Lifestyles

Top 100 Places Around The World To Watch Sunsets

Lensbest has released a study that for the first time uses a data-driven approach to collate and determine the best spots around the world to watch a sunset. Courtesy/Lensbest

Lensbest News:

A survey of travel journalists from across the globe reveals the top 100 sunset-viewing spots, as well as honorable mentions for 400 further locations.

  • Santorini, Greece, was the most nominated place to view a sunset worldwide, followed by Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA and Mykonos, Greece.

  • The United States was the most commonly nominated country worldwide for sunset-viewing spots, with

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Leave The Driving To Los Alamos Taxi Service

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Need a lift? Los Alamos Taxi is at your service. Serving Los Alamos since 2013, Los Alamos Taxi and its sister business, New Mexico Wine Tours, now have a bus, two vans and a minivan ready to take groups large and small where they need to go.

“We go to the Albuquerque Airport pretty much daily,” owner Cindy Capelli said. “We offer shared rides when they are available to cut down on the cost.”

The cost for one to the airport is $160, but that gets a lot cheaper when split two or more ways. There’s plenty of room for luggage, too.

“We’re the Read More

Los Alamos Little Theater’s ‘Glitter Girls’ Opens Friday

The cast of ‘The Glitter Girls,’ wondering who is going to get the $16 million. Photo by Rich Hassman

By KELLY DOLEJSI
Los Alamos

Transplant yourself to the deep South this month with the Los Alamos Little Theater’s production of “The Glitter Girls,” playing at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays March 6-21, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15.

Santa Fe playwright and Tennessee native Mark Dunn set his play in fictional Hickman Hills, Georgia, where the wealthy Trudy Tromaine wants to give $16 million of her fortune to one of her “Glitter Girls.”

Playing Trudy and also producing the show is award-winning Read More

Los Alamos Medical Center Prepared To Detect, Protect, Respond To Any Novel Coronavirus Exposure

By JOHN WHITESIDE
CEO
Los Alamos Medical Center

Los Alamos Medical Center is committed to providing the highest quality care and ensuring the safety of our patients, employees, providers, volunteers and visitors.

We are continuing to work closely with New Mexico Department of Health and following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ensure our hospital is prepared with the appropriate plans to detect, protect and respond should anyone in our community contract or be exposed to the novel coronavirus (COVID–19).

Additionally, we are reviewing our facility’s Read More

Home Country: Miracle Of Flight

Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Marjorie Pincus looked out the front window at her husband, Marvin, and smiled. No matter how old he gets, she thought, he’ll always be the boy I remember, riding his bicycle through this town so many years ago.

Marvin had stopped picking out the nutgrass and was watching a small group of children across the street in the park. Two of them had kites, and the brisk wind of morning had them both up as high as string would allow. Soon, Marvin had ambled across the street and was standing behind the children, watching the taut dip in the string and listening to the rattle of the tight Read More

Shop On The Corner Thrift Store Holds Sale Wednesday

Shop on the Corner inside Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Dr. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

Shop on the Corner, the thrift store on the first floor of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church, will hold a sale in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and the coming of spring.

The sale is 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

The community is invited to shop at 3900 Trinity Dr. Read More

Restaurant Week Wine Dinner At Blue Window Saturday

Restaurant Week News:

The Blue Window Bistro at 1789 Central Ave. is hosting a special wine dinner  for restaurant week – 6-9 p.m. Saturday, March 7 – and celebrating the arrival of a new and expanded wine list.

Enjoy a 3 course meal the first week of March:

  • $35 / person
  • 25 percent off all bottles of wine for Restaurant Week Participants
  • Monday through Friday
  • 5-8:30 p.m.
  • March 2 through March 6

General Hours

  • Lunch: Monday-Friday 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
  • Dinner: Monday-Friday 5 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
  • Lounge: Monday-Friday 2:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

The cost of the wine dinner is $75 per person and pre-paid Read More

Los Alamos Police Department Launches Traffic Enforcement Efforts Focused On Accident Related Violations

LAPD News:

Starting now and continuing through the summer, the Los Alamos Police Department will be conducting traffic enforcement, focusing on accident related violations to include seat belt enforcement.

There also will be random DWI checkpoints throughout the county during this time frame.

The public can help reduce the risk of vehicle crashes by adhering to posted speed limit signs, allowing enough room between them and the vehicle they are following and driving with caution when roadways are wet.

Also, officers will be on the lookout for impaired drivers for the next few months. To report Read More