All About Albuquerque or A-A-A

I have just started my blog, and I have already been e-mailed about the city I live in, better know as Albuquerque. It is smack dab in the middle to the state along the historic route 66 that crosses the USA.

Albuquerque is very famous for our International Balloon Fiesta, where 500 ballonists from around the world descend on our high altitude city to fly. I usually see a couple of balloons daily. Here is how it looks around here every October when they are all here.

Every Christmas eve...people come from all over to see the luminarias in "Old Town" where you will see hundreds of candles in paper sacks. At Christmas time I will give the recipe in case you want to set these up in your hometown.

We are also famous for having a very close neighbor to the North that atracts alot of visitors and lovers of art and that is Santa Fe.

Yes we have real life cowboys...the wild west actually happened here...but that was a long time ago!

You can see Albuquerque in the movies....Hollywood build a huge studio here and starting filming. Breaking Bad on AMC is shot here, Transformers was also shot here and the last Indiana Jones move was shot down the road. But we are most famous for High School Musical One, Two & Three...all set and shot in Albuquerque.

It seems alot of people are moving here, so I guess that's a good thing!

LIZ

Why Start a Blog?

I recently lost my job with a national company that was having problems, and as a result I sold my house and down-sized. Yes I actually sold my house in this economy, and I attribute it to how it was decorated...my favorite past-time. Actually, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. My 2 kids a are grown, so my husband and I could do with a smaller house. We live in Albuquerque, at the base of the Rocky Mountains in the high altitude, and found a 10 year-old track house ready for transformation.

I want to invite you to come along with me while I try to accomplish it! Hopefully I can do it with things I already have...but I'm going to hit the thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets too. Whatever it takes to do it within a budget, but with the beautiful things I love! I hope I can do it!

I have a great collection of silver, linens, glass and ceramics, and I am hoping to use them, instead of keeping them up on their shelf! During my scouting maybe I can add to those collections. I love several decorating styles...Tuscan-French-Mediterranean is a big one. But I passionately love "White Romantic" rooms too! And of course I am in the Southwest, so there is a bit of that!

Hopefully I can show you what a great place Albuquerque is! It's on route 66...so It's historic with lots of cool collectibles. Baking and gardening are a challenge because of the altitude, but are easy to conquer! And the food...well, the food! I'll just have to share some recipes with you! Along the way, maybe will take some side trips to Santa Fe or Taos...looking for decor!

I have lots of other blogs I follow, and they all have great ideas. I'll share those with you as we go along!

Thanks for reading!

Liz