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| callahan |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 18:19:11
A few months back I was chatting with a couple of people from this forum about New Mexico. Unfortunately, I've forgotten their usernames. So maybe they'll remember the conversation.
In any case, I'm going to New Mexico for a couple of weeks. I want to spend most of my time in Albuquerque. I'm not a big fan of Santa Fe. So, if anybody's been to Albuquerque and has any opinions about the city or suggestions on what to do it would be aprreciated.
Thanks.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
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| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 12/28/2006 : 12:11:55
I'll be there... uh, sometime in 2007. For 2 weeks. At least. I swear.
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| floop |
Posted - 12/28/2006 : 11:38:16
i'll be in Santa Fe for New Years..
long live Santa Fe |
| broken part |
Posted - 03/08/2006 : 12:26:50
The closest I've come to El Paso was buying some El Paso Salsa Sauce two days ago at Sainsbury's.
Based on that experience (it was very tasty) I recommed you go there. |
| VoVat |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 12:59:40
Having the Sandias out on the horizon is pretty cool. You don't get that kind of view in southeastern Pennsylvania.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| callahan |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 16:32:15
Here are some pictures taken from the house my friend just moved to in Albuquerque. Looks pretty nice. I wouldn't mind waking up to that view. She just moved there a few days ago.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 02/20/2006 : 15:22:52
I suppose you COULD, if it were clean enough.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| callahan |
Posted - 02/19/2006 : 12:58:28
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
Well, that was a Weird Al quote, but yes, I have been there. My dad lives there. Parts of it are nice, although there's a definite sameness to its look that gets tiring after a while. That's just me, though. Maybe you'd think differently.
What!? So you mean I can't eat soup out of an ashtray? I'm not sure I wanna go there anymore.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 02/19/2006 : 12:05:46
Well, that was a Weird Al quote, but yes, I have been there. My dad lives there. Parts of it are nice, although there's a definite sameness to its look that gets tiring after a while. That's just me, though. Maybe you'd think differently.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| callahan |
Posted - 02/18/2006 : 19:01:01
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
You should stay at the world-famous Albuquerque Holiday Inn, where the towels are oh-so-fluffy, and you can eat your soup right out of the ashtrays if you want to. It's okay! They're clean!
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
Ha! I may have to. That sounds like fun. They better be big ashtrays. Can I have seconds?
So, VoVat, apparently you've spent some time there. Do you like the city?
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 02/18/2006 : 14:35:23
You should stay at the world-famous Albuquerque Holiday Inn, where the towels are oh-so-fluffy, and you can eat your soup right out of the ashtrays if you want to. It's okay! They're clean!
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 14:03:31
That reminds me, I've got to catch up on HBO's "The Wire". |
| BLT |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 08:37:18
Heh, I was waiting for someone to bring up my hometown Baltimore! IMO, South Baltimore can't touch West Baltimore. Good place to stock up on your crack supply.
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| callahan |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 07:30:20
Never been to South Baltimore.....Not that I knnow of, anyhow.
I have visited friends in Baltimore. I thought it was pretty cool in a funky, rundown sort of way. Maybe that's why I like Albuquerque, too.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| floop |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 07:23:53
quote:
Originally posted by callahan
On the east coast my vote goes to Passaic N.J.
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my vote goes to South Baltimore |
| callahan |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 07:18:44
Ha! No! Nothing but Taco Bells, AMPMs and various other neon lit chain establishments.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 06:09:26
quote:
Originally posted by callahan
quote:
That said, I think the #1 armpit of the SW is El Paso.
Have you ever been to Amarillo, Texas?
I just passed through... Did I miss something? :)
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| callahan |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 04:50:32
quote:
That said, I think the #1 armpit of the SW is El Paso.
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"I want to change the world but it's changing me!"
Have you ever been to Amarillo, Texas? I'd say that's about the worst I've seen in the south west. On the east coast my vote goes to Passaic N.J.
[i]I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 01:57:52
Wow, your good Frog. That's the one! She had only two or three kinds, ALL GOOD! |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 01:53:40
I can at the very least vouch for an excellent standard of MILF at the Alberquerque Whole Foods.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 01:35:28
quote:
Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
There's a lot of hucksters out at the Amtrak stop and one of'em sells really good burritos.
Maybe this one?
Downtown Albq seen from the station :(
The Santa Fe / Lamy Amtrak station. OK, no burritos here, but... no concrete either :)
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 01:30:30
quote:
Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
That said, I think the #1 armpit of the SW is El Paso.
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Stopped in and spent time in El Paso on a Greyhound bus trip. Take my advice, 'tis a genuine shithole. |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 01:04:17
What Frog said.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 00:48:37
I spent 3 days in Albuquerque in 1990 or 92 (can't remember...). I would have liked to explore it a little more than I did, the problem is that you can't walk a mile without stumbling across an interstate highway, or someone suggesting you to stay away from "that part of the city".
That said, I think the #1 armpit of the SW is El Paso.
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| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 02/17/2006 : 00:04:35
I took this pic in Elizabethtown, a ghost town in Nothern NM. That, uh, sexy ass is the only form of life I found there :)
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| Superabounder |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 23:21:26
Frog, that is one sexy donkey horse thing you got there. I'd like to call it a sexy ass, but I feel I would somehow be a little off base with that.
I tend to think of human beings as huge rubbery test tubes, too, with chemical reactions seething inside |
| floop |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 22:04:59
i've actually never been to Albuquerque. i just thought it would be funny to call it the dingleberry-laden bunghole of the Southwest.
i do love Santa Fe though |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 21:46:05
There's a lot of hucksters out at the Amtrak stop and one of'em sells really good burritos. Been through twice and I caught her both times, that was nice. I guess I didn't care much for the burning piles of trash I saw as we were leaving (both times). But go into town and report back to us about "The Real AB". Like I said, I was just passin' through. |
| floop |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 21:03:13
be sure and check out the new Banana Republic when you're there. they just came out with a new spring line of cargo shorts
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| callahan |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 20:53:20
Well, I do get the feeling that none of the Albuquerque critics here have really spent time there. I mean, I keep hearing it's the armpit, it's stinky, food poisoning, but has anybody really scratched the surface of the city? I do know that a lot of New Mexico's natives really resent Santa Fe and love Albuquerque.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| BLT |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 20:21:15
Don't cave in to peer pressure, callahan. You deserve a yuppie-free journey. |
| callahan |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 19:18:23
Ok, Ok! I'll go back to Santa Fe! I'm gonna be there for a couple of weeks. But, I do want to check out Albuquerque this time, too.
I passed a cow and the cow was brown. My pyjamas clung to me like a shroud! Like a shroud! |
| floop |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 10:36:05
Albuquerque is the smelly, dingleberry-laden bunghole of the Southwest. |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 10:21:51
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
I'm in love with Burbank, California.
You guys got a kick ass airport. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 08:35:50
Burp..what??
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| BLT |
Posted - 02/16/2006 : 08:23:43
I'm in love with Burbank, California.
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