Chantal Foster

"Route 66 is Main Street and we don't want this billionaire bailout"

People are gathered right now in Albuquerque to protest the Wall Street bailout. "Route 66 is the Mother Road. Route 66 IS Main Street," a man with a megaphone shouts, "And we don't want this billionaire bailout."… Continue

Posted on September 27th, 2008 at 1:30pm — 20 Comments

In case of scurvy, eat your cactus

In times of drought and depression, my money's on the prickly pear cactus. All over Albuquerque right now, vitamin C laden cactus fruit are ripening to a deep eggplant purple. They're called "tuna" or "cactus apple" and they taste like blackberry and melon which, when cooked up with… Continue

Posted on September 24th, 2008 at 9:30am — 19 Comments

Mid-week geekery @ O'Niells

And here we all thought we were solo. With forty+ devotees, this month's web geeks happy hour was rockin' proof that the web scene in Albuquerque is strong and getting stronger. From hardcore Plone geeks to the invento… Continue

Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 10:00pm — 17 Comments

Facebook snatches up local web geek

Oops! By request, this post has been removed to protect the innocent. You'll just have to ponder the possibilities;-)

Posted on September 9th, 2008 at 11:30am —

Winners of Poetry on the Bus

Big love to all the winners of this year's Poetry on the Bus program! I just returned minutes ago from the opening reception to share some snapshots with you. The down… Continue

Posted on August 28th, 2008 at 3:30pm — 8 Comments

Zombie Crawl Albuquerque

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Posted on August 8th, 2008 at 1:31pm — 6 Comments

The Monsoon Gardener's Obscene Booty

Apparently, Albuquerque's ripe. Really ripe. A suggestive local gardener dropped off 2 English cucumbers yesterday and I'm verily agog over the most appropriate way of dealing with these brutes. As you can see (modeled so innocently by my sister Shell), they're a handful. B… Continue

Posted on August 6th, 2008 at 12:00pm — 17 Comments

What does Albuquerque sound like?

Baseball and mockingbirds if you ask the FreeSoundProject where I recently downloaded all my ringtones. Surely, we can round out the project database with a few more recordings of fair Burque. You know, local aural phenomena such as:… Continue

Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 7:30pm — 16 Comments

What does Albuquerque taste like?

To some it's a chili-laden hot dog from… Continue

Posted on July 5th, 2008 at 1:30pm — 18 Comments

Apricot overload in the 'hood

It's apricot season in Albuquerque. Whether it's you, your neighbor, or your friend, chances are there's an apricot tree in your life laden with overripe fruit this week. Now. I've tried (and failed) at plenty of canning endeavors. This is… Continue

Posted on June 30th, 2008 at 10:00am — 21 Comments

Fixed gear madness in Albuquerque

The lack of gears and brakes is not stopping plenty of Burque kids from enjoying the pleasures of the fixie. Here's a… Continue

Posted on June 19th, 2008 at 8:30am — 16 Comments

Tomás, The BioPark Beekeeper

If you've ever ridden the zoo train past the BioPark's big red barn, Tomás is the guy in a mesh hat waving at you with a comb of honeybees in his hand. Bac… Continue

Posted on June 16th, 2008 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Put your poetry on Albuquerque buses (and win a laptop while you're at it)

I love poetry. And I love public transportation. The two are forming a happy union this summer as part of ABQ RIDE's "Poetry on the Bus" program, so the long-time local poet Mikaela Renz-Whitmore and I h… Continue

Posted on June 16th, 2008 at 7:30am — 7 Comments

Freak show @ Petroglyph National Monument

Of all the freak shows on earth, one of the strangest occurs quite regularly at the Albuquerque Volcanoes. It's the cyclical flux of bugs that make their appearance throughout the Petroglyph National Monument on Albuquerque's west si… Continue

Posted on June 14th, 2008 at 9:00pm — 9 Comments

Who finished the 2008 Albuquerque Century?

2wheelz sponsored the bagpipers and dozens of local photographers played witness to New Mexico's biggest urban cycling event this past weekend, The Albuquerque… Continue

Posted on June 9th, 2008 at 5:30pm — 13 Comments

Our Mountain... The Sandias

Killing time in the airport yesterday, I stumbled upon this stunning video about the Sandias. Pour a cold one, kick back, and meditate on the majesty. So… Continue

Posted on June 7th, 2008 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Floating down the Rio Grande

As if the Rio Grande's not already swollen. This weekend, hundreds of river-mad people will launch canoes, kayaks, and homemade floating devices as part of the Great Race. Last weekend before the crowds surged, my friend and I… Continue

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 at 12:20pm — 16 Comments

Referrer Madness

Whether it's "Lisa Chavez BDSM", "Albuquerque rock stars" or "breaking bad albuquerque octopus", we... um... apparently got you covered. Here's a dump of recent search terms referring the unwitting to Duke City Fix: nob hill bar and grill albuquerque jennifer james 101 family thrift center albuquerque senor buckets night of the living dead albuquerque roy sekreta "taj palace" albuquerque albuquerque city community gardens loma linda community garden albuquerque luv yo mama folk art fest… Continue

Posted on May 30th, 2008 at 8:16am — 6 Comments

Where's Johnny (Transamerica)?

Longtime Albuquerque blogger (here and here) and retired APS schoolteacher is nearly halfway across America. On a bike. He called me the other day and left this enigmatic messa… Continue

Posted on May 28th, 2008 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

10 minutes in a Nob Hill parking lot

So there I was in a Nob Hill parking lot behind a rainbow painted car with an Om on the trunk, when a couple walked by. She was late 20s, he at least 65. Unaware of my presence, they kissed giddily and she tugged on on…

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Posted on May 24th, 2008 at 9:30pm — 12 Comments