Airstreams are very cool.

Airstreams  are not only found in Santa Fe, New Mexico. But here they are becoming a trend, I think.

When my fridge is empty (why is it either too full or too empty?)  I go to Le Pod, a curb-side cuisine as the owners describe it. A nice conversation in French (the owner-chef is French), something to eat on the spot, and something to take home. Because I can never make up my mind on one menu item only.

Having just returned from Italy where

• either you stand up in a crowded bar trying to get the attention of the busy guy toasting bread-making espresso- smiling at everybody, all at the same time, and where the high-pitched customers’ voices desperately try to get his attention yelling “panino!”, “piadina!”, “no foam!”,
• or you comfortably sit down at a restaurant and get the best meal you ever hoped for,

I find the airstreams’ options quite amusing as well as worth the sort of uncomfortable situation. The food is good! People are nice, the conversation goes on.

This one, Le Pod, is always at the same place, near my casita. That’s why I like it! Location matters! Others wander around but can be followed on Facebook (where else?) or by chance.

But airstreams are also vehicles for art, as a space and a medium. Axle Contemporary is moving around town since 2010 surprising aficionados and not with its shows and interesting artists, the two founders included. Most established, all “out there”. One of the great ideas of the duo is to use the mobility of the gallery to bring art to people that otherwise would not get to see it.

I just found out that one of them, Matthew Chase-Daniel, worked on a very interesting project, back in 2000, in Gubbio, in the heart of beautiful Umbria region. 

quintessential Santa Fe, old and new