Business

Fabulous 50’s Diner Serves Home-Style Cooking with Fun Family Vibe

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Manager Charlie Bracken at the Fabulous 50’s Diner. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Bop on over to the Fabulous 50’s Diner for great home-style cooking, reasonable prices, fun family friendly atmosphere and blast from the past 50s décor.  

Under new management since August 2012, the restaurant has been garnering good reviews from the locals.

The restaurant is owned by Peter and Loretta Olivas and managed by their long-time friend Charlie Bracken. The restaurant, at 1325 Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos, shares a building with Read More

Trinity Site Land Preparation Underway

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Caterpillars and front loaders are busy moving earth, clearing debris and preparing the land for the Trinity Site Project. The community is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trinity Site Project at 2 p.m., July 23 at the project site on Trinity Drive in Los Alamos. Smith’s Market Place president and executive team will attend the event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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Los Alamos Daily Post Nears 400,000 Monthly Pageviews and 3,000 FB Likes

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LADP News:

Readership has grown substantially every month since the Los Alamos Daily Post online newspaper launched Feb. 7, 2012.

Google analytics reveals that in June, the Los Alamos Daily Post received 367,553 pageviews, 50,000 unique visitors and is about to surpass 3,000 Facebook likes – all in just 15 months of operation.

The Los Alamos Daily Post news team would like to take this opportunity to extend its gratitude to the residents and business owners of Los Alamos County and surrounding areas for their tremendous support. Much thanks goes to those community members who Read More

Downtown Friday Nights Showcase Los Alamos

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Downtown Friday Night at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy photo

By KIRSTEN LASKEY

Los Alamos prides itself on its brains. This is a town that loves a great idea and will turn to any number of resources to get one – a laboratory, a library and sometimes even a coffee klatch.

Last year it was within the Cultural Coffee Klatch that an innovative thought was born. This group, which hails from a range of local institutions such as the Bradbury Science Museum and the Los Alamos Historical Society, looked at the nightlife in Los Alamos and came up with a way to attempt to enhance it. It’s called Los Alamos Read More

Therapist Trish Ebbert Uses Art to Heal

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Trish Ebbert with her art and play therapy supplies. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

When asked the question, “Who are you,” how do you respond?

Do you answer with your name? With who you are in relationship to the situation at hand? With one of the many roles you play in your daily lives? How well do you really know yourself? How much of yourself do you accept and how much of yourself would you like to change? Are you living an authentic life reflecting your true essence? 

At this point, you may be asking, “how does a person go about finding oneself?” Some people say connecting with Read More

Young Entrepreneur Launches ‘Best Buddy Baskets’ with Summer Business Grant

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Local entrepreneur Madison Mas, 13, started ‘Best Buddy Baskets’ after receiving a summer business grant from the LACDC’s Youth Business Grant Program. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

Los Alamos entrepreneur Madison Mas, 13, has opened “Best Buddy Baskets” specializing in gift baskets for dogs and cats.

She recently launched her new business after receiving a summer business grant from the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation under its Youth Business Grant Program.

Mas explained that her baskets are filled with treats and toys and make great Read More

Los Alamos Winemaker Tony Fox Wins Bronze Medal

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Tony Fox in the basement of his White Rock home where he created his award winning ‘Red Blend’ wine. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos winemaker Tony Fox has won a Bronze Medal in the 2013 New Mexico State Fair Wine Competition.

A friend tasted his “Red Blend” wine and suggested Fox enter it and it wound up medaling in the “miscellaneous red varietals vinifera” category. Fox describes his winning wine as a blend of vinifera – the traditional Mediterranean grapes, which he said make the

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Win $1,000 Home Makeover From Zia Realty Group and The Finishing Touch

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BUSINESS News:

This summer, Zia Realty Group and The Finishing Touch are teaming up to give away a $1,000 home makeover to a lucky resident.

The $1,000 gift certificate can be used to buy anything at The Finishing Touch, like paint, flooring and window coverings. The Finishing Touch also provides professional design consultations.

People who are buying or selling a home are especially encouraged to enter the drawing, because a $1,000 makeover can make a big difference in the value of one’s home. But homes don’t have to be on the market for homeowners to enter; the contest is open to Read More

New Business Opens in Downtown Los Alamos

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Vida Saludable Healthy Life has opened at 1370 Suite A #2, Central Ave. The ‘person to person’ style business, created to help people eat better and feel better, is open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Vida Saludable Healthy Life is next door to Subway, which is set to open its doors in early September. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

New Subway Restaurant Opening in September

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Renovations have begun and workers were hauling old cabinets out of the space where the new Subway Restaurant is scheduled to open on Central Avenue just east of 15th Street in the former Don Taylor Photography location. Workers told the Los Alamos Daily Post Tuesday that the restaurant should open in about eight weeks. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More