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There’s Even More to Santa Fe In Santa Fe County |
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Travel just outside the city of Santa Fe and discover a place that will dazzle your senses while surrounding you with world class lodges, spas, hiking, golf, skiing, art food and much more. Santa Fe County is the land that lies outside of the city of Santa Fe. Its northern border touches historic Chimayo and stretches south to the rolling plains of Edgewood. From four Indian Pueblos (San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Nambe and Tesuque) and ghost towns that housed some of the first European settlers to a living museum that showcases life as it was for the early Spanish colonists, Santa Fe County is diverse in culture. |
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The 17th annual Pojoaque River Art Tour takes place Saturday and Sunday, September 18–19, 2010, from 10 am–5 pm. The tour's 18 studios, located 16 miles north of the city of Santa Fe along County Road 84 (parallels Hwy 502 to Los Alamos), winds through the traditional communities of Pojoaque, Jacona, Jaconita, and El Rancho. Explore the local artists’ studios in the Pojoaque River Valley, an eclectic and beautiful old farming community off Hwy 84/285, with a side trip into Pojoaque Pueblo and Nambé. Contemporary and traditional oil and acrylic paintings, mixed media, assemblage, monotypes, Sumi-e, watercolor, gouache, and pastel, jewelry, pottery, weaving and glass will be shown.
The Pojoaque River Open Studio Tour was created in 1992 by artists William Preston and Marianne Hornbuckle to expose artwork independent of the gallery system, and to promote community among the artists and artisans living in the Pojoaque River Valley. Though non-juried, the tour has gained a reputation for the high quality and variety of fine art presented, and has been especially appreciated by out-of-town visitors visiting Santa Fe County the weekend of the tour. It affords an opportunity for a glimpse into the rural artist’s lifestyle at a particularly beautiful time of year.
For more information and a printable map of the tour visit the Pojoaque River tour website. |
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Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort and Spa Named an Historic Hotel of America |
Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort and Spa in Santa Fe is now part of Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. To be eligible for this designation, a hotel must be at least 50 years old, listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, or recognized locally as having historic significance. Bishop’s Lodge is one of more than 200 hotels and resorts throughout the country recognized by Historic Hotels for preserving and maintaining their historic integrity, architecture and ambiance.
 Bishop’s Lodge is on the site of ancient ruins inhabited by the Tesuque people. It became part of a Spanish land grant in 1743, and farmers grew squash, corn and wheat on the land. In 1853, Jean Baptiste Lamy, a French priest, was appointed Bishop of Santa Fe. Seeking a retreat, Lamy found the site, three miles north of Santa Fe, and bought small parcels of land over time. He eventually built a house, a small chapel, and landscaped the land.
After his death, the land passed through a succession of owners, among them the Pulitzer family. The Thorpe family bought it in 1918 and began extensive expansions, constructing many of the present lodges, the equestrian area, the swimming pool, tennis courts and a skeet shooting range. In 1998 Thorpe heirs sold the property to the present owners.
In addition to its designation by the National Register, Historic Hotels is a brand of the Preferred Hotel Group. |
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The Crazy Heart Of New Mexico |
 In the new movie Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the offbeat and the beautiful landscape of Santa Fe County is as much a character in the film as any role played by living people. While the New Mexico movie-industry initiatives regularly receive press, Crazy Heart is the first recently-made New Mexico film to score big at the box-office. Not a tale for every taste, Jeff Bridges performance as an on-the-skids country music singer has already garnered “Best Actor” awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, and the Golden Globes, and has been nominated for an Oscar. But the beauty of Santa Fe County shines throughout (even some of the scenes set in Texas and Colorado were filmed here), and the setting for the end of the film at the Santa Fe Opera will leave no doubt in anyone’s mind that the Santa Fe Opera, and Santa fe County itself, is certainly “No Place Like Home.” |
This trip back in time, into the Wild West of Santa Fe County, begins with a picturesque drive through Bonanza Creek. Along the way are situated two authentic Western ranches that will interest movie buffs: the JW Eaves Movie Ranch (75 Rancho Alegre Road) and the Bonanza Creek Ranch (15 Bonanza Creek Road).
To get to Bonanza Creek Road take NM-599/Santa Fe Relief Route, heading south (towards Albuquerque). Follow this road just over 7 miles, |
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