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Unlike the much bigger Albuquerque city up north, Las Cruces New Mexico down south is less crowded. Also, when in Las Cruces, you get this friendlier feeling each time you visit a cafe or a restaurant. With mild winters, you can do so many outdoor things in Las Cruces practically…
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New Mexico State University (NMSU) owns the Landscape Gardens in Las Cruces. I happened to visit the place when I was on my way to the Old Town Messila. It is located along W. University Ave, just right after the S. Main St. intersection. The garden is small but it…
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Today, the giant Roadrunner Sculpture was finally found. I have read about this roadrunner monument made from recycled materials that stand along I-10 near Las Cruces, New Mexico, but nowhere online could I find its exact location and address. Google didn’t help. One online article mentioned about going east along…
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I drove by the Space Murals Museum in Organ, New Mexico a number of times, but never decided to stop and check it out. From the road, the museum is just like any small residential structure in the area. Nothing spectacular. Until you go inside. Bored one Saturday afternoon with…
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Wednesdays and Saturdays, the days they shut down eight blocks of the downtown area to cater the Las Cruces Farmers Market and Crafts event. Saturdays are my preferred days since I do not have to think of work and can focus the day appreciating the fine arts displayed along the…
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Shower me with coffee! My love for drinking coffee has never been a secret. In fact, in one of my weekly columns in The Collegian, I wrote about my favorite coffee shop in Brookings, South Dakota. Friends dear to me know that I am a coffee loyalist and coffee mocha…
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I love international celebrations! I do. In the schools I have attended in the Europe and the U.S., International Day or International Night event was something I always looked forward to. Eating food from different countries, meeting new friends, learning the cultures, watching presentations, are few of the things I…
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As the tagline says “Where Rocks Come Alive.” The Zuhl Museum at New Mexico State University is the home of the Zuhl Collection that contains over 1,800 beautiful specimens of petrified wood, fossils and minerals. The museum is a hidden jewel inside the NMSU campus. A small museum with walls…
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