Beep!! Beep!!! - Road Runner - Santa Fe, New Mexico

Me and Lucille

Hola friends and family,

I am still feeling the great weekend I just had in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  My adventures started off with just being something I wanted to do in celebration of my turning 50 and now I have to admit, this is grander than I ever imagined it would be.  I learned something about myself this past weekend, November 13, 2010.  There are more good in people then not.  I knew this but I really got it this weekend.  The folks of Santa Fe's kindness did not go unnoticed by me.  I traveled to Santa Fe by myself but clearly, I was not alone.  From the welcome to Santa Fe when I arrived to the small little airport that I received from Susan my shuttle driver, to my new 80 year old friend Lucille who let me ride home with her as she told me more about Santa Fe then I could have asked for.  I definitely felt at home.  I was very lucky to have them both give me an awesome tour of Santa Fe and El Dorado.  Thank you ladies.  Once I arrived at my hotel, the kindness didn't cease there.  First of all I want to give a shout out to my Aunt Cherry Robinson for hooking a niece up with the discount of the hotel, Auntie my experience could not have been all that without your kindness.  Holiday Inn in Santa Fe is simply beautiful (I have photos to prove it) any way where was I, oh yeah the folks at the hotel were very helpful as were the guest.  One of the best parts of my trip was riding on the shuttle to the Buffalo Thunder a casino on one of the reservations but its funny because I thought I was just going to gamble but I ran into two guys that were so sweet to me Phillip and Sharz, hi guys.  They actually recommended that I have dinner upstairs from the casino.  It was great because I ate at Red Sage @ Hilton and without realizing it, This was the Hilton Santa Fe Gold Resort & Spa.  The restaurant was fabulous but it was better than that, the food was amazingly delicious.  I didn't have my camera with me as it was being charged in my hotel room but let me just say two thumbs up to Chef Chris and his staff.  First I met another Chris who created me an awesome salad.  You will notice that I will be using the word awesome and amazing a lot on this blog because that was truly my experience in Santa Fe.  When you have eaten fine food you just know that it created and not just thrown together.  The Filet Mignon was incredibly delicious (okay I changed up on my words - LOL) anyway, the icing on the cake for me was even though it is not technically my birthday, they honored me by presenting me with an homemade dessert that including peanut brittle and marshmallow and a nice piece of chocolate with a candle in the middle with Happy Birthday bordering my plate.  Well my trip included a lot of eating, I spent breakfast at Flying Tortillas and I had for the first time stuff Sopaipilla (deep fried tortilla) man was that good and tasty.  Then I rounded out my stay by taking the local city bus to downtown and the Plaza where I was able to visit St. Francis Cathedral which was built based on the cathedrals in Europe.  I had never been inside of a cathedral before and it was so beautiful.  I took pictures inside and I saw the fountain with the holy water and I thought I was supposed to drink it but I saw that everyone else was placing it on their heads and making a cross.  So I did that and I felt blessed. 

I have more to share and I took pictures and took videos.  I discovered that I definitely need someone to be with me since trying to be the director, producer, host and get great video and photos is almost too difficult to perform but since you guys are my friends and family I thought you would be a little patient with me while I'm learning about blogging.

I will end you with this little piece of wisdom, I got it from a 21 year old Brice when I returned to Dallas. I told him to enjoy your life because life was too short and things will never be what you expect them to be and he says I know because I'm writing a new chapter of my life every day.  So family and friends, when life doesn't go the way you planned it to be or hoped for, remember that you are writing new chapters every day in your life.  Since you are the author of this thing called life, you get to do and be whatever you want to be.  So until my new trip, thank you for following my blog (there is no structure at all, I'm going with the flow), I am so inspired because I get to share this with each and everyone of you.  Remember when you are traveling, people are more good than they are not.  You do you and I promise that you will meet folks that mirror you in some way, thank you to my Santa Fe friends, Susan, Lucille, Phillip, Sharz, Bernice, Julian, Kevin, Mary, Tami, the staff at Red Sage @ Hilton, Holiday Inn, the city bus drivers and that family who was celebrating their relative surprised party and invited me to it.  Thank you all for making my trip to Santa Fe a very memorable one.  I had a blast!