Two Casitas Vacation Rentals – Our Santa Fe Blog

Those of you who frequently visit Santa Fe know the trick – as soon as possible after your arrival, grab a copy of the Santa Fe Reporter from a newsstand (they’re all over town and they’re FREE) to see what’s happening this week in Santa Fe.  However, if you’re a newbie and don’t know this trick, take our advice. Whether you’re looking for great music in a local bar, gallery openings, political rants or a review of a food truck, Santa Fe Reporter always does it right. And they’re really outdone themselves this time with their analysis of Food and  [ Read More ]

Ah, luxury.  We all love it, and we all crave it from time to time. Traveling to Santa Fe is a treat in itself, but add to that the luxury of an amazing home above Canyon Road, and you’ll be surprised at how easily you adjust to living like a rock star. I recently had out of town guests who needed a place to stay for three nights. They were some of my oldest friends traveling with their college-age son, and I wanted to give them an extra special treat. So, of course, I called Wendy at Two Casitas and  [ Read More ]

We frequently post links on this blog to Santa Fe Travelers, simply because they’re continually on the move, finding the best that Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico has to offer both the newbie and the seasoned traveler to our area.  And in one of their recent posts, they’ve outdone themselves with a review of Albuquerque food writer Andrea Feucht’s just-released book,Food Lovers Guide to Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Taos (Globe Pequot 2013). When guests come to visit me in Santa Fe, the first question out of their mouth is “Where are we having dinner?”  They know already that one of the  [ Read More ]

Artist or art collector?  Whichever you claim to be, Santa Fe is the place to spend a weekend, or if you’re lucky, a lifetime, making art.  Or collecting it.  Santa Fe, despite its small population (68,000) is the fourth largest art market in the United States behind New York, L.A. and San Francisco. If you’re an artist, whether accomplished or aspiring, you’ll be drawn to the amazingly blue and seemingly endless sky as well as the austerely stunning landscape of both desert and mountains.  You’ll want to attend one of the dozens of workshops held at Santa Fe Creative Tourism,  [ Read More ]

Sometimes you just have to tout the amazing place where you live.  And where you hope everyone will visit.  That’s how we came up with this post. Santa Fe. It’s the place where you can indulge every whim, whether it’s spending Christmas Eve wandering Canyon Road galleries, amidst farolitos and little bonfires while a light snow dusts adobe walls, or dancing to local musicians on the Plaza on a summer evening.  It’s Saturday morning strolling the popular Farmer’s Market at the Santa Fe Railyard, picking through heirloom tomatoes and freshly roasted green chile. It’s outdoor fun – hitting the slopes  [ Read More ]

At Two Casitas, we obviously love Santa Fe.  We’ve made it our bread and butter, providing luxury vacation homes for countless visitors to the City Different.  We want everyone to have an authentic Santa Fe experience.  And if you ask us, the early months of each year are the perfect time to hang with the locals and get a true taste of what it means to live here full time. It’s that time of year again, with January, February and March being those magical winter months when you’re presented with the chance to beat the summer crowds and hang out  [ Read More ]

Santa Fe Travelers touts themselves as “The Experts in Travel in Santa Fe, New Mexico,” and we have to agree.  Billie Frank and Steve Collins spend an inordinate amount of time searching for the highlights on what’s happening in our city. If you haven’t had a chance to visit their website, check it out at http://www.santafetravelers.com.  This week’s offering is no exception – from news of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design to Greg Brown‘s eagerly anticipated performance this Thursday to what’s happening at the Santa Fe Playhouse to the Santa Fe Symphony‘s first performance of the season at the  [ Read More ]

It’s time again this weekend for one of Santa Fe’s favorite traditions and the true start of the Christmas season (if you don’t count lighting the Plaza Christmas Tree or the first performance of The Nutcracker Ballet at the Lensic or the first night every major hotel lights the thousands of electric luminaria strands running along their rooftops. . .).  If you’re looking for the slightest excuse to run away to Santa Fe for the weekend, we have a great idea to entice you:  Christmas at the Palace and Las Posadas. Santafe.com calls it a “must-do event for a proper  [ Read More ]

  I had a great Santa Fe Thanksgiving last week, filled with smoked turkey and garlic-mashed potatoes and cranberry salsa and dozens of other dishes, surrounded by family and friends and a few babies.  The weather was Santa Fe perfect – slightly crisp out, but warm enough to be on the patio with a fire in the firepit.  A couple of guests brought guitars and we sat in the dwindling daylight before the fire and listened to ballads played by the musicians while the babies fell asleep in various laps.  A perfect day, really. But with all those guests, I  [ Read More ]

We love to check out Santafe.com for their continual coverage of what’s happening and what’s hip in Santa Fe, and today’s article on the spookiness that occurs  is no exception.  Lynn White has put together a great post on ghosts and scary places to visit in our city. . .if you’re not afraid of a few things that go bump in the night. Check it out at http://www.santafe.com/article/spooky-santa-fe1. The most famous apparition that I know of is the ghost of Julia Staab who lives at La Posada and has been known to float around Room 101 (her former bedroom) and the  [ Read More ]