Melissa’s Santa Fe Cheat Sheet

...just outside of town at Bishop’s Lodge in an adobe-style suite with a fireplace and outdoor hot tub to enjoy the night star show. (Plus, experience the national forest on horseback by saddling up at The Stables.)

…on cowboy boots at Back at the Ranch, which makes custom creations for country singers and Western icons—or pick up a personalized Stetson from the Pinto Road hat bar.

…an enchilada at The Shed, which is a Santa Fe institution, for lunch. And head to Sazon, a James Beard Award winner, for dinner (order its signature mole and pork belly tacos). Reservations are a must at both.

…a margarita and go down memory lane at the Pink Adobe’s Dragon Room, where Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Redford and other Santa Fe legends have whiled away evenings.

...a “drinking” chocolate elixir at Kakawa, an artisanal chocolate maker that specializes in reprising Mesoamerican and colonial recipes and supports local organic farmers.

...…the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and then follow the landscapes that inspired her by heading up to her former home of Abiquiú and on to Ghost Ranch, where she spent summers.

...authentic looming in action at the Trujillo Weavers studio and gallery in Chimayó, run by the eighth generation of family weavers.

...the world’s largest collection of international folk art at the Museum of International Folk Art—and explore the work of 100 artisans from more than 60 countries at the International Folk Art Market held in Santa Fe every July.

...for contemporary art and Native American artifacts on Canyon Road, which is home to more than 80 art galleries, and at Andrea Fisher Fine Pottery, the world’s premier gallery of Native American pottery.

…some of the best weeks to visit are during Santa Fe Marfa, the Craft Market and Opera season, and don’t miss a visit to the Santa Fe Farmers Market at the Railyard, open year-round on Saturdays.