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Blue Jean Baby: Are You Old Enough to Remember This?
Who remembers this trend from the 70′s? Remember when we would get our favorite pair of denim cut-offs, frayed to perfection or our denim Levi jacket and then painstakingly embroider little flowers,...
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Paula’s Dress……for Paula!
Picture This: . It’s Fall 1974 in Smalltown, Texas. I’m the new kid in town. (My mom & dad have uprooted me without consent during my critical teen years – scarring.) I’ve got no friends. It’s my...
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Dad’s Chili – Too Tough For Terlingua!
With the Terlingua International Chili Championship kicking off this week, I thought I’d share dad’s trophy chili recipe. He always wanted to enter into the Terlingua Chili Championship, but said they...
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Editors are Forecasting: Navajo
Urban Outfitters is doing it. . Ralph Lauren is doing it. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gwen Stephani’s L.A.M.B. is doing it. . Double D has been doing it! > Navajo / Pendleton printed blankets, towels,...
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I’ll be “Sancho”, You be “Pancho”
There is a little Mexican village just across the Rio Grande from Lajitas called, Boquillas del Carmen. It’s not much, but people used to cross over from stateside Lajitas for an “exotic” dinner or...
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Pancho & Sancho, Now
I shared a family re-memory last post of our “Pancho & Sancho” day. Well, “Pancho and Sancho” are now Sophomores and Juniors in high school and if you asked them, just plain STUD JOCKS! And just in...
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Tomorrow is NATIONAL TIE ONE ON DAY!!
Here’s the latest press release for tomorrow’s National Tie One on Day! . . Contact: EllynAnne Geisel 719-545-5704 ellynanne@apronmemories.com www.apronmemories.com . PUEBLO, CO - National Tie One On...
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Black Jack’s Crossing
Earlier in the season we did a post about General Black Jack Pershing. . Here’s the rest of the story: In January 1914, Gen. John Pershing was assigned to command the Army’s 8th Cavalry Regiment in...
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Joya Real “Dude” Ranch
The “Dude Ranch” began popping up in American culture in the late 19th century, because of the rise in romanticism in the American West. . Everyone secretly wanted to be a cowboy like they saw up on...
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Mother’s Day Contest Announcement!
. . We’ve been talking about how cool it is when we get to learn more about our customers…really y’all are our friends! SO. With Mother’s Day approaching (May 13), we’d like to ask everyone to post a...
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