International Plant Appreciation Day.

Are we supposed to appreciate something like this?

or something like this?

We suspect it’s the former rather than the latter.

As we move closer to

We spoke with another contesting couple today -

Audrey Hartley is an author and Community Relations Director, MountainView Regional Medical Center.  Jonathan Neiser is an NMSU student and member of the Dance Sport team and Doogie Howser lookalike. 

Tickets for the event are $16 for reserved seating, $11 general admission, and $6 for students with I.D.  Tickets can be purchased at the Pan American Center Ticket Office, 575-646-1420.  General admission tickets also may be purchased at Enchanted Gardens, 270 Avenida de Mesilla;575-524-1886; White’s Music Box, 200 S Downtown Mall, 575-526-6677; and Adore Salon & Day Spa, 1065 S. Main St., Bldg. B, Ste. A 575-647-4337.

History 101: 1860: The Pony Express completes its inaugural run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in 10 days.   Get a load of this ad looking for young men to sign up for the job -

Yikes!

Music History 101: 1980: A Broadway musical closed after 3,883 performances.  It was "Grease"

The 101 number one song of the day would become the first of many number one hits in England for its singer. In fact, he would total up 17 charttoppers in that country despite NEVER touring there.  His many fans always held out hope that he would but his manager – Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk – was born in Holland. Although he lived in the U.S. for many years, he never became an American citizen and was worried if he traveled abroad with his famous client, he might not be let back in the states. So he never booked any concerts outside the U.S. But this was still early on in the career managed by the man who by this time was known as Colonel Parker and the song that was number one on April 13, 1957 – “All Shook Up”