Picture of the Day - Route 66 Indian Kitsch

A classic Route 66 scene in New Mexico at the Arizona-New Mexico state line on the north side of Interstate 40 with Old Route 66 existing here as a frontage road to the freeway. By Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).

Sopaipilla Food-Gasms Galore!

Today we had lunch in Old Town Albuquerque at Church Street Cafe waiting for Dave's son's blues guitar contest to start later in the day. Unlike the other day when we were east-bound and stopped in for breakfast and their fryer was not ready to make us sopaipillas we were able to scratch our sopaipilla itch this time. For starters there was the appetizer of fresh sopaipillas with honey which were typically great. For dessert there was a large sopaipilla stuffed with vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream which was even better. Later on after the music contest Dave and his son and his son's mother's family and I all met up at Ortega's Mexican Restaurant where I ordered to go a red chile sauce and chicken stuffed sopaipilla. I ate it later after we dropped anchor in Grants, NM. This latter item was incredibly delicious as well and on this day I ran the tables of my sopaipilla trifecta.

Two fresh sopaipilla served as appetizers at Church Street Cafe.

Served warm and fresh with honey this is food of the gods.

When I saw this on the menu I flipped: sopaipillas stuffed with vanilla ice cream and topped with whipped cream. I flipped again when I saw one on my plate. All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).

Picture of the Day - Albuquerque Sunset

Sunset illuminating and coloring cumulus clouds over Albuquerque, NM, earlier this evening. Photo by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).

The Charm of Old Town Albuquerque

Today my friend Dave and I took a break from our journey and had breakfast in Old Town Albuquerque. He remembered this cool eatery there he insisted I experience (Church Street Cafe) and since it wasn't quite open when we arrived (the neighborhood starts the day slowly) we walked around and I captured the following images. Of particular relevance in them are the scenes of the historic San Felipe de Neri Church and Church Street Cafe which is also located in an historic building.

All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).