Posts by Victor Macias
Volunteering is Fun!
This month’s volunteer profile features Doug Holthaus. “When I first visited Santa Fe in 1974 while on a business trip, I stumbled upon El Rancho de las Golondrinas purely by accident,” says Doug Holthaus. “It was love at first sight. I was struck by its beautiful landscape — especially the tunnel of towering cottonwood trees,…
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By Amanda Mather For the past 2.5 million years, people have been manipulating rock to do our bidding: sharpening and shaping stone into things we can scrape, hunt, cut, and drill with. Rock has been our friend! Projectile points and stone tools are great ways to see how cultures have changed over time and to…
Read MoreVolunteering is Fun!
This month’s volunteer profile features Marcy Pompei pictured here with Ross Pope. “My first visit to El Rancho de las Golondrinas was in 1979 when the Alternative High School spent the day at the Museum. The Molino Grande was in full operation and there was music and dancing included! Later, I accompanied my daughter’s girl…
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By Amanda Mather Well, it’s not a pretty subject, but it is one that we all face, day in and day out. So, we wondered, how did Spanish colonists deal with “it?” “It” being the most mundane of tasks: using the bathroom. In rural and suburban Europe, during the 16th and 17th centuries, many people…
Read MorePlease Help Us Restore the Ranch After the Flood!
As many of you know, Santa Fe and the surrounding area recently sustained a “1000 year flood.” La Cienega was hit hard and El Rancho de las Golondrinas sustained major damage as our performance, wedding and burro fields were all flooded and covered with mud and silt. Fences were downed and access to the Raton…
Read MoreComing Soon! Santa Fe Renaissance Faire
Hear ye, hear ye! The King and Queen hereby present the “Kingdom of Golondrinas!” In celebration, you are hereby invited to join us at El Rancho de las Golondrinas for two days of feasting, September 15th and 16th. Ride in a Spanish Galleon at our kids game area. Learn about Renaissance arts and sciences from…
Read MoreThe Chuckwagon is Back—August 18th!
Last year’s sell-out Chuckwagon Dinner is back and it’s bigger and better than ever this season! August 18, at 5:00pm the place to be is El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe! After a long day on the trail, gather round the fire and eat your fill of “chuck” from an…
Read MoreMeet the Salladins!
This month’s volunteer profile features SuZanne Salladin and her children, Briar, age 17, and Aidan, age 14. “My first experience with El Rancho de las Golondrinas was at the Wine Festival back in the carefree summer of 1996 while I was a student at the College of Santa Fe. I still have the wine glass! I grew…
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by Amanda Mather One of the most ubiquitous sights in our gorgeous state, the ristra, is one of New Mexico’s great visual icons. But other than being awesome looking, it did, and to some, still does, serve a very practical purpose: not running out of chile during the long winter months, which, as any New…
Read MoreSave the Date! The Chuckwagon’s Back!
Last year’s sell-out Chuckwagon Dinner is back and it’s bigger and better than ever this season! Save the date — August 18, 6:00pm. You won’t want to miss this grand event at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe! After a long day on the trail, gather round the fire…
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