Taos Vistas Off The Grid

Get away from it all in this efficient off-the-grid home with amazing views and privacy. Seller currenty remodeling bathroom and upgrading solar array and batteries. You’ll feel like you’re a world away, but the drive to Taos is only a half hour.
This is the perfect writer or artist retreat, with efficient wood [...]

Lunch at the Ski Valley

I wanted to get some photos of the Ski Valley for a video, so decided to have a leisurely lunch at the Bavarian. Getting photos all along the way, I ended up at the outdoor bar with a glass of French Chardonnay and some German sausage in potato soup.
My car thermometer said it was [...]

Taos Ski Valley - Moguls and Mellow

Taos Ski Valley is known for a more European style of run, with twists and turns, rather than wide and straight. With an average 305 inches of snow each year and 300 days of sunshine, it is hard to find a more inviting ski destination.
Those of us lucky enough to live in Taos, NM [...]

Taos Center for the Arts Schedule

Taos Center for the Arts

February 27, 2008

TCA PRESENTS A PROGRAM FOR YOUTH:
MADCAP VARIETY
2 Special School Performances Thursday, February 28
February 28, 2008 Madcap Variety Company will present two shows for over 500 Taos area students. Due to demand, there will be two school shows instead of one school and one public performance.
Machete juggling, lasso twirling, [...]

Nancy St. Lawrence Studio

Nancy St. Lawrence has a studio next to the Cup & Saucer in Ranchos de Taos. She splits her time between Taos, NM and Kennebunkport, Maine. Her works are collected by thousands around the globe.
I stopped in and took some photos for the movie below. Nancy is not only a fine painter, [...]

National Home Prices Plummeting - Is Taos Immune?

In my job with the New York Times as the Real Estate Business Guide writer, I follow national and regional real estate trends closely. It’s certainly no secret that the mortgage problems and increasing foreclosure inventories are creating quite a different national real estate market than we’ve experienced in the last ten years or [...]

Top 10 Reasons Not to Use Me As Your Realtor®

This post is not to say you shouldn’t use any of the criteria in your selection of a Taos real estate broker. What I am saying is that too many in this profession rely primarily on one or more of these things to get their business. They spend their time, energies and money [...]

Sipapu for Family Friendly Skiing

Sipapu Ski Area in Northern New Mexico is a 40 minute drive southeast of Taos. Its family friendly atmosphere has been attracting more skiers each year since its beginning in 1952. The family friendly traditions have been carefully preserved, with snowboarding and disc golf also a draw for the younger set.
Free passes for [...]

It Isn’t the Dirt Says the Pastor in Chimayo

The Santuario de Chimayo is a very holy place to many. The containers of dirt that they take away are said to contain healing qualities. The Rev. Casimiro Roca doesn’t agree with this, stating that it is faith and “the work of the Good Lord.”
The San Francisco Chronicle online presents an interesting article [...]

Disclosure - The New Mexico Land Disclosure Form

Though not required by law in New Mexico, it is usually required by buyers that a seller provide the RANM (Real Estate Association of New Mexico) Form 4103 Property Disclosure Statement - Vacant Land. This form outlines what the seller knows about the condition, history and characteristics of the land parcel to be sold.
This [...]