Richard Bell and his business partner, James Brethour, will soon open what they say is the first fitness center on Airport Road. It's their second center in Santa Fe.

"We are bringing a convenient way for those on the south side to reach their fitness goals on their own schedule," Brethour said in an email.

Anytime Fitness Santa Fe Southside is expected to open in mid-October.

It's in the Zia Center, on the north side of Airport Road, at 4641 Airport Road, Suite 9 and is open 24 hours a day.

Bell and Brethour also started and manage the existing Anytime Fitness on St. Michael's Drive.

"Members of the existing [center] are welcome to train at the new site with their existing membership," Brethour said.

With the second site opening, there will be "no more waiting for the gym to open or rushing to finish a workout before the doors close," Brethour said.

The new center has a monitored security system with 16 cameras, a controlled entry system, emergency telephone and panic alarm.

"Members will be safer at Anytime Fitness Santa Fe Southside than they would be at home," Brethour said.

Currently, there is a discounted membership rate available. That offer will end when the new center opens.

For more information, call 505-424-9770. Or visit www.anytimefitness.com.

Susan Combs Bauer will soon open a new landscape-architecture firm, BauerCombs & Associates Inc., in Santa Fe that specializes in public spaces, residential estates, artistic rainwater collection systems, parks and recreation and environmental restoration.

The firm has been in business for 20 years — with branches in California and Washington state — leading Combs Bauer to comment in an email that, "as an established firm BauerCombs transforms outdoor spaces nationally and looks forward to being a part of the Santa Fe community."

Bauer also said that she "creates energizing outdoor spaces balancing function with movement, materials, art, color and texture."

For more information, call 505-216-0775 or visit www.bauercombs.com.


Tripadvisor, one of the world's most utilized resources for travel planning, has announced its Top 10 Food and Wine Destinations. Santa Fe was ranked No. 8 on the list of U.S. cities, as voted on by Tripadvisor's millions of contributing travelers.

"Being judged as one of the 10 best food and wine cities in the U.S. by the users of Tripadvisor and to be included in a list with standout cities like New Orleans, Chicago, Napa, New York and San Francisco is significant confirmation of the quality of Santa Fe's culinary and wine scene and what it has to offer food and wine-oriented travelers," said Jim Bradbury, executive director of the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau, in a statement.

2011 Travelers' Choice food and wine U.S. destinations:

1. New Orleans

2. Napa, Calif.

3. Chicago

4. Charleston, S.C.

5. San Francisco

6. New York City

7. Savannah, Ga.

8. Santa Fe, N.M.

9. Las Vegas, Nev.

10. Asheville, N.C.

For the complete 2011 Travelers' Choice Food and Wine Destinations lists go to www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Food.


Two attorneys in Holland & Hart's Santa Fe office were named 2012 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Bradford C. Berge was recognized as the 2012 Santa Fe Litigation — Environmental Lawyer of the Year. A trial lawyer since 1980, Berge helps clients define their problems and implement solutions in the context of commercial and tort litigation.

William F. Carr was recognized as the 2012 Santa Fe Natural Resources Law Lawyer of the Year. Carr is certified as a specialist in natural-resources law, oil and gas, by the Board of Legal Specialization of the New Mexico State Bar.

Contact Bob Quick at 986-3011 or bobquick@sfnewmexican.com.