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For a small town, Taos has plenty to offer locals and visitors alike. There are outstanding places to eat, from fine dining to street carts, and tons of bars and venues for live music. And there are places to shop, vendors to help make your house a home, and all sorts of support services that tie our community together.

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Artistic success is always a story of both talent and tenacity. Ed Sandoval may be Taos’ most high-profile artist. But he's lived many other lives: as an art teacher and school counselor, as a builder of adobe homes. Now, he's savoring the opportunity to focus entirely on his art, using the skills he’s honed during eight decades of painting.

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Sitting a few dozen yards back from an increasingly busy section of Paseo del Pueblo Sur is the unassuming yet authentic home to Larry Martinez Jewelry. Recognized for his complex museum-quality jewelry, one may presume it is Martinez’s genuine talent that has resulted in at least 12 consecutive ‘Best of Taos’ designations.

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Taoseño Ryan Trujillo began working as a real estate agent in 2019. In the last four years — serving clients buying and selling homes, businesses and land — he has brokered more than 115 real estate transactions valuing in excess of $38 million. Trujillo’s combination of marketing, local knowledge and hard work has now earned him a Best of Taos win.

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To walk into op. cit. Books in the John Dunn Plaza in Taos is to walk into a light-filled, warm-hued and mazing reprieve of literature. (And cookbooks and cards and calendars, oh my!) With the cozy couch and chairs upstairs for lounging, and the familiar faces of the small staff, op. cit. feels like a book-lined home away from home. We caught up with owner, Noemi de Bodisco, to talk about her journey with the quaint shop that’s been open for eight years come August.

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Ed Sandoval is serious about storytelling, painting — his prolific New Mexican landscapes a Taos and statewide staple — and he’s also serious about playfulness. Lots of it. “Life’s too short not to be full of laughter,” he says. You might see the artist cruising around Taos in his turquoise, five-window, 1951 Chevy truck,“Happy Go Lucky.” 

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There’s memorabilia everywhere – Giants baseball photos and bobbleheads, a Cowboys football helmet, a Batman bat hanging from the ceiling, a life-size cutout of Mötley Crüe. An old cash register (complete with a lever and a “ding!”) sits beside shears and combs. A Pac-Man arcade machine is covered up because of COVID. Beside it, a shelving unit full of softball trophies won by Montaño’s team, Los Amigos. 

 

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Sunshine Laier — part-owner of 10,000 Wags Pet Resort & Bow-Wow-Tique in El Prado — is quick to make clear that the ‘k’ word — “kennel” — is not a part of her everyday vernacular. “Cage” is a four-letter word she and her partner, Brian Carpenter, prefer not to use. “Home” is more like it. Home away from home.

 
 
 
 
 
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