NEW vs SAME OLD
October 20, 2017 09:25 Book stuff | Food for Thought
The shiny new thing versus the old reliable one
The trend today is “new.” New ideas, new offerings, new places, new clothes, and just new. It used to be the reliable, dependable, comfortable, and just same old was what we all wanted. Not so any more.
Restaurants have to have a new twist and they are the “in” place for a while. It is hard to keep up “new” and never-been-done-before with every food styling and constantly change it to be unexpected. The same goes for beer, cocktails, desserts, candies, and so on. It gets you on TV or in the paper but after that there is the next “new” place. You are now old.
The clothes scene has been rolling out new things every season so they are used to “new.” Now “new” has to be even more outrageous and frankly, un-wearable.
“New” gifts and toys are the rage of the holiday season – the must have item. But when January comes the item crashes and burns and is on the clearance table. No one wants it then.
So the question is – is “new” a symptom of our “new” society? Do we have the attention span for something for a nano second and then we move on? Do we need to be constantly stimulated? I must confess, I like “new” but I also like an old dependable to count on.
Barbe Awalt
Nov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 21: Santa Fe Public Library, 2pm
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Nov 4: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, 10am
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm
AT BOOKWORKS
Restaurants have to have a new twist and they are the “in” place for a while. It is hard to keep up “new” and never-been-done-before with every food styling and constantly change it to be unexpected. The same goes for beer, cocktails, desserts, candies, and so on. It gets you on TV or in the paper but after that there is the next “new” place. You are now old.
The clothes scene has been rolling out new things every season so they are used to “new.” Now “new” has to be even more outrageous and frankly, un-wearable.
“New” gifts and toys are the rage of the holiday season – the must have item. But when January comes the item crashes and burns and is on the clearance table. No one wants it then.
So the question is – is “new” a symptom of our “new” society? Do we have the attention span for something for a nano second and then we move on? Do we need to be constantly stimulated? I must confess, I like “new” but I also like an old dependable to count on.
Barbe Awalt
UPCOMING CALENDAR:
RIO GRANDE BOOKSNov 12: 4th Annual Albuquerque Balloon Museum Arts & Crafts Fair, 9am to 5pm
HENRIETTA CHRISTMAS & PAUL RHETTS ("The Basic Genealogy Checklist")
Dec 9: Los Lunas Public Library, 10am
January 6: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, 10am
January 9: El Castillo Living Center, Santa Fe, NM, 7pm
RILEY MITCHELL ("The Essential Paranormal Bucket List")
Oct 21: Santa Fe Public Library, 2pm
Oct 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
SLIM RANDLES ("The Fly Fisherman's Bucket List")
Nov 9: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
JOSEPH SANCHEZ ("Historic Route 66")
Nov 4: Hispanic Genealogy Research Center at National Hispanic Cultural Center, 10am
Nov 18: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 3pm
JOHN TAYLOR & RICHARD MELZER ("Tragic Trails & Enchanted Journeys" & "Captain Maximiliano Luna")
Nov 11: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 16: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROBERT TORREZ ("Voices from the Past")
Nov 4: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Nov 30: Bookworks, Rio Grande Blvd, 6pm
ROSS VAN DUSEN ("What Makes the Lightning?", "How the Crocka Dog Came to Be"; and "Lyle Got Stuck in a Tree")
Oct 28: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 1pm
Dec 1: Treasure House Books, Old Town Plaza, 6pm
AT BOOKWORKS