Locals Sandy and Chip Cunningham had the honor of attending an event for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (more colloquially known as Prince William and Princess Catherine) while the young royals visited Los Angeles earlier this month. They were attending a brunch to launch the Tusk Trust's U.S. Patrons Circle. The Cunninghams are active in promoting the goals of Tusk, which works to preserve African wildlife and empower indigenous communities. Their Santa Fe-based business, Uncharted Outposts, offers one-of-a-kind trips to Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas.

Santa Fe newcomer, Metropolitan Opera bass Eric Owens (who is making his debut with The Santa Fe Opera this summer in Wozzeck) returned to New York to host the Metropolitan Opera's appearance in Central Park last Sunday. To a crowd of several thousand he gave an enthusiastic endorsement of Santa Fe, The Santa Fe Opera and his appearance.

Santa Fe made another top list — only this one is for being the worst-dressed. GQ magazine picked us as the 16th worst-dressed city in the country, laying some of the blame at the feet of Georgia O'Keeffe. Stayton Bonner writes, "Ever since her New Mexico paintings hit Manhattan, New Yorkers have clogged the City Different with New Age lameness and Yankee notions of how the American West should look (and it doesn't look good.) As a consequence, modern-day Santa Fe is Western like an Outback Steakhouse is Australian." At 16, Santa Fe ranked between Atlanta (17) and Provo, Utah (15).

Jason Ordaz of Santa Fe has a sister — 19-year-old Clarice Ordaz of Whittier, Calif. — who made the finals on So You Think You Can Dance, which airs on Thursday nights on Fox.

Army Ranger Sgt. First Class Leroy A. Petry, Medal of Honor winner, stopped by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Thursday. You can watch his complete interview at www.thedailyshow.com, including the moment where Stewart says, "you're Luke Skywalker, that's who you are."

The New York Times writes about Stanley Crawford on July 13 in an article by Anne Raver, who comes to the master to learn how to grow better garlic. Crawford is the author of A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm, and runs his El Bosque Garlic Farm with his wife, Rose Mary.

So many dignitaries at one little market: ambassadors, trade ministers, directors and trade officers from Thailand, South Africa, Oman and India, among others, all attended the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Local VIP attendees included U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, all three of New Mexico's U.S. Reps.(Martin Heinrich, Ben Ray Luján and Steve Pearce) and Mayor Richard J. Berry of Albuquerque. Not on the official VIP list, but spotted at the Friday night folk art party were Department of Homeland Security Cabinet Secretary Janet Napolitano (who grew up in Albuquerque) and former ABC newsman Sam Donaldson (a New Mexico rancher).

Gambit, the art caper, is wrapped already, but some of the final shoots won't be forgotten by extras because of a surprise (and much needed) rain shower late last month. "It was such a funny scene, with all these people holding umbrellas around Colin (Firth) and Sir Tom (Courtenay)," writes an extra. The scene was one in which the ex-rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) is roping a calf. In the film, Firth is plays a British art dealer trying to persuade England's richest man (Alan Rickman) to buy a fake Monet.

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