An - Art Chat - at the Inn of the Anasazi

Photography & Text by C. Whitney-Ward

 

Bobby Beals and Anthony Abbate of the BEALS & ABBATE FINE ART GALLERY on Canyon Road have come up with a dandy way to showcase their artists. They created Art Chat with the Inn of the Anasazi and this lovely partnership  works for both the artists and the Inn's guests. The Inn places an invitation to the event - held in their 'library' - on the guest's pillow and provides wine and nibbles...

And the gallery brings a featured artist - Raymond Nordwall the week I attended - and a collection of their work.

Nordwall is a member of the Pawnee tribe of Oklahoma and Red Lake Chippewa. His  passion for Indian art began at an early age - encouraged by his Mother - and he later began to study and create monotypes, becoming a full-time artist in his early twenties.



 If you'd like to receive an invitation to the next ART CHAT, contact the gallery.

B E A L S  &  A B B A T E

Fine Art

713 Canyon Road

Santa FE, NM

505.438.8881

www.bealsandabbate.com

facebook.com/bealsandabbate

The Den - Santa Fe's 'Hottest' Bar

S L E E K   &   S O P H I S T I C A T E D

Photography & Text - C. Whitney-Ward

Just below the Coyote Cafe on Water Street is the DEN, a really luxurious bar that is spacious and visually chic - low leather couches, a long, slim electric fireplace above the bar, cool graphics on  charcoal walls, and a savvy bar menu that literally lights up when you open it. How crazy is that? 

 The cocktails (no food) on this snazzy menu are tantalizing, creative and amazing.

Calvin - the very savvy bar keep, suggested that I try the SAMURAI. Intrigued I got my camera  and captured this master cocktail maker at work... 

Glass and shaker at the ready...

The glass gets dusted with  Saigon cinnamon - considered one of the finest  in the world. Rich, pungent and intensely sweet, this spice has a high concentration of oil which makes  it spark  when touched with a flame

A diminutive Fourth of  July in a cocktail glass...

The flames are extinguished when a lovely mingling of Mandarin Vodka and

Blood Orange juice are poured...

A BLAZING SUCCESS!

THE DEN  

 Owned by the Coyote Cafe

132 W. Water Street

Santa Fe, NM

505.983.1615