Restaurant Week debuts in Santa Fe and Albuquerque Feb. 28 through March 13 and is intended to showcase the "extraordinary talent of local restaurants," said a statement from Wings Media Network, a Santa Fe-based public-relations firm that is organizing the event.

Restaurant Week will feature three-course, prix-fixe dinners starting at $25 ($25 for two people in some restaurants).

"Restaurant Week NM entices local diners in both cities to get out and explore new dining opportunities," said Wings Media Network president Michele Ostrove," a statement said,

For more information, call 505-847-3333.


RainbowVision Santa Fe has been named Wells Fargo LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Business of the Year by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.

The award was presented at a ceremony on Nov. 6 in Washington, D.C.

RainbowVision Properties is a family of companies dedicated to developing and operating communities to serve a growing LGFT and allied population, a statement said.

The RainbowVision in Santa includes 146 residences consisting of rentals, condominiums and six levels of assisted living care, as well as dining, a fitness center, spa and other amenities.

Planned expansions of RainbowVision Properties include those in Palm Springs, Calif; the San Francisco Bay Area of California; and Vancouver, Canada.

The RainbowVision founder is Joy Silver, who lives in Santa Fe.


The Internal Revenue Service wants to give rather than receive — at least to the more than 700 New Mexicans who are due a tax refund check.

People in 28 of New Mexico's 33 counties are due a check, and those counties in Northern New Mexico include Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Taos and Mora.

Statewide, residents of Bernalillo County are owed the largest number of checks (280), followed by Doña Ana County (96) and Santa Fe County (56)

The average dollar amount of undelivered checks in New Mexico is $961.

Nationwide, the IRS is looking for taxpayers who are due to receive $123.5 million in the form of 107,831 refund checks.

All a taxpayer has to do is update his or her address once. That can be done with the "Where's My Refund" tool on IRS.gov.

The IRS will then send out all checks due. Undeliverable refund checks average $1,148 this year as compared to $990 last year.

A telephone version of "Where's My Refund" is available by calling 1-800-829-1954.