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Judy and Sheila's Excellent Adventure Day 6

Have you ever been to Santa Fe? If not...please take note of this day! Santa Fe is the gem of the Southwest in my book. It has it all....and we experienced a day full of art and beauty that can only be described as elegant pleasure for the senses.

We started our day with a breakfast at our B & B, walked to the Plaza (central shopping area of Santa Fe downtown) and saw the best the city has to offer in terms of Southwestern clothing, art galleries, Native American Jewelry, pottery, etc. Yes, we did some serious shopping....but that is another story.
We also met an artisan vendor who wants to show his work in our area and we can possibly connect him with the right people. That is the beauty of networking on vacation!!!

Then, off to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum where we were immersed in fabulous artworks, learned about her life in a talk, shared with some participants afterwards who were from our area and have been best friends for 50 years and were on a trip themselves! We just made new friends at the Museum!!! This was a wonderful Museum that needs to be on your agenda when you visit Santa Fe!

By this time, it was time for refreshment and we headed to Zia Diner for Happy Hour with drink and appetizer specials, noshing on Baked Artichokes with Parmesan (no...not a dip...they were WONDERFUL) and a Green Chili/Asiago Pie that was to die for...along with some cool beverages on their wonderful patio. This was very close to our B&B and we walked home happy! As we arrived, some other residents who were enjoying their patio invited us over and asked about our day...we chatted about everything for at least 1 hour!

Now...we went in to change for another adventure....what to do tonight? We decided to check out the Southwest Bluegrass Festival at the Fairgrounds and heard two bands play, met some nice people, came back and enjoyed some nachos and of course, some very good wine! A perfect ending to a picture perfect day!!!

Lesson Learned from Today: There are nice people everywhere....just be open and offer a smile, a kind word, and show them what you purchased at the Plaza...works everytime! New friends abound!!!!

Tomorrow? More Plaza shopping, a famous Santa Fe Brunch, and then goodbye to Santa Fe as we head towards home.

Guess what? Almost midnight and NO RAIN!!!! Can you believe it?

Raising my glass of Syrah to you.....

Sheila Williamson
www.sheilasenergy.igniteinc.biz
www.sheilasenergy.cleannation.biz
ignitewithsheila@gmail.com

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