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Where I Live:
North Valley
About Me:
Fourth Street is my life line and Los Griegos is my neighborhood. I was raised on McIlheney’s milk and Furr’s cafeteria. I have a cousin in every quadrant of the city and two mutts, named Zsa Zsa Gabor and Etta James. Familia is all that matters to me…and of course my collection of vintage cat eye glasses. Hay te watcho y con safos …
Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:
My neighborhood, Duran's red chile, Powdrell's BBQ, The Frontier, great museums, great bead stores, cottonwoods, and most of my familia lives here.
Relationship Status:
I'm With the Band
My Website:
http://www.adelitajewelry.etsy.com
What I'm Reading:
Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Adelita's Blog

Adelita

Morning Fix: It's Friday!




  • Looks like it was a bumpy day for balloon fiesta.

  • Tingley Beach gets some new

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Posted on October 9, 2009 at 6:05am — 10 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: The Kids Are Home




  • Transition time.

  • What do you get when you mix cleavage, Lobo athletics, and a casino?

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Posted on October 8, 2009 at 6:30am — 9 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Say It Ain't So



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Posted on October 7, 2009 at 6:13am — 75 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Where There's Smoke...




  • I will be on the edge of my seat waiting to see if the Albuquerque Journal's poll rings t

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Posted on October 6, 2009 at 6:34am — 6 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Voter's Remorse




  • Plug your nose, cast your ballot and VOTE tomorrow.

  • While waiting for election results tomorrow evening, do something actually worthwhile. Local musician

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Posted on October 5, 2009 at 6:30am — 4 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: No Black. No White. Just Blues!




  • This ain't the "shake and bake" my mamacita used to make. Meth makers going old school.

  • Developers on the west side forgot to consider

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Posted on August 28, 2009 at 6:30am — 8 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: 4,000,000 and Counting



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Posted on August 27, 2009 at 6:30am — 4 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: The Illustrated Man




  • Hey, my fourteen year old wants a koi fish tattooed on her shoulder. Guess she missed her opportunity.

  • Smith's

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Posted on August 26, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Volunteer. It Does a Body Good





  • If you couldn't be there in person, Bingaman's town hall meeting transcript.

  • West Siders -

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Posted on August 25, 2009 at 6:33am — 2 Comments

Adelita

Beautiful Burque Sky



This evening while driving west on I-40, my daughter noticed that the clouds were in the shape of the Sandia Mountains. It was a cool mirror image - mountains to the east, mountain shaped clouds to the west! Totally took my breath away!

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Posted on August 24, 2009 at 10:13pm — 7 Comments

Adelita

Bail Me Out!


Last summer a woman that I worked with turned me on to a series of silly books about a not very successful bounty hunter who works for her cousin’s bail bonds office. Not exactly heavy reading, but I’ve got… Continue

Posted on July 22, 2009 at 9:57am — 14 Comments

Adelita

The Taos Hum in Burque


I love hanging out with musicians. I love listening to live music. There is something really cool about watching and listening to a band that has been together for a while. They have a certain way of non-verbally communicating with each other that makes the music that much more… Continue

Posted on June 24, 2009 at 10:30am — 15 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Camelot



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Posted on June 4, 2009 at 6:02am — 5 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Beep! Beep!


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Posted on June 3, 2009 at 6:00am — 5 Comments

Adelita

Morning Fix: Kapow!


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Posted on June 2, 2009 at 6:00am —

Adelita

Morning Fix: Mission Control


I'm taking on the Morning Fix this week!
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Posted on June 1, 2009 at 6:00am — 6 Comments

Adelita

A Cut Above


Thoughts of my father always loom heavily this time of year for me. May 4th would have been his 79th birthday. As I was driving down Fourth Street last week, I remembered the barber shop my father used to go to get his hair cut. You see, my dad had the most glorious head of… Continue

Posted on May 6, 2009 at 9:00am — 21 Comments

Adelita

A West Side Story


Inspiration
Sometimes inspiration comes to us in curious ways. I’m always inspired by my city. It offers such a deep, rich history and also wonderful stories of characters past and present. What are most inspiring to me are the wonderful people I have had the hon… Continue

Posted on April 8, 2009 at 9:30am — 15 Comments

Comment Wall (2 comments)

At 12:23pm on September 26, 2009, Señorita Ruth said…
hola! i hope all is well. i still love your picture the best of all, i think.
At 4:39pm on October 16, 2009, Mark said…
Hi Adelita.
Thanks for the nice words on the Duranes Kindergarten.
take care,
M

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