Earth Treasures Us owner Thomas Huber said the items in his store reflect his wife's heritage. "My wife is actually Indian," he said. "She is East Indian, grown up in Thailand. So, to bring in things from India is very natural." The store at, 3025 Central Ave.
When Julia Brown took a tour of Old Town, she decided she wanted to do it every day. "One night I went on the ghost tour, and it was a lot of fun," she said. "And I got involved, and I ended up becoming the manager for the ghost tour, and then a year ago, I actually purchased it and expanded to the history tour."
The Blackbird Buvette was opened by a rock band. "Spending a lot of time together traveling, we would always think of different ideas of things to do, and that was one that I think everybody was always intrigued with," Brian Knieriem said. "We all had a background in the service industry - restaurants.
Panteha Soltani Graduate student "Anything that fits on me nice - I'll buy it." Soltani likes to shop at the mall. She said she doesn't discriminate when it comes to shopping, but her favorite stores are Dillard's, Macy's and The Gap. She said she buys clothes if they fit well, and she doesn't pay attention to the brand.
For Janale Harris, the music business is not all fun and games. "You turn on MTV, you turn on BET and you see all these shows," he said. "It's no disrespect to any of these shows, because there's a market for it, and that's what happens. But you have a whole generation of aspiring artists that come up and think that that's the business, and it's not the business.
As long as Ken Fincke can remember, he has been making art out of trash. "My granddad was a contractor up in Santa Fe, and he had this huge yard as big as this block that had junk in it," he said. "There was welders and torches and everything imaginable. I was like, 'Grandpa, can I make something?' He was like, 'Yeah, you'll cut yourself and get yelled at by your mom.
Director Scott Vehill likes working in the Albuquerque theater scene because of its energy. "We're at a very special place in time where Albuquerque is starting to really explode," he said. "It reminds us of the East Village scene in the '70s and in Chicago in the '80s - when things started to explode.
UNM Alumna Susan Colvin fell into the adult novelty business by chance, and her sex-toy shop is now the biggest in the world. She helped revolutionize toys, coming up with new colors and designs. "(Fourteen years ago), the toys were in boring packaging," said Colvin, owner and founder of California Exotic Novelties.
Holly Buehler Environmental science Sophomore "I got this when I was like 10. It still fits." Buehler, from Carlsbad, said she doesn't shop too much. She got her jeans for free from Buffaloe Exchange when it was giving away old clothes. Her favorite items are hand-me-downs. Jonathan Orner Chemistry ...
Yoda's House is an experiment. "It's very much about the process of the whole thing and writing as you go," member Hannah Frasier said. The group will perform Saturday at q-Staff theatre. Joe Annabi is the only member who has been in every show. He sings, plays accordion, musical saw, cello, violin and harmonica.
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