Santa Fe traditional tinsmith Jim Romero is worried that his many customers might be wondering where the items they ordered from him have gone.

They're on the way, but it's just taking a little longer than usual.

"I'm just getting back to the point where I can use both my hands," Romero said. That follows the successful removal of a brain tumor. "It's taken me some time."

Romero said he was pleased the recent Spanish Market had worked out well for him and that his market customers had received their orders on time.

Romero lives in La Cienega, south of Santa Fe, and was a sheet-metal worker for many years before he turned to tinsmithing, his father's profession.

"I've been sitting at my bench for 25 years," he said.

"He's a poster child for how to get through when things turn tough," said Romero's friend Marie Cash. "He's a lesson."

For more information about Romero, call Cash at 988-2590.


Women on the Fast Track, a national organization for business and professional women, will hold an introductory meeting for potential members Sept. 29 at the Courtyard by Marriott, 3347 Cerrillos Road.

According to an e-mail from Briana Samuels, the contact for the group, WOTFT is a networking group that offers women the opportunity to "establish strategic alliances with like-minded women."

With chapters in New Mexico, New Jersey and New York, WOTFT has quickly grown and is now a "pre-eminent networking organization," Samuels said.

The introductory meeting is open to all women professionals and business owners.

For more information, visit www.womenonthefasttrack.com. To RSVP for the September meeting, call 516-222-0236 or e-mail events@business
developmentgroup.com.


Artist Terri Marsala has opened a new gallery, Marsala Studio, at 101 E. March St., Suite 101.

Marsala is showing her own recent work in several media as well as necklaces by Barbara Williams.

Her Web site is www.marsalastudio.com


The reopening of Rancho de Chimayó restaurant is now set for Sept. 26.

That's what an employee of the restaurant said last week.

Owner Florence Jaramillo has been hampered by health problems, including a broken hip.

The 40-year-old restaurant closed July 2008 following a fire. It's 23 miles north of Santa Fe.