by
Wolf Schneider
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| Inside Restaurant Martin |
Just
hiked at the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, up near the Randall Davey Audubon Center
on Upper Canyon Road. We saw plenty of lemony autumn leaves, bright
yellow-blooming chamisa, and purple asters. October is my favorite month in
Santa Fe – – the scent of wood-burning fireplaces on cool mornings, the glow of
yellow and green leaves swaying on still-full branches, and afternoons in the
60s and 70s. What could beat that? It’s a wonderful time to be out and about.
This weekend feels like the absolute pinnacle of autumn, with green chile and
marigolds at the Saturday morning farmers market, Saturday’s
artists-out-everywhere Canyon Road Paint Out, and the Galisteo Studio Tour
where the vistas go on forever.
I
had a fabulous dinner this week at Restaurant MartÃn – – you haven’t lived
until you try their delicate Yellow Fin Tuna Tartare with avocado, jalapeno
oil, soy, vinaigrette, pickled pineapple, and buttermilk pancakes! And you have
to have the Bittersweet Chocolate Truffle Cake with sweet and salty caramel and
toasted cinnamon ice cream.
Coming
up: I’m looking forward to Santa Fe’s Tony Hillerman Writers Conference (www.wordharvest.com) from November
10-12, with Sandi Ault and Jo-Ann Mapson both on panels! Especially popular,
I’m going to predict, will be the new Writing with the Stars flash critiques on
Friday night, where the opening page of manuscripts-in-the-works will be
dramatized out loud, then authors Ault and David Morrell will be on the spot to
spout instant critiques. Think: “Dancing with the Stars” morphs into a literary
salon! I developed the concept with Ault and Wordharvest, so I’ll see you
there.
Wolf Schneider has been editor in chief of the Santa Fean,
editor of Living West, consulting editor of Southwest Art, and also blogs at
www.wolfschneiderusa.com.
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| Photographer: David Alfaya, Taken in Artist Studio: Gregory Lomayesva |
