Sometimes even the most well-intentioned local shoppers assume that certain items just aren't available in Santa Fe

In Santa Fe, as in a growing number of cities across the country, the economic benefits of buying locally at the consumer level are well-documented and routinely championed. But there’s very little in the way of support for helping those small businesses represent more local goods.

Censorship is not, as we here in the United States often believe, primarily a practice of totalitarian regimes or the Chinese government or imagined enemies who don’t fight fair. Rather, censorship is one of the most pervasive and defining characteristics of our own culture.

Last week was Santa Fe’s turn on the New Mexico Restaurant Week roster. Fifty-four restaurants prepared special, prix fixe, bargain menus in order to lure customers during the promotional scheme, aimed at generating traffic during a traditionally slow part of the season. It’s a great event, with some cringe-worthy moments.

Normally, if someone were to offer me a nice little cup of “vegan-aise,” I would look around for a stick with which to beat him. The only mayonnaise I’ll eat is the fresh-made, lovingly whisked variety, preferably created shortly after stealing a warm egg from under a hen. It’s not snotty; I just think mayonnaise in a jar from the store tastes like…nothing.

On March 30, the Santa Fe City Council is scheduled to debate and vote on whether or not to issue a six-month moratorium on the installation of any new towers or antennas related to cellular and wireless connectivity. It’s a tricky issue.

Linda Durham and her gallery have been a force in Santa Fe’s creative community since she first happened on her career and developed a habit of representing New Mexico and its artists locally and internationally. Now, after 33 years in business, Durham will close her gallery on March 11.

Selling burritos and tacos on the south side is a whole different game compared to peddling them downtown. Local favorite Bumble Bee’s Baja Grill has acknowledged that it can’t compete with the increase in taco carts and burrito stands on the other end of town. The solution: hamburgers.

After many years of attending ARTFeast, which raises more than $100,000 annually for arts education, SFR has developed a few ideas about how to tackle the main event.

There’s no getting around the need for New Mexico’s film incentive program to have better accounting. As SFR has pointed out, the program’s frequently touted profits are not always all they’re cracked up to be. But that doesn’t mean the program isn’t profitable and good for New Mexicans.