truchas, las trampas and peñasco are tiny mountain towns, truchas full of artists and galleries. the landscape is stunning and the air clean and bracing. what would it be like to live and work here?
truchas #lastrampas #art #artists #galleries #newmexico
today we drove from santa fe to taos, taking the high scenic road thru the sangre de cristo mountains. first stop, historic chimayó, a hamlet known for its chile, weaving and miracles. visited the santuario de chimayó, famous for its healing magic ?
highroadtotaos #santafe #taos #sangredecristomountains #chimayo #chile #weaving #miracles #santuariodechimayo #healing #newmexico
more frida kahlo and some of her wonderful, enigmatic drawings <3
our little place in santa fe, a city that’s all earth-colored adobes. much more traffic than easygoing albuquerque. first thing we did was order food from jambo cafe. my husband got jerk chicken with rice & beans and fried plantains. i got a moroccan lamb stew cooked w chickpeas, raisins, apricots, and sweet potatoes, topped with a delicious ginger dried fruit chutney. amazing.
santafe #newmexico #jambocafe
today coffee and pastries from zendo coffee in albuquerque and then off to tijeras and the turquoise trail which goes thru the rugged sandia mountains. stopped over in madrid to visit artists’ studios and bought a small piece of art. it feels like a different world.
#tijeras #turquoisetrail #sandiamountains #madridnewmexico #art #ruggedlandscape
grabbed some salad and pizza from @farinapizzeria_ and had dinner at west bluff park. it overlooks the famous rio grande and downtown albuquerque, with the manzano mountains in the distance. stunning views.
westbluffpark #riogrande #manzanomountains #albuquerque #stunningviews #dinnerinapark
walked around old town albuquerque this afternoon. we saw the san felipe de neri church and i visited lots of small art galleries and gift shops. there was an entire store dedicated to ‘breaking bad.’ found this bear claw ring at the silver artichoke. the woman who helped me told me her sister, betty hawthorne, who lives on a navajo reservation designed the ring. with a sleeping beauty turquoise and mediterranean coral, the ring protects one. love it.
discovered the work of mexican artist lola alvarez bravo. loved how she captured scenes from rural indigenous mexican life, such as ‘burial at yalalag’ and ‘shark hunters’ in acapulco. her photographic portraits of frida kahlo are also full of nuance and delicate detail. she was one of the few mexican artists who experimented with photomontage (‘the dream of the drowned’) at the time. she was born in lagos de moreno in 1907.
lolaalvarezbravo #mexicanart #mexicanartist #rurallife #indigenousmexico #photography #photomontage
‘frida kahlo, diego rivera, and mexican modernism’ at the albuquerque museum today. had bought tickets way in advance. how lucky to be in town for this exhibition!
albuquerquemuseum #fridakahlo #diegorivera #mexicanart #albequerque #newmexico
our casita in the morning. a beautiful sign outside that i just discovered today. long line at @burquebakehouse, just a minute’s walk away, where we got coffee, their famous double-baked almond croissants and cruffins – croissants shaped like muffins filled with boston cream and topped with chocolate. sat under our tree, listening to local birdsongs, and had breakfast. decadence.
albuquerque #newmexico #burquebakehouse #lovelymorning
our casita. albuquerque. new mexico.
11 years ago! nyc with my friend Amra Jamal-Ahmad with whom i’ve traveled far and wide. can’t wait for our next trip inshallah:)
at the rochester museum & science center today where we saw ‘the changemakers’ exhibit which is stunning. recognized so many beautiful women friends who are part of the exhibition. two pieces from my art series ‘this heirloom’ are on display there. one is a graphic collage with my mom and her sister, when they were little girls. the other is called ‘embroidered dreams’ and it’s a tribute to my paternal grandmother, niaz fatima. my grandmother became a widow when she was quite young and struggled to raise and educate her children, in a highly patriarchal family system. i was wondering how she would feel about her picture hanging in a museum in rochester, new york, a tribute by a granddaughter she didn’t see grow up. it felt empowering.
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rmsc #thechangemakers #beachangemaker #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #pakistan #rochesteny
hiking, ramapo valley reservation, on the weekend after thx giving with my brother and his family. the yellow trail is supposed to be moderate but it took two hours and it’s pretty good exercise. an excellent way to end a weekend of eating ?
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ramaporeservation #yellowtrail #outdooradventures #familytime #hiking #natureisart #familyiseverything
