Santa Fe by Snow

Had to be in Santa Fe this weekend for a karate conference. Since we were free until the afternoon, we hurried to the Square for breakfast at Pascals, our favorite restaurant where usually we have to wait upwards of a half hour. But because of a snow storm, a few inches at the most, which would be nothing in Colorado, but here people are not use to it, one happy result is we got one of the best booths in the tiny restaurant with no wait.

My two eggs, home fries and homemade English muffin with raspberry jam was as yummy as ever- fresh off the truck, literally!

Our tummy warm and full, we meandered down the snow covered sidewalks and window shopped.

Skipping in a few stores to get warm and took the time to pick up a few unplanned Christmas presents.... 

Ahhh, it is a wonderful thing to not be looking for a gift and find the perfect one in a beautiful store!

What is also wonderful on a snowy Saturday morning, is to slipped into a great bookstore, which must be a weekly routine for this dad and daughter, who tromped in from the snow the same time we did and plopped down in the children's section...

Of course we had to bare the cold to see St. Francis Cathedral....

After a peek inside where they were getting ready for Saturday morning Mass, we went around the corner to see the Loretta Chapel in the snow...

It did not disappoint! We mosied back around to the square and over to where the Native Americans sell their handmade jewelery in the protection of the porch of the Palace of the Governors....

Across the way from where the Native Americans sell their wares is the San Juan Trading building, one of the prettiest Santa Fe...

The girls were antsy to get to the Karate conference, so we said goodbye to the Square...

But since I was driving, we did meander up Canyon Road, and took a few more picks from the car...