血拚在 Santa Fe

Santa Fe 是一個血拚的天堂。尤其是對不拖兒帶女的MMs, 真可以盡情看，盡情買。。隻可惜我不屬於這類。。

但是在我兒子的抗議聲中，我還是免強試了幾件衣服，買了幾樣東西。。

 

We spent a week at Santa Fe, NM, for my daughter's spring break. It is a very charming and cultured place, no offense, but not your typical mainstream American small towns:-). 

Boutique shops and galleries are everywhere. Whenever I travel to other places, I have no interest in brand name stores, whether it's highbrow or lowbrow. It's the shops of local flavor that attract me. So for someone like myself, Santa Fe is not short of a shopping paradise. However, my situation was a bit complicated in that there were two little people who demanded attention and had no appreciation for fashion and styles :-). Relying on a combination of iPhone games and outright bribery, I managed to do some shopping and scored a few items..

Shops inside the Plaza at the center of the town..



Almost all the shops are tastefully decorated in rich warm colors..


 

Clothes

As you might recall, I raved about the color palette of Santa Fe in my previous blogs on food. The clothes were so colorful that I simply could not make myself walk away and had to try them on.

  


Unfortunately I did not have the right body to fit any of these clothes....

Jewelry & Accessory

I had much better luck in this department..

The silver pendant represents circle of life in native American Indian folklore. My daughter loves animals, and she picked out the moose herself..



Look at these colorful bags. The ones on the left are hand-made deer skin bags..



I also brought home these made of copper..




I would like to end this chapter with this colorful photo of the animals.. My daughter could not get her eyes off them, but given how fragile they were, I was adamant not to bring one onto the journey home with us..



Artworks

These pieces are made of tempered glasses, depicting the native American legend of the three sisters - corn, beans and squash..Both my hu*****and and I loved the bright vibrant colors and the texture..These are truly usable arts, very durable  - they can be used as cutting board, serving plate, placemat.. We would hang them together on the wall..




Let me leave you with this picture that's, in my mind, synonymous to Santa Fe..



I hope you all have enjoyed the colors. We certainly had fun!

Thank you for reading.

 周末愉快！

請在這閱讀我的更多的博客文章

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- 漂亮的肚子 (Picture)

- 膽大的兒女，膽小的媽媽 (Picture)

- 吃在Santa Fe - 第一天（圖）

- 小小畫家畫廊（Part II）

- Fact vs. Opinion

 

 

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• 風景拍得很不錯 -MJ2001- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:24:09

• 謝謝。很漂亮的地 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (25 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:41:17

• 跟聖地亞哥老城有點想 -MJ2001- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:43:51

• 象 -MJ2001- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:44:29

• Could be from the Mexican influence.. -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 11:28:42

• 顏色好鮮豔。很 -也想說話- ♀ (40 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:31:52

• 多謝。我也很是 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (92 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:43:25

• 讚，很有特色的東西，我喜歡。 -綠樹茵茵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 10:50:23

• 回複：讚，很有特色的東西，我喜歡。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (35 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 11:02:00

• 衣服一件都沒買嗎？很漂亮的 -Trip00- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 11:55:56

• 是啊。好傷心。穿 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (42 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 12:32:44

• 你太瘦了，要適當增肥 -Trip00- ♀ (28 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 12:43:49

• santa fe很特別，據說是全美第三大藝術市場，不過好像東西不便宜，稱不上血拚。到處都很藝術。 -好花常在- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 12:36:58

• 是啊，抬腳一個gallery.. 唉，血拚不是shopping -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (103 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 12:55:18

• 片片越拍越好看了！：） -西雅圖瘦狗狗- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 12:57:05

• 多謝。隻能說是Santa Fe 的色彩好。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 13:01:41

• 照片很PP -PastLove- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 15:03:27

• 謝了。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 20:19:20

• 曾relo新墨西哥州, 每次LG 家裏來人,都會帶他們去Santa Fe.我也不屬於這類,但他(她)們都很開心 -先學潛水- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 15:11:46

• 那你一定對Santa Fe很熟了。very charming place.. -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 20:17:54

• 照得很好！ -yuwwa- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 18:31:47

• 謝謝。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 20:13:34

• 項鏈很不錯，你好像很喜歡這種款的項鏈，下次賣幾根長的。 -我愛Ugg- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 18:43:57

• 是的。總是drawn to 這種樣子。。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/14/2012 postreply 20:15:49

• 很有風情的衣物，可能還是中國產的吧：-） -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/15/2012 postreply 07:50:38

• I am not sure about the clothes, but -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (252 bytes) () 04/15/2012 postreply 11:10:14

• 那是原汁原味的，很寶貴，對不起我不太了解就瞎說了。 -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/15/2012 postreply 19:08:48

• Santa Fe 很漂亮。幾年前去過一次，印象挺深。謝謝分享漂亮照片。 -勿思- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/15/2012 postreply 12:23:55

• 很有特色。。。很漂亮的照片！ -rosebush- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/16/2012 postreply 08:39:12