Category: Albuquerque
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travelling outside your age (or, an ode to my cool aunt and uncle)
my aunt jane and uncle dave are legends. they grew up in the 50s and 60s and have a million stories from high school in pasadena, california. surfing, playing in bluegrass bands like the smooothies, the heady early days of the rose parade, smoking in the mountains, seeing steve martin with an arrow through his…
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rediscovering my home of enchantment (trip report, part 1)
it’s been three years since i was back in new mexico. well, that is until three weeks ago, when i finally went home. bill was working out of his houston office, so i took the chance for a couple of days visiting my family and eating lots and lots of green chile. if you aren’t…
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wine diaries: “beginnings”
i have been a wine drinker for the past 7 years, but i have never kept a blog or diary about it successfully. hence the “beginnings in quote marks” title of this blog. two years ago, bill and i unsuccessfully started a wine diary in which we vowed to tear off the labels of every…
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on taking the 66 bus
taking public transport in the western united states is not like elsewhere. in fact, around here, you are lucky if public transport exists at all and, unless you live in the exact right part of town, it probably won’t do you much good. but we’ve been taking a lot of public transport in albuquerque since…
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getting a US greencard – step 2
yesterday, bill and i completed step 2 of getting his u.s. greencard: biometric data. while this sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, it is actually quite simple.
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on getting a u.s. green card
The first in a series of blogs about my husband’s and my experiences applying for his U.S. green card.
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books for the third
In an effort to put down the computer and pick up a book, I’ve decided to begin with some titles that inspire me in my travel passions.
Megan Eaves-Egenes 