This Gal Tosses a Mean Salad!

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward

Erin Wade of Vinaigrette - an amazing Salad Bistro in Santa Fe - can conjure up

tantalizing tossed and chopped salads that are dazzling to the eye and the palate.

She creates these wonders in her test kitchen on her 10-acre farm - Los Portales - in Nambe, New Mexico, just north of Santa Fe.

The tables are charming...

There's fun art work on the walls...

The Bar is a great gathering place...

And you might just get lucky and have Erin deliver your salads!

Stop by and guess how much this behemoth of a pumpkin weighs.

 If your right, you'll win lunch for two!

AZTEC'S IN SANTA FE?

I was driving along, turned a corner and came to a screeching hault. Only in Santa Fe could you find this urban oasis of dazzling delights...

And all of this... in a children's park...Wouldn't you love to be a kid again?

THE LOUIS MONTANO PARK

730 Alto Street  Santa Fe, NM

Across from the Boys & Girls Club

TRAVELER'S MARKET

If you love to travel to exotic places and bring back suitcases filled with amazing things, then you'll love Santa Fe's Traveler's Market. It is filled with dozens and dozens of vendor/boutiques offering beautiful, one-of-a-kind clothing, jewelry, antiques, and collectibles from around the world. This vibrant Market is tucked into the back of DeVargas Center and is open daily, execept for Mondays. Here are a few photos to whet your appetite...

Traveler's Market

T - 505.989.7667

BARA - WOW JEWELRY

If you think this jewelry is dramatic - you're right. If you think you'd get noticed wearing a piece of this sculpted, primitive, organic, contemporary art jewelry - you'd be right again. Indeed, Santa Fe Artist/designer BARA creates drama and theatre when she builds each of her one-of-a-kind pieces. I own the braclet at the top of this post, and as they say, if I had a nickel for everyone who has admired it, I could buy the ring in the second photo!

If you'd like to see more of Bara's work, stroll down to the Plaza on a Monday, Thursday or Friday - 11am to 4pm - and she'll be there -  across the street from the Portal Artists. Or, give her a call: 505.450.9536.

BARA

Click to see her website



THE OWINGS GALLERY

This former bowling alley - way back when - is now the home of the Owings Gallery and it is exactly where I would want to be if I were say, Arthur Dove or Gustave Baumann or Fremont Ellis, just to name a few of the artists in The Owing's extensive collection of 19th and 20th century art.

The gallery is stunning and the art is displayed as if its placement were an art in itself. The space draws you in and sweeps you around beautifully; it's like being in a small and intimate museum. 

And, I  could sit on this sensual couch forever.

THE OWINGS GALLERY

120 East Marcy Street

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

505.982.6244