Preparing For Trip to New Mexico

After two Covid years of no contact with Tierra Encantado, I want to check "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" filming locations, see how Albuquerque is doing, visit my sisters, see some old friends, and show Rachel the town (she's supposed to arrive Thursday). It will be fun (I'm hoping)! 

I will be attending the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 43rd Annual Conference, February 23–26, 2022, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  I will be presenting at the session named Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul 1, Saturday 02/26/2022 - 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm, Room Enchantment A & B, Moderator: Nick Gerlich, West Texas A&M University.

The presentations will be:

"The Impact of Michel Foucault, Plus Various Surrealists, on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul," Marc Valdez, Independent Scholar;

"The Ruins of Home, Hearth, Kingdom, and Man in Breaking Bad: Ruins, Ruination and Ruin Porn in The ABQ," Michael Stock, Southern California Institute of Architecture; and,

"The Lives of Troubled Public Educators: A Breaking Bad Story," James Irby, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.