Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico, at sunset last night.
We are spending just one day in this interesting town that's full of art and very good food.

 Dinner: The Plaza Cafe

Breakfast food for dinner: blue corn tortillas, over-easy eggs,
red and green chiles, hash browns, pinto beans. Beautiful!

Len's enchiladas with rice & beans.

Flan for dessert. A great diner with wonderful New Mexican food.

Lunch at Pasquale’s, a famous restaurant in Santa Fe.

Len enjoyed a squash taco & a tuna taco, with green rice & salad.

My spicy Chinese chicken salad with mango & lettuce. Very good.
Very spicy!

Strawberry-rhubarb pie!

What will we have for our last dinner here? Maybe I'll update this post with one more set of photos!

Another Gastropub!

Fire & Hops.

Santa Fe Art and Birds

Besides eating, this morning we have done a bit of birdwatching at the Randall Davey Audubon Center & Sanctuary.  Len took several bird photos while we were enjoying the early morning light.

This afternoon, we visited three museums. The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is always a favorite, though unfortunately today most of the exhibits are under construction, so we didn't see much. We proceeded to the Folk Art Museum where there was a fabulous exhibit of Japanese art and cultural ideas about demons. And we also visited the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, though didn't take photos.

Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe

Special Exhibit: #mask: Creative Responses to the Global Pandemic

Artists worldwide have been responding to the pandemic with a variety of creative work. I was surprised and fascinated by the items in the exhibit (online here). My favorite was a recreation of a traditional Day of the Dead altar, as a pandemic altar. The artist is Arthur Lopez of Santa Fe, and the title is "Altar Vision: 2020."

Note the hand sanitizer, the picture of a mask on a computer,
the virus outside the window, and other items related to the pandemic
(all modeled from clay). The Corona Beer is a reminder of the coronavirus!

A more traditional altar by Luis Tapia, from "Fiestas and Community Gatherings."

Special Exhibit: Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan

Noh mask of a demon from the website of the exhibit.
The exhibit included a fascinating variety of images, including modern ones
like the films of Hayao Miyazaki that include ghosts and demons.

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