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Grape vines line the property of Casa Rondena Winery on Chavez Road Northwest. The business has sold 74,000 bottles of wine in 2006.

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How do you convey Albuquerque? For the next few days, we're getting digital.

Behind the trends and beyond the stories, we'll visit the numbers that define our lives: what we eat (and how much), how old we are, where we pray, how many of us spend time in jail.

Of course, this isn't every number. It could never be. (Comment below if you think there are some we missed.)

But here's a digital snapshot of how we spend time when we're not working.

Amount of green chile Sadie's of New Mexico restaurant went through this year: 10 tons.

Sadie's salsa served: 22,000 gallons.

Sadie's tamales sold during the holiday season: 12,000.

Number of people who went to the Guild Cinema's most popular show, "Paradise Now": 732.

Bottles of wine sold by Casa Rondena Winery in the North Valley: 74,000.

Number of candles on the Vortex Theater's cake this year: 30.

Bike tubes sold at Fat Tire Cycles, 421 Montano Road: 8,117. (That's up from 6,093 last year.)

Number of visitors at the New Mexico Natural History and Science Museum: 243,916.

The largest single gift made to The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History in 2006: 513 objects from the Brice H. Sewell Jr. and Eleanor B. Sewell Collection.

Visitors to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 810,930. (There were, by the way, 401 portable toilets.)

Number of months Albuquerque celebrated its 300th birthday: 19, from April 2005 to October 2006.

Number of years Popejoy Hall has been an Albuquerque performance venue: 40.

Violinists in the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra: 24.

Shows the Launchpad, a Downtown concert venue, has done this year: 336.

Performances hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Roy E. Disney Center this year: 24.

Visitors to Expo New Mexico: 738,664.

Retail space at new shopping center ABQ Uptown: 229,000 square feet.

Number of shoppers on ABQ Uptown's opening day: 11,000 (7,000 of whom visited the Apple Store).

Height of the neon "Q" post that announces the shops: 80 feet.

Number of cinnamon rolls sold at the Frontier Restaurant: 350,000.