Tag Archives: las vegas new mexico

This Old House

I’m work­ing on the This Old House issue of my regional arts mag­a­zine, and in the process of writ­ing a story on pen­i­ten­tiary tiles, I began to think about my adopted home town, Las Vegas, New Mex­ico.… ——- My home­town in New Eng­land held a node on the Rev­o­lu­tion­ary road. Most of the towns­peo­ple — …

November 3, 2009 – 5:07 pm | By Birdie | Posted in New Mexico, The Daily | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

An Experiment of One

Two weeks ago, the Straight Talk Express parked in front of Las Vegas’ iconic “Calumet Says Howdy” mural. The sexy cow­girl with her end­less legs seemed to sit on top of the broad, bold font announc­ing McCain and Palin, grac­ing the bus with her campy pres­ence. The Repub­li­can con­tender and his run­ning mate didn’t ride …

October 16, 2009 – 2:53 am | By Birdie | Posted in New Mexico | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

La Salsa

My town held a Latin Dance Fiesta last week­end. The gro­cery store clerk stuffed the flier in my paper bag between a dozen free-range eggs and a pack­age of dried pinto beans. Her braided sil­ver bracelet caught the jagged edge of the bag and left a small tear. “You gotta go. My boyfriend plays gui­tar with …

October 15, 2009 – 4:32 pm | By Birdie | Posted in Avon, New Mexico | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)