Shall I plan for a quick visit, too, Sue? Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Bonar" <sbonar@nmsu.edu> To: "Linda Hutchinson" <lipant@sympatico.ca> Cc: "Chile Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT > Sorry about that - rellenos here are generally made with Big Jim or > Parker chiles. > > There is a lot of the "haves" and "have-nots" and it seems to be getting > worse as a lot of people from California are selling their dinky home > for a half million or more, coming here, buying property, building > lavish homes and retiring. Fine for them I'm sure, but it is driving the > property prices through the roof, and families that have lived here for > generations are no longer able to afford property taxes. There's a fight > now because the city wants to "renovate/improve" one of the old > districts here, which basically means that the people who live there > currently won't be able to remain there. It's a shame to see what > happened in Santa Fe happening here. While I don't have a problem with > improvements, I just wish the city would see more than dollars signs > when they make decisions and be a little more foward thinking in their > planning. Ah well, I'm sure we're not the only place with such problems. > At least the corruption seems to be slowly receding. > > Sandy, I'm sure you'll love Santa Fe during Christmas - it's beautiful. > There is something spiritual/magical about that city - it's in the air, > even. I haven't really been to the Midwest much, just seen photos mostly. > > We had some family visit from CA a couple of weeks ago, and one of the > things they wanted to do was eat Mexican food. It's pretty nice to run > out of time for their visit before we ran out of good places to eat > (without duplicating them). They were here for a week. Whenever I travel > anywhere, I'm craving the food from Las Cruces within a couple of days. > We don't call it the "Land of Entrapment" for nothing! > > Sue > > Linda Hutchinson wrote: > >> OK... now you know SOMEONE will ask... what kind of chilies do they >> use for rellenos? I for one, up here in Canada, am horrified to find >> that any of the 2 or 3 restaurants that make this use chilies with >> absolutely no heat at all. >> >> Linda > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - Release Date: 11/18/2005