There’s nothing like eight months of icy winter lockdown to make you really appreciate summer. And this winter felt particularly punitive, so we’re really ready to start appreciating.

Capital H, capital F. With parenthood comes the responsibility (and the desire) to Have Fun with one’s children—especially in the summertime. Each sunny, school-free day seems like an opportunity to either fill in that blank with Fun or have another black mark placed next to your name in the Dud Parent category.

Thunderstorms over Memorial weekend may have delayed the first pool weekend of the season and rained out a couple of barbecues, but they also (hopefully) foreshadowed the monsoons Santa Fe counts on to cool off hot summer afternoons.

SFR's guide to Roller Derby, ice cream, music, swimming, golf, hot-air ballooning, movies & more.

Summer shopping roundup.

The Roller Derby renaissance is alive and well this summer in New Mexico.

Why the hell would anyone want to go on a hike with a llama? Well, why the hell wouldn't you?

A half-naked man is directing my husband to turn our 2.5-year-old daughter face down into the pool while I watch nervously from the side.

This was supposed to be a “hilarious tale of misery and humiliation on the green.” At least, that’s how I pitched the story. But I made a gross miscalculation when I thought Nettles, the head golf pro at Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe, was gonna be the guy to help me with that plan

The Santa Fe Botanical Garden's many satellites offer solace among nature that other people mercifully maintain.

Puerto Peñasco is a former fishing village-turned-vacation-destination, a mere 12 hours away from Santa Fe or, if you’re traveling in a minivan with two kids, the journey translates to about eight DVDs with some time added for bickering as to whether Iron Man’s Robert Downey Jr. beats School of Rock’s Jack Black when it comes to charisma and believability.