Espresso Fino

March 25, 2014 Timothy Price15 Comments

Espresso Fino opened at 222 Gold Ave, SW in Downtown Albuquerque right next door to our office. Owned and operated by Greg with his lovely daughter Nina, and handsome son Pablo (not pictured), Espresso Fino offers fine espresso coffee using organic beans. The shop has a brand new Nouva Simonelli 4 group Aurelia II espresso maker that is as bright and shiny as a fine mirror. They also offer pastries from Le Café Miche (two doors down on the corner of 3rd and Gold), breakfast burritos, and they will soon offer goodies from the New Mexico Pie Company.

Greg is former furniture craftsman from Taos, New Mexico, who has operated two other coffee shops in Taos over the past six years. Now that Greg and his family are offering their espresso making skills on Gold Street, be sure to stop in and try out their coffee.

Photo Hot Spot

March 6, 2014 Timothy Price11 Comments

The north wall of the new apartment complex across the vacant lot behind the office has become the new hot spot for outdoor portraits.

Breakup of the Breaker Box Family

March 5, 2014 Timothy Price10 Comments

The city has finally begun cleaning up the burned out buildings on the end of the block. This poor, unfortunate family of breaker boxes that have made their home of the building for many years will be soon be broken up.

Vida Loca

February 14, 2014 Timothy Price3 Comments

Around 4:00 PM, Di Anne came back with her lunch of fried platanos that she had picked up from one of the street vendors, and told me that there was a guy on the street with a snake I should photograph. I went out and found one of the street vendors who prints hats and T-shirts and makes jewelry packing up for the day. I asked if he had a snake and he said “yes” and motioned to his friend who brought out a healthy Ball Python. His artwork has a nice local flavor at very reasonable prices. He told me he is out selling his goods on Central Avenue most days.

Get Inked

January 30, 2014 Timothy PriceLeave a comment

Get inked in Super Bikes style.

JUMBOTEX

January 26, 2014 Timothy Price5 Comments

Interesting graffiti in the alleys of downtown Albuquerque.

Bass Music, FDCs

January 25, 2014 Timothy Price2 Comments

What is fresh cement without “Bass Music”? FDC is “Fire Department Connection” — a couple of interesting FDCs downtown.

Hot Wheels

January 17, 2014 Timothy Price6 Comments

The weather was sunny, with no wind and a high in the 50’s, so I took my cameras out for a walk around downtown. As I was crossing Central Ave. (Old Route 66) at sixth street, the guy in the blue car with big wheels started honking his horn. When I looked in his direction, he was making a gesture for me to take a photo, so I grabbed a quick shot as the light turned green, just before he drove off up Central. He looked pretty happy that I got the shot. The second photo is a little “abstract reflectionism” on Gold Ave. And then I got a “drive-by” photo of the moonrise over the Sandias as I was turning onto Coors Rd. on my way home.

As the Smoke Churns

January 7, 2014 Timothy Price12 Comments

In the continuing saga of the aftermath of the flamenco fire, the restoration to clean up the smoke damage on our office is finally underway.

Purple Haze

December 23, 2013 Timothy Price14 Comments

As darkness fell, firefighters continued battling the stubborn blaze. The flashing lights highlighted a purple haze in the smoke that consumed the area.