Comings and Goings

The demise of Southwest influence and the rise of Northwest style is a development that cries out for a handy guide on what’s in and what’s out:

OUT (Southwest)

Adobe

Blue corn-flavored anything

Scorpions

Tony Hillerman mysteries

Santa Fe Opera

Taos

Harmonic Convergence

Georgia O’Keeffe

Peyote

Beaded moccasins

Coyote

Coyote Cafe

Sweat lodge

Art galleries

IN (Northwest)

Weather-treated pine

Espresso-flavored anything

Slugs

Earl Emerson mysteries

Crocodile Cafe

Olympia

Bumbershoot (Seattle’s rowdy arts festival)

Alice in Chains

Heroin

Doc Martens

Spotted Owl

Ivar’s Acres of Clams

Pup tent

Thrift shops