by Melodie Kenniebrew | Jun 26, 2016 | Dishes, Foods and Dishes, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
When Hubby L and I flew back east to visit a while back, I took a book about New Mexico along with me. Glad I did. Because even though three of our four flights ended up leaving an hour late and the onboard movies were lousy, I couldn’t have cared less. The book I...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Jun 5, 2016 | Attractions and Events, Destinations, Dishes, Foods and Dishes, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
Now, what’s all this crud about the red and green chile? That was the question posed by Karen, one of the women I met with over ice teas one afternoon at a Las Cruces cafe about two years after I arrived here. Her expression seemed only half-serious, but I...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Mar 29, 2016 | Attractions and Events, Destinations, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
No doubt about it, the Southwest’s obsession with roadrunners is as old as dirt. You can’t go a day in New Mexico without seeing the word “roadrunner” as part of a street address or local business name. And you spot sculptures of roadrunners,...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Mar 11, 2016 | Las Cruces, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
The Doña Ana County Building is a haven of calm. Whether you’re there to pay your property taxes or register to vote, you’re in and out within 15 minutes. Helpful, often smiling clerks, initiate eye contact with you saying, “May I help you?, “Yes, Ma’am,” and...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Mar 8, 2016 | Dishes, eateries, eats, Foods and Dishes, Las Cruces, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
Most every weekend these days you’ll find me, shopping at a tailgate instead of the supermarket, for tamales on the Las Cruces tamale underground. The tamale underground is the unregulated network of street vendors who sell tamales on the cheap in parking lots, at...
by Melodie Kenniebrew | Dec 29, 2015 | Attractions and Events, Destinations, Las Cruces, Musings, Southern NM & Borderlands, Southern NM Living
The recent white day after Christmas in Las Cruces was . . . a big surprise. Not because we got snow, but because we got so much of it: up to a foot in some areas, WAY MORE than the average 1 inch for December. Folks like us nearer to the mountains got nearly 2 feet!...
