Review: DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum On The Hill’ A Holiday Delight!
A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’ Friday at Duane Smith Auditorium. Performances continue at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 6 and 2 p.m. Sunday. Dec. 7. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
A scene from DALA’s ‘Sugar Plum on the Hill Part III The Mysterious March’. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Review by ALISON WATKINS
Los Alamos
It wouldn’t be Christmas in Los Alamos without The Nutcracker, and for the last decade that tradition has taken the form of Dance Arts Los Alamos (DALA) Artistic Director Jonathan Guise’s award-winning trilogy, Nutcracker on Read More
Daily Postcard: Snowy Tree Brings Christmas Cheer
Daily Postcard: Snowy tree Wednesday brings Christmas cheer on Cochiti Mesa. Photo by Marcela Walker Read More
McQuiston: How Your Gender, Age, And Marital Status Affect Insurance Rates … And When It Finally Stops Mattering
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Most people don’t think about their personal details — like age, gender, or whether they’re married — until they suddenly show up in their insurance rates. And it feels a little strange, right? You’re the same driver or homeowner you were yesterday, so why does checking one little box seem to change what you pay?
It’s a fair question — and one worth understanding, because these factors matter… until they eventually don’t.
Insurance isn’t based on opinion or stereotypes. It’s based on actual claim data. Over decades, certain
Amateur Naturalist: Remarkable Variety Among Rocks
By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos
What do we typically think of when considering a rock? Is it totally solid with perhaps an occasional crack where it may eventually break apart? Is its color mostly the same throughout? Can it be heavy for its size?
The walls of a canyon can be made of wide layers of different kinds of lava rock. One layer may be very solid and vertical in format. An adjacent layer may be of a softer kind of lava that now is crumbling and forming a slope. (See picture 1 below)
Picture 1: Different kinds of lava result in different kinds of rock layers that form the walls of a canyon. Photo Read More
Best Of Liddie’s Recipes: Natillas
Natillas. Photo by Liddie Martinez
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española
Altocumulus clouds, known in Spanish as el cielo emborregao, are cloud puffs that resemble sheep’s wool. Old Hispanic lore would read these clouds as a bad omen but, in my life, a life lived mostly in the kitchen, this type of cloud formation reminds me of natillas and that is always a good sign.
Natillas in my life were the sure sign of a family celebration. Made most often in the Spring when fresh milk and eggs are abundant, to me they are a bowl of springtime memories of lambs in fields not quite green and awake from winter’s rest. Our traditional Read More
Daily Postcard: Snow Trims Decorative Grass In White Rock
Daily Postcard: Snow trims decorative grass in White Rock late Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Nancy Hibbs Read More
Travel: Modernity Meets Ancient Charm In Casablanca
Casablanca sign at Mohammed V Square. Photo by Debbie Stone
Arab League Park. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Casablanca is Morocco’s largest city and economic hub, boasting a major port, but many travelers bypass it, using it only as their entrance and exit point in the country. Perhaps this is because its modern appearance doesn’t fit their romanticized vision of Morocco, lacking the allure of beloved tourist hot spots like Marrakesh or Fes.
During my recent trip to this North African country, I decided to spend two days in Casablanca to check it out Read More
