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It’s been a month since fully-vaccinated New Mexicans were allowed to stop wearing face masks in most public spaces and businesses got a choice as to whether to require them of all customers. Still, reaction to the newfound flexibility remains varied and somewhat confusing for both businesses and their customers.
Sitting at Boese Brothers Brewing in Downtown Albuquerque for after-work beers and snacks, vaccinated customers talked about how they’re navigating public spaces since the state’s mask mandate was relaxed.
Josh Hammond: “If I go into somewhere and the employees aren t wearing a mask, I feel like they feel comfortable with me not wearing mask.”
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The team behind “La Vida Buena, The Good Life” inside Tako Ten. (Courtesy of La Vida Buena, The Good Life)
Julian Nuñez is a storyteller.
After a year of not being able to create films that tell the stories, he was looking for another outlet.
Enter the city of Albuquerque’s “Virtual Visionaries” initiative, which invites creative professionals to submit pitches for engaging, original, and creative video content that is ready to air and stream on the city’s public access Channel 27, social media, and other digital platforms.
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What Nuñez created is the pilot episode of “La Vida Buena, The Good Life.” The series features Albuquerque restaurants and breweries that were hit hard during the pandemic.