My brunch cravings were getting annoying until I found this fine desert eatery. I went to the Slate Street CafÇ during its Saturday brunch. Breakfast was served from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., and lunch was available anytime after 11 a.m. I hadn't been awake for long, so I decided to go the breakfast route.
If you were to ask most New Mexicans - or even most Americans - to name the most strange, controversial and wildly celebrated place in our entire state, chances are the name of one town would be mentioned again and again: Roswell. If you were to ask those same people exactly why Roswell has such a reputation or how it became such a mythic destination, they would probably all reply: "The milk!"
"Fay Grim," the improbable sequel to the '97 indie hit "Henry Fool," confirms auteur Hal Hartley's devotion to the portrayal of present-day civilization, narrative prowess and trickster nature.
You are a feminist, according to author Jessica Valenti.
Over the past 10 years, a lot of games have come out that let the player choose between being good and evil. Some of these games have been spectacularly good, such as BioWare's "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic." A few have been somewhat less spectacular, as in the case of the overhyped "Fable." Codemasters' latest release, "Overlord," gives the player a similar choice. The only difference is that it's a choice between evil and ridiculously evil.
It was not your average Friday night show in Albuquerque. Musician Scott Nobody began his set at The Curio by cooking and serving seitan to the audience while reciting stream-of-consciousness poetry. Later, audience members set off firecrackers indoors.
Eight years ago, Bill Clinton was president, "Family Guy" was funny and listening to Limp Bizkit was considered socially acceptable. Obviously, a lot has changed. And no one knows better than Pharoahe Monch, who released his last album in 1999.
Sometimes it takes one fierce queen to make history. Sometimes it takes a couple thousand. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, a dehumanizing routine raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar became the catalyst for the empowerment and radicalization of the American gay rights movement.
In 1998, Kevin Cole, of Carlsbad, New Mexico set a new world record for the farthest spaghetti nasal ejection, sending 7 1/2 inches of noodle rocketing from his nose in a single blow.
It's difficult to find a restaurant with authentic recipes and excellent service. Paisano's is as authentic as your Italian grandmother's cooking. When everything is made from scratch, it results in a noticeably positive experience.
A pair of friends are dressing the townsfolk in colorful hats. Folk musician Ben Wood and skateboarder Eli Wentzel-Fisher have a project called Hannah's Hats. The hats sell for $25 a piece, and they've sold 13 so far. "My friend Hannah made me this hat for my birthday a few years ago, and I wore it for awhile," Wentzel-Fisher said.
by Rhian Hibner Daily Lobo If you want to completely destroy someone, "Ocean's Thirteen" would be a good place to look for pointers. Revenge is always a good way to get a movie going, but all too often, the execution falls flat. Typically, the hero gets into one of Hollywood's signature unrealistic fight scenes.
On a rolling desert plain, shabby with yellow grass and sagebrush, a large, white, oval-shaped object falls through the sky at an estimated speed of 200 to 300 mph - bouncing and skidding across the desert before exploding into a shower of fiery debris. As if expecting it, a camera captures the entire event - panning smoothly to the left along the course of the crashing object, carefully framing its every motion - and the footage sweeps across the Internet.
Lil' Wayne is the RenÇ Descartes of hip-hop. Way back in 1641, Descartes argued that God gave him the ability to perceive the truth. Then he argued that because he has a perception of God, and everything he perceives is true, God must exist - a theory using its own conclusion as a premise. This fallacy came to be known as the Cartesian circle and led lots of philosophers to shout at one another and generally contribute nothing to society.
There's a strong African influence in Mexico, according to Susan Luna's photographs. Luna's photo exhibit, "The African Presence in Mexico," is a collection of images that show Mexico's African heritage, and then some.
Rock 'n' roll is a trip. Kevin Fullerton, of the one-man band Rochester Fosgate, went on a five day tour through Arizona and southern California. His friend, Rocky Norton, photographed the trip documentary-style. They went to Flagstaff, Ariz., Phoenix, San Diego, Huntington, Calif., Los Angeles and Venice Beach.
A reason to go to the Atomic Cantina, aside from drinking, is to check out Tara Zalewsky's series of oil paintings called "Thursday Night Portraits." "Thursday nights is when they do the swing dancing at the Atomic Cantina," Zalewsky said. "They've got these incredible costumes and a variety of personalities. Some I knew well, some I didn't know at all."
In the last "My Strange New Mexico," we examined a mysterious film that many believe shows a UFO crashing in the desert of the White Sands Missile Range in 1997. In the film, a white, football-shaped craft plummets from the sky, skips violently across the ground and explodes. Where the film came from, who shot it, or even when it was first viewed, has remained uncertain.
A slice of New York opened up May 21 in the University area. Times Square Deli Mart, at 2132 Central Ave. S.E., combines a deli with a convenience store, a typical style in New York.
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