Wednesday, August 24, 2005

WHOA, SLOW DOWN THERE MAESTRO, THERE'S A NEW MEXICO? With the hopes of getting maximum information, but at the risk of putting our beloved commenter Ticky on the spot, is there anyone who can tell me and Mrs. Earthling how to blow an afternoon in Albuquerque? Two weeks hence -- ahead of the new job -- House Earthling (including the Little Earthling) is off to Santa Fe for four days/three nights. But on our return, we're back in Albuquerque by 2:30 or so (we've a small detour to make to an undisclosed location west of Socorro -- so we can't just hang out in Santa Fe until afternoon) ahead of our 7 p.m. flight.

When we do get to Albuquerque, the American International Rattlesnake Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Science and Natural History (better, no doubt, than the Kansas Science Museum) are possibilities, but we're up for anything. The Little Earthling is only 13 months old, so safety and stroller-mobility are a consideration, but his level of interest is not.

On the list of things to do in Santa Fe is the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, lunch and/or dinner at Coyote Cafe, massages at the lovely Ten Thousand Waves, lunch at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame (the restaurant, not the museum), one of my favorite old map stores, and resisting the temptation to buy cowhide furniture. Mind you, we've been to Santa Fe twice before, so we've hit the big stuff, but we're happy for any suggestions about Santa Fe, too, provided, however, they don't involve not going to Pasqual's for breakfast at each and every opportunity.

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