Yesterday, I was riding the wrong way uphill on the shoulder of Dennis Chaves Blvd. (NM-500), trying to stay with the orange barrels, seen above, between me and the many drivers zooming downhill. A cyclist, one of those racer/lycra types who often use Dennis Chavez for hill training and downhill thrills, cycle-zoomed past me, but… Read More The Pandemic Ate My Homework: The “Stupid” Project

If you have lived in Albuquerque for quite some time, you may have had the experience, pre-pandemic, of attending a musical event at Tingley Coliseum. And you may have thought about that experience in ways unmistakably stolen from David Byrne and the Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Attending an Iron Maiden concert And… Read More ABQ’s Dearth of Suitable Music Venues: Isaac Stern Performs at the Gym

by Emily Esterson In the case of my most recent brioche disaster (I’m going to keep baking that damn thing until it I get it right or I weigh 300 lbs), I simply forgot to turn the page. I am not kidding. I didn’t turn the page of the book I was using. What the… Read More Breadder Burque Ch. XIX: Stairway to Baking Heaven

Today’s users of the Bosque Path south of Dolores Huerta/Cesar Chavez (Bridge) Boulevard walk/roll past the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bueno Foods plant, and a set of baseball diamonds. Burque Old-Timers, particularly those who grew up in Barelas, remember a slightly different set of sights and smells in this stretch. Those of us who aren’t… Read More What Happened to Burque’s West San Jose