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2016 New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Santa Fe

Wednesday, December 28th, 2016

Snow blanketing adobe walls, the glow of farolitos lining rooftops, and the scent of pinon wood burning in kiva fireplaces. Santa Fe in the winter is truly magical and the perfect setting for Ringing in the New Year into 2017.

Family Friendly Celebration on the Historic Plaza
Be part of the fun as the City Different says Adios to 2016 at the Second Annual New Year’s Eve on the Santa Fe Plaza.

The festivities begin at 8:45 p.m on December 31, 2016. with the Plaza warmed by cozy piñon bonfires scenting the night air with an unmistakably comforting New Mexican fragrance. Local musicians will appear on the Bandstand and The Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe will provide hot chocolate and biscochitos (New Mexican Christmas cookies).

At 11:45 p.m. on December 31, 2016, Mayor Javier Gonzales and city officials will address the crowd and begin the countdown to a peaceful and prosperous new year. Please dress warmly and bundle up the kids for this uplifting and family-friendly tradition in America’s oldest capital city.

Dining, Dancing and More

La Posada de Santa Fe offers multiple options for greeting the New Year on December 31, 2016. Celebrate New Year’s Eve by the roaring fire in Julia, a Spirited Restaurant & Bar, with a five-course dinner including choice of enticing entrees.

Both early and late seatings are offered for our December 31, 2016 dinner, so you can dine early and join the celebration on the plaza, or stay warm and cozy and toast the New Year indoors. Dinner is $85 per person for the 6:00 pm seating and $125 for the 9:00 pm seating. The latter option includes wine pairings and complimentary entry to “Club Countdown”, the resort’s festive dance party.  For more information and reservations, call 505-954-9670.

Club Countdown Dance Party

Ring in the New Year with a late night dance party at La Posada de Santa Fe on December 31, 2016 from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am.  Dance the night away to DJ Oona and celebrate with party favors, hot appetizers and a champagne toast at midnight. All for just $30.00 per person!  Drinks available for purchase.  Must be 21 years of age or older.  For reservations, call 505-954-9696.

Happy New Year and best wishes for the coming year in 2017!

 

 

“American Ghost” – Book by Great-Great-Granddaughter of Julia Staab

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Julia Staab, original owner of the historic estate that has become La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa, so loved her home that she has reputedly never left it.

Her great-great-granddaughter, Hannah Nordhaus, has just written a fascinating book on Julia’s life and legacy.  “American Ghost, A Family’s Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest”, comes out on March 10th.

Hannah Nordhaus will be our featured guest at La Posada on Friday, March 13th, for an on-site book signing and reception from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.  Reservations are required – just email laposadaSF@gmail.com.

In the meantime,  this blog, and subsequent blogs, will feature excerpts from interviews with Hannah Nordhaus.  The first excerpt follows:

Question:  You write in the book that you’ve known about your great-great-grandmother Julia Staab your entire life. Why did you decide to write about her now?

“I had always found Julia interesting, of course, and I had even written about her when I was a young woman starting out as a journalist. But she was always more of an anecdote to me than a real person with a real story.

Shortly after I gave birth to my first child, however, I was poking around the dusty bookshelves in the house my great-grandfather built in the mountains east of Santa Fe, when I found a history my great-aunt Lizzie had written shortly before she died in 1980. I may have read it without much interest when I was a young girl. But this time around, I found it riveting: Lizzie told a tale of sadness and madness and forbidden love, of drug addictions and suicides, knives to the “bosom,” inheritance and disinheritance, penury, family feuds, brother against brother. There was, I realized, more to Julia’s story than just a ghost in an old hotel. Julia had actually been alive once; she had been dragged as a new bride across the Santa Fe Trail to an unfamiliar place; she had been a new mother, like me. I now wanted to learn more about her.”

Question: Do you see your book as a ghost story, a biography or something else?

“I think of this book as a history that is wrapped in a ghost story. The story—the legend—of Julia’s life and death and afterlife is what makes her interesting to most people and what keeps her alive to us so many years after her death. It is the reason people want to know about Julia in the first place.

But it’s also very much a device through which I was able to explore the other, equally intriguing stories of my family’s past, and all the different pasts that bear on Julia’s story—Jewish history in 18th and 19th century Germany; the settling of the Anglo-American Southwest; the European spas and séance rooms of the late 19th century; the fate of German Jews during the World War II era; and even the 1980s and 90s, when Julia’s ghost story first entered our cultural imagination.”

Continue to viist our blog and our website, laposadadesantafe.com for more of Hannah’s insights on Julia Staab.

Santa Fe Valentine’s Day Packages and Celebrations

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

Romance is in the air.  This year, Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday – the perfect reason to plan a weekend getaway to Santa Fe, one of the world’s most romantic cities.  Why not spend the weekend cuddled up in front of a roaring fireplace at La Posada?  We offer the perfect Santa Fe Valentine’s Day package with massages, champagne and strawberries, and more.  Our chef is creating a delectable three-course Valentine’s Day dinner.  The spa is offering special seductive treatments with chocolate, champagne and rose oil.  Keep reading for all the juicy details and have a wonderful Valentine’s Day…

An Alluring Escape – Santa Fe Valentine’s Day Package

Retreat with your sweet for a memorable weekend in Santa Fe.

  • Start the weekend in style with champagne and strawberries upon arrival
  • Cuddle up in a romantic room
  • Relax with two 50-minute Swedish massages
  • Enjoy a bountiful breakfast for two each day

For full details and reservations, click here

Seductive Spa Treatments

Treat that special someone (or yourself!) to a distinctive spa treatment during the month of Feburary.

  • Champagne and Rose Oil Couples Massage with our Gift of a Rose Quartz Heart Placed on your Heart
    • Rose Quartz is known for empowering and protecting – which is why it is placed on the heart.
    • 50 Minute Swedish Massage:  $245.00 per couple
    • 80 Minute Swedish Massage:  $330.00 per couple 
  • Chocolate Chile Pedicure
    • Not only do you get a pedicure with chocolate and chile, you receive a Chocolatey gift from Chocolatesmith to enjoy.
    • 80 Minute Pedicure: $75.00

Call our spa directly at 505-954-9630 to schedule your treatment.   Remember – gift certificates make a perfect Valentine’s Day gift too.

Valentine’s Day Dinner in Fuego

Join us for a delectable dinner on Friday, 2/13/15, Saturday 2/14/15 or Sunday 2/15/15 with a three-course feast for just $125.00 per couple.  Includes a Red Rose Gift as well.

Call Fuego for reservations at 505-986-0000.

First Course

Choice of Lobster Bisque with Brandied Cream Hearts or Hearts of Romaine Salad with Champagne Dressing

Second Course

Choice of Char-Grilled Sea Bass Filet with Hearts of Palm Corn Cake and Key Lime Beurre Blanc or Pepper Crusted Filet Mignon with Port Wine Reduction, Artichoke Hearts and Fingerling Potatoes

Dessert for Two

Chocolate Molten Cake with Colossal Tuxedo Striped Strawberries

Our full regular menu will be available as well.

Christmas in Santa Fe

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

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Christmas is right around the corner.   Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season – hopefully, spent in Santa Fe!  Holiday festivities begin at dusk on Christmas Eve with the annual Canyon Road Farolito Walk. This beloved tradition lights up heart and soul, as thousands of people stroll Canyon Road, which is decorated with farolitos (small, sand-filled bags with votive candles) and luminarias (bonfires).  The joyous sounds of carols and friends and families greeting each other fills the air and hot cider is served at many of the galleries along the road. Farolitos and luminarias commemorate the lanterns that lit Mary and Joseph’s way on their quest to find shelter.

Christmas in Fuego

Before or after the farolito walk or, on Christmas Day, plan to gather with loved ones in Fuego for a festive holiday dinner.

Christmas Eve dinner reservations begin at 5:00 pm and Christmas Day seatings are available at 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Feast for just $85 per person or $40 for children 12 and under.  Reservations are required, so call Fuego at 505-986-0000.

Christmas Eve and Day Menu

First Course

  • Charcuterie of Salami, Cappicola, Country Pate, Carrots, Celery, Olives and Sweet Pickles, served with Assorted Breads and Roasted Garlic Spread

Second Course

  • Grilled Shrimp Tamale with Christmas Chile Sauces

Third Course

Choice of:

  • Hearts of Romaine Lettuce, White Anchovies and Rye Crisps with Classic Caesar Dressing
  • Winter Pear Bisque, Gorgonzola Creme

Main Course

Choice of:

  • Pan Roasted Duck Breast with Orange Cranberry Stuffing, served with Braised Winter Kale and Broccolini with Port Sauce
  • Herb Crusted Leg of Lamb with Pumpkin-Pecan Flan, served with Brussel Sprouts with Pancetta and Cider Jus
  • Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass with Basmati Rice, Baby Bok Choy and Lemongrass Broth
  • Prime Rib with Herbed Potato Souffle, Haricot Verts, Caramelized Pearl Onions and Natural Jus

Dessert

Choice of:

  • Traditional Natillas with Biscochitos
  • Pecan Chocolate Tart
  • Chocolate Crème Chantilly with Hazelnut Crème Anglaise
  • Banana Bread Pudding with Brown Butter Rum Sauce and Dark Chocolate Chips

New Year, New Blog

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

As we move forward to the New Year, our team at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa is thrilled to ring in the New Year with the launch of our new blog! For nearly 200 years, our resort in Santa Fe has served as one of the most unique destinations in the Southwest. With that said, we are pleased to keep our guests updated on the evolution of our luxurious Santa Fe hotel with our new blog.

From an 1880’s brick mansion and our expansion in the 1930’s to our more recent renovations and refurbishing, our historic hotel in Santa Fe has come a long way. If you have yet to do so, make sure to visit “The Art Hotel of Santa Fe” for a relaxing retreat in one of our casita-style guestrooms and suites, featuring contemporary Southwestern décor, complimentary Wi-Fi, LCD panel televisions, and luxurious toiletries. Embrace the Art of Relaxation with premier resort amenities, including a professionally curated art gallery, 24-hour fitness facilities, year-round outdoor saline swimming pool and hot tub, three onsite restaurants and a full-service spa.

Upon your arrival, treat our new blog as your go-to for all things La Posada. We plan to use this platform to announce new events and things going on around the resort. Expect to also see real time interviews of team members; love story testimonials from our Santa Fe weddings; and even a few special offers and promotions.

But what’s a blog without a name? Our team at La Posada would love to hear from you! If you have a great blog name in mind that represents our artistic history, submit your recommendations on our Facebook page!

Southwestern Holiday Traditional Recipes

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

tamales 2 Tomales 1Santa Fe has many beautiful holiday traditions, but one of the most delicious involves making and devouring homemade tamales.  In the southwest and throughout Mexico, family members gather for tamales for Christmas, New Year’s, the Day of the Dead and other festive celebrations.

“Tamale” is derived from “tamalii”, a word meaning “wrapped food” in the Nahuatl language of the ancient Aztecs.  Tamales can include a wide variety of fillings, but usually include beef, chicken or pork or sweet versions with raisins and cinnamon.

Making tamales is often a family affair. An assembly line with family members of all ages form to spread the masa on corn husks, and then fill and fold the tamales. Once all the tamales are assembled, they are steamed and eaten and/or frozen for later use. Usually dozens of tamales are made at once so everyone can take some home and share with friends and family.

La Posada Chef “Mama Mary” Loya, our chef for over 25 years, is justifiably renowned for her delectable tamales.  She uses her mother’s recipe and is pleased to share it below.  Of course, if you’re not in the mood to cook, you can also enjoy her tamales every Friday and Saturday evening in our restaurant, Fuego.

Tamale Recipe from La Posada Chef “Mama Mary” Loya

Makes 3 Dozen Tamales

Ingredients

36 Corn Husks

Red Pork Filling

1 pork butt
1 quartered whole onion
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 red chile pod

Masa (Tamale Dough)

2 ½ pounds masa harina (corn flour)
1 cup lard, melted
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon baking power
Pork broth from cooking pork butt (see directions below)

Directions

Remove the seeds from the red chile pod and soak in water until it’s softened.  Blend in a blender until it is smooth and add 2 tablespoons garlic powder and a pinch of salt to taste.  Set aside.

Place the pork butt in a large pot with water and boil until tender and it can be shredded – about 4 hours.

Soak corn husks in water until soft – about ½ hour.

When the pork is done, drain the broth and save.

Shred and the pork and add to the red chile mixture.  Stir and slowly cook the mixture for about 5 minutes.  If the mixture needs to be thicker, add 2 teaspoons of corn starch blended in a cup of cold water and continue to stir.

Make the masa by combining the first four masa ingredients listed above. Add pork broth until it is creates a dough soft enough to spread on the corn husk.

Assemble the tamales by spreading a thin layer of the masa on each husk and adding a dollop of the pork mixture. Fold the ends in and then the sides.

Place the folded tamales in a double boiler and steam for an hour. Once cooked, let the tamales sit for at least 30 minutes prior to serving.  Once the tamales have cooled, they can also be frozen for later use.

Green Chile Cheese Potato Latke Recipe from La Posada Chef “Mama Mary” Loya

Celebrating Chanukah?  The Staab family, the original owners of the estate that became La Posada, were Jewish. Santa Fe and New Mexico has many longstanding Jewish traditions and Chef “Mama Mary” Loya is pleased to present this southwestern spin on that Chanukah classic, potato latkes.

Ingredients

2 cups peeled shredded potatoes (Idaho baking potatoes are best)
3 tablespoons shredded onion (white or yellow)
1 cup canned corn (not cream style)
1 egg
2 tablespoons flour
2/3 cup diced green chile (preferably Hatch NM green chile)
2/3 cup sharp cheddar cheese
½ cup chopped green onions
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup oil (peanut oil is best, otherwise canola will work)

Directions

Place the potatoes in a cheesecloth and wring, extracting as much moisture as possible. (If you don’t own a cheesecloth, use a very thin dish towel)

In a medium bowl stir the potatoes, onion, eggs, flour and salt together.

Add the green chile and cheese and gently stir to combine.

In a large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil until hot.

Place large spoonfuls of the potato mixture into the hot oil, pressing down on them to form 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick patties.

Brown on one side, turn and brown on the other.

Let drain on paper towels.

Serve immediately with a side of sour cream or applesauce.

*To reheat, it is best NOT to microwave, rather, place the latkes in a skillet without oil over medium heat and warm up each side and serve, or, one can even warm up in the oven.