Book Signing & Free Jewelry Workshop!

Free event alert! Have you tried your hand at jewelry making? Come to Mama's Minerals for an exciting event taking place on Wednesday, February 22nd from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Santa Fe store or at the Albuquerque store on Thursday, February 23rd  from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Show Your Colors co-author Sarah Hardin Oehler will be on site for personal autographs. She will also be holding a FREE  "make it and take it" project workshop. The project will include free tools, beads and supplies. Free refreshments complete this fun event.  There's no registration required for the book signing but spaces to participate in the "make...

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Lone Ranger To Begin Filming In NM

Any Johnny Depp fans in Lincoln Heights?? He’ll be in Sante Fe next month for filming...  Although reports of Johnny Depp sightings have already begun, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said filming of The Lone Ranger will begin next month. Depp has been cast to play Tonto in the Walt Disney production. The film, which became a symbol of the flap between Martinez and the film industry, will shoot in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Shiprock through the middle of August. In a press release Friday, Martinez said, "The Lone Ranger is proof New Mexico's film industry is alive and well." She said it also proves her commitment to the...

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New Mexico needs a new state slogan

What would you pick as a state slogan? New Mexico calls itself the Land of Enchantment. But the spell isn't working all that well. Overnight tourist trips in New Mexico have dropped by nearly 10% in the past three years, and spending on everything from souvenir magnets to turquoise jewelry fell by hundreds of millions of dollars. When state tourism officials convened focus groups in Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles to ask prospective travelers about their perceptions of New Mexico, the same depressing descriptions kept cropping up: "Arid." "Barren." "Dull." Also: "Close to Arizona." So state officials are launching a $2.5 million effort...

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Walmart to open third Albuquerque neighborhood market

This is an interesting development given that we just lost some of our local Sears and Kmart stores. Do you like Wal-mart better? Or do you wish the other stores were sticking around? Walmart  has signed a long term lease to place one of its Neighborhood Markets in the site once occupied by a Wild Oats store in the Foothills Shopping Center at Juan Tabo and Menaul NE. The 34,000-square-foot anchor site in the Northeast Heights’ center will be the nation’s largest retailer’s third grocery operation in Albuquerque. The store is scheduled to open later this year. It will carry groceries and health and beauty products as well as a limited...

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Happy Birthday New Mexico: Food Freebies & Deals

Happy Birthday to us! Make sure to take advantage of these great deals. Thanks to ABQ on the Cheap for putting this list together. It’s our state centennial today, even though some people STILL don’t know that we’re part of the USA… On this day, January 6, 1912, President William H. Taft signed the proclamation confirming New Mexico as the 47th state of the United States of America.  So how will we celebrate? In traditional New Mexico style, that’s how. Let’s eat… El Pinto $6.50 Off Online Orders of jars of salsa and sauces, using the coupon code:  START2012 Get a $10 Subway gift card and two movie tickets for $24, today only....

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