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play Foosball in the bar at the St. Bernard, I think this is a life that is true and good and real.
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food trucks before food trucks were all the rage) or having spent their summer Saturdays running wild in the mountains and building forts with no parents in sight. I was a bit homesick and realized that while, of course, I missed my family, there was another void that made my heart hurt. I missed the sky, the massive blue sky that you don’t see anywhere else in the world. I missed the snowcapped mountains, the bright white clouds and the brown adobes, all dramatic and intense looking for the way they contrasted against that amazing blue sky. And then of course I missed those sunsets that literally take your breath away each and every night. The sunsets that bring peace and calm to your soul. Over 15 years of living elsewhere, I never stopped missing that Taos sky. When Gov. Martinez offered me the opportunity come back to my home state we jumped at the opportunity. We moved back with our two boys, Drew and Reid, and then our New Mexico baby, Brody, joined the crew last April. Being back here with my kids, I feel truly at home. I like the little people they are when they are in Taos. They are skiers and hikers, explorers and adventurers. They come alive under that big sky. As I watch them play Foosball in the bar at the St. Bernard, I think this is a life that is true and good and real. They are fostering their own appreciation for authenticity and their adventurous spirits. I am who I am because of Taos, a place where an immigrant entrepreneur marries a Dallas debutante. A place where my seven brothers and sisters have all flourished despite strikingly different approaches to life. A place where rappers, cowboys, skiers, artists, metalheads, architects, professors, and businesspeople all exist not only in one town, but in one family! A place where you can golf, ski, paddleboard on the Río Grande, and soak in a hot springs … all within the same day if you like. A place where the food, the landscapes, the people, and the experiences are all true and good and real. Taos is my home and Taos is “New Mexico True.” Monique Jacobson is the cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Tourism Department.
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Jacobson with her father, Jean Mayer, the longtime proprietor of Taos Ski Valley’s St. Bernard Hotel.
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Jacobson and baby Brody at Taos Plaza.
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