Lynn Cline

1 week ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Lynn Cline |Lanee Lee |Debra Levy Martinelli |Patrick Lee

WELCOME TO THE hottest season for food, culture, adventure, fun—and games. Whether it’s an 8-bit achievement like a free summer concert under the stars or a once-in-a-lifetime hot-air-balloon ride, there are plenty of ways to power up your enchantment over the next few months. In the country’s oldest wine-making region, history can be captured in a glass of La Viña Winery’s Obsequio, a fruity, semidry rosé.

1 week ago | l8r.it | Lynn Cline |Lanee Lee |Debra Levy Martinelli |Patrick Lee

WELCOME TO THE hottest season for food, culture, adventure, fun—and games. Whether it’s an 8-bit achievement like a free summer concert under the stars or a once-in-a-lifetime hot-air-balloon ride, there are plenty of ways to power up your enchantment over the next few months. In the country’s oldest wine-making region, history can be captured in a glass of La Viña Winery’s Obsequio, a fruity, semidry rosé.

Dec 11, 2024 | newmexicomagazine.org | Lynn Cline

CARLITO TRASK DEFTLY NAVIGATEStables in the crowded dining room of Escondido Santa Fe. The 28-year-old busser and food runner doesn’t shy away from talking with customers about his ankle monitor, tattoos, or life behind bars. Formerly imprisoned in New Mexico for drug trafficking and other crimes, Trask was one of the first employees hired by Escondido’s chef and owner, Fernando Ruiz, to work in the Mexican restaurant that opened in August. “He’s changed my life,” Trask says.

Dec 4, 2024 | newmexicomagazine.org | Lynn Cline |Ungelbah Davila |Julian Dossett |Debra Levy Martinelli

Met New Mexico Magazine's 2024 True Heroes on YouTube: @newmexicomag The lifelong volunteer devotes himself to time-honored community traditions and creating new celebrations. LOGAN FLEHARTY When wildfires hit Ruidoso, a local tattoo artist became a beacon of hope by checking on homes and feeding animals. LOREN ANTHONY The actor and musician rallies volunteers to cut, load, and deliver firewood to Navajo Nation elders and others in need.

Dec 4, 2024 | newmexicomagazine.org | Lynn Cline

WHEN THE 50-FOOT Zozobramarionette collapsed in a fiery demise for the 100th time, Raymond Sandoval fell to his knees, overcome with emotion. He’d helped build the giant puppet with the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe since he was a kid. As the club’s event chair since 2013, he’s overseen more than a decade of the Burning of Zozobra, culminating in this year’s all-out centennial celebration. But something more was tugging at his heart: gratitude for having just fulfilled a long-standing promise.