One night in February the boys had a game night that charged on into the wee hours of the morning. Bo felt it was only fair that we should have a similarly extravagant girls' night, so the very next day she booked a place in Santa Fe for the first day we were all free for an overnight adventure. I was unexpectedly in Utah last-minute to welcome Coco home when the day arrived, so I left Drew to drive the kids home on his own and caught a quick plane ride back.
The flight was exceedingly early, I hadn't slept great the night before, and my neck has been having all sorts of issues lately, so the in-flight nap wasn't very solid. Bo picked me up from the airport and we went on a field trip to the Korean market for snacks, then we went back to her house where I crashed on her chaise-lounge until Hillary was ready to go. And then I slept most of the car ride there! Too bad, because there was such a great spot for a nap when we arrived...
We began our adventures with snacks...
...then we explored all the nifty little shops in Santa Fe for the rest of the evening. We went into a Polish shop and Hillary bought something. The owner expressed his gratitude, informing her it was his first sale in 3 months. COVID hit Santa Fe hard.
Guess who wanted to go into this shop full of fancy furs?
I found these wonderful rainbow finch ornaments in a store called Doodlets...
...along with a dice game called Tenzy that the kids have had a good time with. It's like Yahtzee, except you get to keep rolling until you get 10 dice all the same. See Merrick crying as he loses:
For dinner we followed the Doodlets shop owner's recommendation and went to The Shed. Please note Hillary's pointed toe. She's so graceful.
I don't remember what we ate now (curse my tardy blogging!) but it was delicious. We watched the dusk settle in the sky.
After dinner the shop owner of a Christmas ornaments place regaled Bo with interminable stories of her relative that is an opera singer. It was difficult to extricate ourselves. We stopped by Baskin Robins on our way back to the hotel and bought an entire ice cream cake to split. The cake was these colors:
That night we talked for awhile on Bo's funny bed, but I was lame and could not stay up as late as the boys had on their game night. Next time we go on a girls' trip I will need to be well rested before we leave! In the morning we went to the Museum of Folk Art. We walked into the enormous room full of thousands of pieces from all over the world, someone read a caption that said "Dancing Capes," and I was...
I didn't remember until that moment, but I had been to this museum as a child. I remember Mom reading the caption and exclaiming, "Oh look! Dancing Capés!" and Duane Crist responding flatly, "Dancing CAPES."
For brunch/lunch we went to the Tune-Up Cafe. I like that Bo always orders a green chili stew whenever it's the soup of the day, because then I get to try it. "I like Rabbit, because he uses short, easy words like: 'How 'bout lunch?' and 'Help yourself, Pooh.'"
Then we went back for a bit more shopping. I bought Drew a pair of Tapatio socks at Sock Magic, because anyone that can go through a huge bottle of Tapatio by themselves deserves a pair of Tapatio socks.
I also got this beautiful blanket for far too much money at a shop in the same little area that I can't remember the name of (maybe Santa Maria Provisions?), but I've made myself forget the price because it was too delicious to the eye to pass up.
We visited the basilica and walked through the maze they have on the ground in front of it. Here we are in the center:
We alsoly went to the Loretto Chapel that was the baby of Father Lamy (of Death Comes for the Archbishop fame). Inside is the "Miracle Stair," built sometime around 1880 by a mysterious stranger who worked alone and left without pay. The Sisters of Loretto believed him to be St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. It is quite impressive.
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