Dining

Learn About ‘Ringing Rocks’ Of Southwest Friday

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Join Ron Barber at the Los Alamos Nature Center Friday evening to learn about the Stone Calendar Project and the ‘Ringing Rocks’ of the Southwest. Courtesy/PEEC

 

PEEC News:

 

Join Ron Barber at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m., Friday to hear about the “ringing rocks” found in the Southwest and northern Mexico.

 

Barber combined a love of nature and science to start the Stone Calendar Project and study rock art sites throughout the region, identifying glyphs that mark specific times of the year using light and shadow interactions. Many of the rock art sites show evidence Read More

Sirphey’s First Holi Festival: A Communal Celebration Of Colors At Fuller Lodge 11 A.M. Sunday

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Sirphey owner Prashant Jain during a color fight at last year’s Holi festival. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Sirphey is hosting its first annual Holi festival, at 11 a.m. Sunday April14 at Fuller Lodge. The community is invited and urged to wear white so that the colors really stand out!
 
Holi is the most colorful festival on earth, wherein communities come together for food, music, and of course, a color fight. Though it originated in Hindu tradition, it has evolved into a celebration for all of India, allowing those of all traditions to incorporate
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On The Job In Los Alamos: Century Bank Officials

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On the job in Los Alamos are Century Bank Vice President/Branch Manager Karen Easton and Century Bank Regional President Gary Lutz during lunch Monday afternoon at the Blue Window Bistro. The bank officials discussed their new full-service branch opening in a few weeks in Los Alamos at 751 Trinity Dr., #301, in the Smith’s Marketplace Shopping Center. To learn more about Century Bank, click here. #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypot.com Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: At Blue Window Bistro

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On the job in Los Alamos are server Max Hagen, left, and Patrick Metzger with customer Laura Wouters dining Tuesday at the Blue Window Bistro. Wouters has lived in Los Alamos since 1982 and dines about once a week at the popular eatery at 1789 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos. Metzger has worked at the retaurant for about three years and Hagen for six years. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Torta de Huevo

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Torta de Hueva. Photo by Liddie Martinez
 
By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Espanola Valley
 
Growing up in a very traditional Catholic Hispanic family, lent was always a thoughtful time of reflection, contemplation, prayer and fasting.
 
Preparation for Easter Sunday was a serious undertaking and while it always began with a solemn note; it was a great time for learning in the kitchen followed by a fantastic feast and celebration with family. The traditional pilgrimage on Good Friday to the Santuario de Chimayo always began in silence. We quickly washed and dressed and began the walk with
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LANB’s Bernadette Gallegos Wins 1st Place For Salsa

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Bernadette Gallegos representing LANB at a Chile Cook Off this weekend won 1st Place in the Salsa Competition. Gallegos is shown with co-worker Sylvia Ballard who helped as a booth volunteer at the cook off, organized by St. Martin de Porres Soup Kitchen in Española. The LANB booth theme was ‘Cultura’ and the poster Gallegos and Ballard are holding was created by LANB employee Emily Stearns. ‘The event was great fun with amazing food and a definite celebration of our local culture,’ LANB Market President Liddie Martinez said. Courtesy/LANB Read More

Nature On Tap: Science Vs. Science Fiction April 1

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Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center and the Los Alamos Creative District for a special April Fool’s Day edition of Nature on Tap at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 at UnQuarked Wine Room.
 
PEEC’s team of astronomers will present several stories and facts to the audience and it’s up to audience members to decide which is science and which is science fiction.
 
After hearing all the presentations, audience members will vote on which they think are real and which is the work of someone’s imagination.
 
On Tap is a
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