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Solo Traveler: Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues

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Solo Traveler
Column by SHERRY HARDAGE

Pueblo Magico Comitán de Domíngues

The Mexican Tourism Board has given the designation Pueblo Magico to a number of cities around the country.

It is an honor indicating a place of exceptional beauty, historical significance, and tourist opportunities that provide a “magical” experience.

Most of them are colonial cities, built during the first 150 years of Spanish occupation. Some, like San Cristóbal de las Casas and Comitán de Domíngues in Chiapas, were founded a mere 50 years after Cortes invaded Mexico.

Comitán is lower in altitude than Read More

Column: Is Your Sunscreen Safe?

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Is Your Sunscreen Safe?
Column by LISA BAKOSI

I can hardly wait for the pools to open and that means it’s officially sunscreen season.

We use sunscreen to protect us from the sun but with questionable ingredients and conflicting reports about if they really work, who in the heck knows what to buy.

As a confused consumer, I set out on the hunt to figure it out and discovered the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an unbiased citizen-funded advocacy and research firm. They just released their 7th annual Sunscreen Report. My hope is that this summary of their findings will leave you empowered to buy Read More

Community Says Goodbye to Stephen Stoddard

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Father Colin Kelly leads Barbara Stoddard and family members in the procession entering Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church for this morning’s Memorial Service honoring former Sen. Stephen Stoddard who died May 24. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Legion Rider Chapter 19 and The New Mexico Patriot Guard lineup outside Trinity on the Hill Church this morning to honor former Sen. Stephen Stoddard. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

The crowd attending this morning’s Memorial Service for former Sen. Stephen Stoddard was so large that rooms with big screen TV’s Read More

Freshness Rules Los Alamos Farmer’s Market

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Today’s Farmer’s Market in downtown Los Alamos featured ‘Z – Best Scones’ along with hundreds of other fresh items. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Shoppers lined up for fresh veggies at today’s Farmer’s Market. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

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Perch Paperie Offers Summer Classes

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Crafting News:

Perch Paperie is offering many summer classes for adults, kids and teens.

Suzanne McNeil from Design Originals, author of many Zentangle books and a certified instructor, will be teaching two classes June 5 and spending the day at The Perch.

Once school lets out, kid’s classes are twice a week, 1-2 p.m., Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Preschool classes will be 10-10:30 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday.  

No pre-registration required, but classes are on a first come, first serve basis.

Visit www.perchpaperie.com for class schedule and more information. Read More

How the Hen House Turns: First Turkey’s Demise Was Not Wasteful

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How the Hen House Turns: First Turkey’s Demise Was Not Wasteful
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

This is a tale from the days when Poncho, our “Santa Fe shepherd,” guarded the domestic birds of the Hen House when they were outside their pen, enjoying the freedom and wild grasses of our three-fourths acre lot on the canyon.

We had all gone off in a hurry to do assorted errands, and Poncho, who loved to ride in the car, had gone with us. Our only excuse for leaving the birds outside the pen was that we had not yet found an obvious way to get them all back in the pen quickly. Chickens

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Hiking Los Alamos 101 With Craig Martin at PEEC

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Craig Martin will teach Hiking 101 Mondays at PEEC. Photo by Jim Gautier

PEEC News:

PEEC is offering Hiking Los Alamos 101. The class will meet 6-8 p.m. Mondays June 3-24.

This first session will take place in the PEEC classroom, where expert hiker Craig Martin will go over safety and comfort on the trail. He also will teach map-reading skills. After that, the group will meet at various trails for hikes.

Martin and others will be hike leaders, with interpreters from PEEC for hikes and a “last in line” person from the County Recreation Department.

This is a great opportunity for adults, especially Read More

Pajarito Brewpub Is Cooking Up Something New!

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Executive Chef David Tripp and Pastry Chef Laura Hamilton with their latest creations now on the menu at Pajarito Brewpub and Grill, 614 Trinity Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Sous Chef Ayan Diop, left, with Patrick Mockler-Wood and his mom Catherine Mockler who together with Dorota and Pawel Listwan own Pajarito Brewpub and Grill. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

The day the Pajarito Brewpub & Grill opened its doors to the public Nov. 2, 2012 – the excitement was palpable – and it hasn’t let up.

Co-owners Patrick Mockler-Wood, Read More

Food on the Hill: Cajun Creamed Shrimp

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This week’s Recipe:
Cajun Creamed Shrimp
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Put this over hot rice

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup chopped onions
  • 1 cup chopped (sm) celery
  • 3/4 stick butter
  • 1 pound peeled and deveined shrimp
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 cloves of garlic, pressed
  • 1 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons salt free Cajun seasoning
  • 2 teaspoon Cajun power garlic sauce ****(I get mine on the Internet. I use it for this dish and meatloaf, hamburgers. If you don’t get this, use 2 teaspoons of vinegar and one more cloves of garlic and 1 extra teaspoon salt
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Going Wild at Yellow Hills Ranch

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Wild mustangs run free at Yellow Hills Ranch. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
A sheep is sheared using traditional methods at the Tierra Wools Spring Fesitval. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

I recently spent the day in the Chama River Valley on a day-long adventure that took me to the Tierra Wools Spring Festival in the village of Los Ojos and then to Yellow Hills Ranch. I was part of a Yellow Hills Ranch Eco-Tour led by Deborah Stephens.

I joined a small group of fellow adventurers for the 1.5 hour drive, which landed us Read More