New Mexico Wine Festival

 Do you still need plans for this Labor Day Weekend?  There is a great Wine Festival in Bernalillo.  There is a discount of five dollars if you buy tickets ahead of time.  The event is for adults and minors.  There will be a kid's area, arts and crafts vendors, and delicious food.

The New Mexico Wine Festival takes place in Bernalillo this Labor Day weekend, from September 1 – 3, 2012.

You’ll save $5 on admission if you buy a three-day pass online in advance at $31 for adults, compared to $12 a day at the gate. However, you have to be pretty hard-core wine buff to go for three solid days – and it’s likely to be packed and hot, so keep drinking the water as well as the wine!

The New Mexico Wine Festival $12 adult admission  includes a glass for wine tastings. Minors aged 13-20 pay $5, and kids aged 12 and under go free. The wine tastings are free with admission for age 21+, but these are just tastings. Obviously you have to pay to buy a full glass, or bottles to take home.

If saving time is more important to you than saving money, you can also buy New Mexico Wine Festival tickets online in advance for $13 per adult or $5.50 for minors.  The price for a three-day pass is $31. Either print out the tickets or show them on a smartphone, tablet or other portable device.

In addition to wine tastings from New Mexico wineries, expect a kids’ area, arts and crafts, vendors with all kinds of tasty New Mexico food and delicacies, and a lively line-up of music and entertainment. See the full NM Wine Festival entertainment schedule in PDF from noon to 6 pm each day.  Soon we’ll all be dancing like the groovy people at the NM Wine Festival website!

It might be wise to take the NM Rail Runner Express to the festival grounds, they have a special Rail Runner schedule for the NM Wine Festival over Labor Day weekend and then walk or hop on the free shuttle at the Sandoval/US 550 station.  If you’re driving, take Bernalillo exits 240 /242 from 1-25 and follow the signs to the wine fest. Expect to pay $3-5 for parking in the lots by the festival.

Remember to take ID even if you look WAY older than 21, as they do check regardless.

The 2012 New Mexico Wine Festival at Bernalillo runs on Saturday through Monday September 
 1-3, from noon, with wine tasting and entertainment ending at 6 pm.

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Road Closures due to Movie Shooting

 When driving over the next two weeks, make sure to check out road closures in Cimarron Canyon State Park.  A motion picture will be shooting there over the next two weeks, and will need to use a few roads to complete the shots they need.  Although the movie being filmed is not officially being released, many believe it to the movie "The Lone Ranger", which is believed to be shooting in these locations.



Some roads and recreation areas in Cimarron Canyon State Park will be closed over the next two weeks because of filming a motion picture, The Raton Range reported.


 
And while the New Mexico State Parks Division and state Film Office wouldn’t say which movie was being filmed because of confidentiality agreements between the filmmaker and state agencies, a spokeswoman for Angel Fire Resort, which is close to Cimarron Canyon State Park, told The Range on Monday that more than 200 people associated with “The Lone Ranger” had booked rooms at the resort through Aug. 31.

According to the New Mexico Film Office website, “The Lone Ranger” lists locations that could include Cimarron Canyon State Park and the Angel Fire area, The Range said.

Krysty Ronchetti, a media consultant and Angel Fire Resort spokeswoman, told the paper that no filming is scheduled on resort property.

Filmmakers are looking for some residents of western Colfax County to be extras in scenes to be shot beginning this week, according to The Range.

According to a State Parks Division news release, the agency and New Mexico’s Department of Game and Fish are working with the movie production company “to minimize impacts to visitors and to anglers” in Cimarron Canyon State Park.

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Westside Summerfest is Saturday!

This Saturday at the Cottonwood Mall is the Westside Summerfest.  Bring your family down for food, music, and activities while shopping around the market.  The event starts at 6pm and runs until 10pm, and it is free admission. 

This summerfest is a celebration of local food and goods in Albuquerque. Located on the North side of Cottonwood Mall, the Westside Summerfest is going to be a great time for the whole family.

The music line-up features the funky sounds of musical headliner, The James Douglas Show, and the bluesy guitar of Alex Maryol. Sample a bazaar of local cuisine and beverages, while shopping in the Market. Some of Albuquerque's best micro-breweries will also be on tap.

The Market will be packed with handmade arts and crafts plus unique, independent businesses. The kids' activity area, always a family favorite, will feature arts and crafts, face painting, a climbing wall and much more to keep the younger set entertained.

The wide variety of entertainment and musical styles of Albuquerque bands will get the crowd dancing!

Entertainment Line Up:
6 p.m. The Breaktone
7 p.m. Aladocious
8 p.m. Alex Maryol
9 p.m. The James Douglas Show

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"2 Guns" a New Movie is Being Filmed in New Mexico.

A Hollywood movie will be filmed in Albuquerque.  The movie “2 Guns” will start filming at the end of August until September.  It will film around Albuquerque and Santa Fe.  This movie will help boost the economy by helping employment from all the local people this movie will use.  The movie is based off a graphic novel called “Boom!”.

 

An action-drama starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg will be shooting in New Mexico later this month.

The New Mexico Film Office says production of the film "2 Guns" will begin in late August and continue through early September in and around Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

Also starring in the film will be Bill Paxton and Edward James Olmos.

The movie, based on the Boom! Studios graphic novels by Steven Grant, is about a DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who are investigating each other when they find out they have both been set up by the mob.

The film office says the production will employ at least 100 New Mexico crewmembers, 10 New Mexico principal actors and more than 400 background talent.

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The Best Deals for Back to School Shopping.

Back to school shopping can be expensive for any family.  However, there are ways to lower the cost, and you can still get fashionable clothes for your family.  Make to check consignment shops like Just Between Friends Kids and Maternity to get the best deal and the best clothes.  Read below for more information on this consignment shop and the deals they have.

 

Sunday is Half Price Day and Free Admission!

Just Between Friends Kids & Maternity Consignment Back to School event is August 4-5th at the The Pavilions at San Mateo Shopping Center (I-40 & San Mateo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, 87110.  Next to the Dollar Tree!).  http://www.jbfsale.com/albuquerque

JBF is a bargain shopper's dream come true! 15,000 square feet of maternity, infant, baby & kid items. That's right, all under one roof! No running from garage sale to garage sale to hunt down your bargains. No calling online postings, making appointments to see items and showing up only to be disappointed. All items are inspected for quality, cleanliness and recalls. The floor is arranged by type, gender and size.

What does JBF have? New and gently used maternity & kids clothing (0-12 yrs), shoes, books, toys, games, furniture, outdoor equipment, bikes, shoes, etc. Brands such as Carter's, Osh Kosh, Gymboree, Little Tykes, Step 2, Fisher Price, Melissa & Doug, Old Navy, Children's Place, Gap and more! We've got legos, leap frog, Barbie, exersaucers, baby carriers, wagons, toddler beds, pack ‘n plays, changing tables, train tables, Star Wars, bikes, tricycles, power wheels, you name it! Everything you need for your growing family!

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