, astronomy, design, engineering, and new technology. Here’s some insight on some related subjects.

Hi, there.

Quick, somebody get Will Smith! We have an AI on the loose.

Image: https://goo.gl/MOGJYi

Image: https://goo.gl/kZ2y3b Google, in addtion to many research labs,

A great part about Google’s philosophy

has been using AI algorithms to make

is that most everything they create that

For example, in

people can work with is free for individuals

Google Inbox, there are smart “auto-replies”

- which means the latest technology being

that uses the text in an email and your typical

developed and utilized by medical, science,

responses to create a human-like reply,

engineering and research teams across the

such as “Count us in!” in response to an

world is freely accessible to everyone with

email asking if you can make it somewhere.

an internet-capable device.

their products better.

Androids prefer to dream of pig-snails: When Google was testing its image-recognition technology with neural networks, which are algorightms that mimic the activity of human brains, it found many reoccuring shapes that better inform programmers to create more personalized object recognition and smarter AIs. Many people have created their own images with “Google DeepDream”, and it’s an interesting filter for images.

So, how do neural networks do?

With brain cells, there is an input signal that recieves, and based on feedback, such as learned

Image: https://goo.gl/9HME1T

behavior or sensory information, it processes the input and creates an output signal.

Artificial Neural Networks mimic the activities in brain cells, and are structurally set up the same way.

This can be used by

computers in many machinelearning scenarious, such as image and speech recognition, autopilot controls in vehicles, security, spam detection in email programs, and there’s bound to be many more applications once the freely-available technology grows and improves.

Learn more here:

http://goo.gl/EeO1vl

Here are some views in The Corridor from last month’s Side Trips, processed through Deep Dream via http://deepdreamgenerator.com/: “Google has spent the last few years dogs, cats, mountains, bicycles, ... ) and give teaching computers how to see, understand, it a random image and ask it what objects it and appreciate our world. It's an important can find in this image. Then the program start goal that the search giant hopes will allow transforming the image till it can find something programs to classify images just by "looking" at similar to what it already knows and thus you them. And this is where Google's deep dream see strange artifacts morphing in the dreamed ideas originate. With simple words you give to image ( like eyes or human faces morphing in an AI program a couple of images and let it image of a pyramid ).” - http://goo.gl/KXAcxu know what those images contain (what objects-

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SIDE

TRIPS

Day Trips Around The Corridor

A nice short day trip from Santa Fe north to Tesuque

All photos from Corridor Staff unless otherwise noted

This is a “get up early and head to breakfast” kind of trip. Many good morning places in the downtown area of Santa Fe, or head to Tesuque Village Market for some healthy morning fare including huevos rancheros, blue corn pancakes and eggs with a homemade tamale. Take St. Francis Drive North out of Santa Fe, then exit 168 to Tesuque Village. (Google image) After a good breakfast, you have hiking and biking trails to visit northwest of Santa Fe in the Caja del Rio Plateau. La Tierra Trails have a variety of options http://www.sfct.org/trails/la-tierfrom easy to difficult. Take the ra-trails (website image) 599 exit from St. Francis Drive A drive out to Diablo Canyon Rec(US 84/285) to the exit for the reation area takes you into canLa Tierra Trailhead. Takes about yons filled with rock climbing op11 minutes from North Santa Fe. portunities, desert trails and sites of many movie locations. Take the 599 exit from St. Francis (US 84/285) Exit onto Camino La Tierra road heading west toward the Río Grande. After about 4 miles, take a right onto Old Buckman Road and start down a dirt road.

After about 7.5 miles, you will reach the turn off on your left used for parking for the Diablo Canyon Diablo Canyon Rec Area Recreation Area. http://www.blm. (website iimage)

Another gallery and sculpture garden is located in Tesuque, the Glenn Green Gallery & Sculpture Garden. They are celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year. They are located at 136 Tesuque Village Road and are open Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm. www.glenngreengalleries.com (Website Image)

Tesuque Flea Market April 29, 2016 snowstorm

For bargain hunters visit Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market which is located just north of the Santa Fe Opera off of US 84/285, take Exit 171. The flea market is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from March to December 9-4. Shop for arts, crafts, rugs, clothing and stuff of all kinds! Also a food court when you get hungry.

Free parking, free admission and pets are allowed. https://www.facebook.com/The-Tesuque-Flea-Market-523210377708467/?fref=photo www.pueblooftesuquefleamarket. com (website images)

If hiking the desert isn’t your thing, then Tesuque has a number of art related spots. Take some time to visit Shidoni Foundry and Sculpture Garden. The 8 acre sculpture garden has bronzes from many important artists. Indoor exhibits feature art from more than 140 artists from all over the country. If you are visiting on a Saturday you can watch them pour molten bronze into molds.

The Bronze Gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 9 to 5 and the Arts Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 to 5. Located at 1508 Bishops Lodge Road in Tesuque, just 5 miles north of Santa Fe. www. shidoni.com (website image)

Next to Shidoni at 1510 Bishops Lodge Road is Tesuque Glassworks.

This is a working glass studio with artists blowing glass daily. They have a nice gallery with beautiful pieces from many different artists. www.tesuqueglass.com Hours are daily from 9 to 5.

During the week you can take a tour of the Santa Fe Opera House from May 30 through August 26. These are offered at 9am Monday through Friday. This one-hour tour will take you behind the scenes to see the production areas as well as the front of the house! Tour tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and free for children and young adults up to age 22. www.santafeopera.org (website image)

Tesuque Glass (website images)

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Gabriels famous guacamole Popular for Brunch, Lunch or Dinner is Gabriels located north along US 84/285. This long time favorite of locals and visitors alike has both outdoor courtyard seating as well as dining rooms that flow around the courtyard. Famous for their tableside guacamole, entrees range from tacos to combo plates to fajitas as well as a family favorite NY Strip Steak covered with green chiles! www.gabrielsofsantafe.com/

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Local books, food, drinks BITS

&more

Placitas Studio Tour Mother’s Day Weekend • May 7 & 8 Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Must see: May 8, 2016 7-8:30pm Littleglobe and The Lensic present "City of Dreamers" Lensic Performing Arts Center - 505-988-1234

"City of Dreamers" is an evening of short films, live radio, youth driven conversation and music to showcase the voices and stories of the students, families, and immigrants of Santa Fe’s South Side.

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Nancy & Jon Couch

BITES

25th

Erica Wendel-Oglesby

Anniversary 2016

by Marc-Paul LaRouche Double Dragon Chinese – Quick, affordable and tasty! http://www. mydoubledragon.com/ Home.asp Phone: 505-989-8880 3005 S St Francis Dr Suite D3 Santa Fe (Near Albertsons on Zia)

The nerve of those people to charge for rice”. Just then our bass player, David, had an aha moment. “Aha”, he said, “that’s the name of our next song – Even Rice is Extra”. The rest should have been history. Unfortunately, being a starving jazz band, that particular piece never made the charts. But our audiences liked it.

usually too busy to sit down in a restaurant (unless we are on vacation) we did take-out both times.

The first time out we wanted to try a few standard fare items to make comparisons:

Lg. Egg Drop Soup 2.45, Lg. Hot and Sour Soup 3.45, (2) Open 7 Days a week Vegetarian Spring Rolls 2.40, (8) Steamed Dumplings Mon.-Thurs.:10:30am4.80, Moo Goo Gai Pan with 9:30pm While the fried rice at The white rice 8.45, Szechuan Fri.&Sat.:10:30am-10:00pm Double Dragon Restaurant Beef plus fried rice 12.70. is extra, regular rice (brown Our total came to 34.25.

Sunday:11:30am-9:30pm and white) is included with Double Dragon is not only most of the standard entrée generous with their food items. The Double Dragon It was round about 1978. We has two locations, one in Rio portions, they offer coupons had just sat down to order Rancho, (Double Dragon 1) for your choice of additional a Chinese lunch meal in a in the Enchanted Hills Plaza, food items depending on non-memorable restaurant and the other in Santa Fe, the total of your food order. in Boulder, Colorado, (Double Dragon II) in the While we could have opted for an additional large dish, I home of the University of San Miguel Plaza. chose to try the “chicken on Colorado (and Mork, of We have tried the Double a stick” – hey, it was free. course). Being four college students, band members Dragon II in Santa Fe on of an up-and-coming jazz two occasions. We had quartet, we qualified as been tipped off by locals The food was still hot when both starving students and who frequented the place I got back to Eldorado and starving artists. We began that this was a great we enjoyed at least 3 good to look at the menu, and the secret. Reliably flavorful meals from the leftovers.

Chinese Debbie’s Moo Goo Gai Pan prices, and all grumbled a “Westernized” bit. Our stellar piano player, food, always cooked fresh, was one of the best she has Stuart, looked a little miffed no MSG, and prices that had in New Mexico (one of and spouted out “look at make you look twice - they her favorites). I opted for this – even rice is EXTRA! are that reasonable. As the Szechuan Beef as I don’t we live in Eldorado and are encounter Szechuan that

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Preview Gallery 10 - 5: May 14 - 15 Eldorado Community Center 1 La Hacienda Loop Santa Fe, NM

May 14 & 15 10 - 5 each day 59 Studios 94 Artists

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much in New Mexico. It was fresh and flavorful, though less spicy than I have had elsewhere.

The soups were robust, especially the hot and sour soup. That soup seems to be more hot than sour (which I prefer), with a little extra shot of spicy chili oil, giving it some nice dimension and more flavor. The steamed dumplings were not what you would encounter in a dim-sum establishment, but they are fun to try.

The spring rolls were well made and tastier with their dipping sauce.

Our second takeout was on a Sunday at 5:30.

Be forewarned, while the food is good, the service excellent and the prices unbelievably fair – especially for Santa Fe, call in your phone order before venturing out or expect a 20-minute wait, because this place is very popular! We expect to continue to try their menu items and recommend the Double Dragon II to anyone in the Santa Fe area, especially those living in the Eldorado area.

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Color your favorite colors, take a picture, and email it to editor@thecorridornm.com to be featured on next month’s Acorn’s Corner

The Santa Fe Children’s Museum had its grand reopening on April 29 - so be sure to check out the renovations!

Cut out this square & follow instructions to make an origami flower!

Origami Activity 1. Start with the purple side down. Fold in half diagonally.

4. Turn over. Fold down top corner towards the center of the model.

2. Fold again, open.

5. Fold back up to create the head.

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Saberdog Comic: Little Red Space Corvette Previously...

TO THE SHIP!

How could they!

People are cruel, Smalls.

They called me a ROTTWEILER.

Anyway, want to go for a cruise?

YES

LET US CRUISE.

Hey, stop there. I need to get something.

OK.

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You’re so weird, Saber.

You know it.

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