Mexican Home Designs
When you are house shopping in San Miguel de Allende you’ll normally find two basic architectural styles – Mid-Century Modern and Colonial. As the name implies, Mid-Century Modern are homes with More...
Landeta – Pooches, Picnics and Pools
Landeta is a pretty name that has been featured in San Miguel de Allende since the Inquisition. Back then members of Landeta family-owned textile factories held important municipal offices and were elite movers More...
Dancing Through Life
Dancing is a way to celebrate, whether it is a birth, a death, a religious observance, or folklore; dances are a way to celebrate life and express your feelings. Perhaps even more than learning the Spanish More...
Secrets to Money in Mexico
Money is different in Mexico than up North. Obviously, the look and feel, but also how money works and one’s relationship with it take some mental adjustments to financially succeed here. The currency More...
Dirty Dancing Danzon
Mercedes, a senior in my English classes, introduced me to danzon, a style of dance (like a tap, square dancing, or salsa), forever changing how I experience Mexico. Through danzon, I performed at festivals around More...
Coloring outside the lines
The Mexican Maria dolls have fascinated me for a while now and I’ve tried various social media avenues to help the doll sellers out in their efforts to support themselves. Plus I’m constantly More...
Exploring San Miguel’s Streets’ Secrets (Part Two)
San Miguel’s neighborhoods and streets were first organized by the Spanish. Centro was for the Spanish with the four oldest areas (barrios) set aside for the indigenous in La Palmita, Ojo de Agua, Valle More...
Exploring San Miguel’s Streets’ Secrets
The popular song lyric about the street with no name wasn’t written with San Miguel de Allende in mind. Our streets all have names, often several, that combined with a Dr. Seus like nonsensical numbering More...
The Holy Family in San Miguel
by Joseph Toone A hop, skip and a jump from the Fabrica Aurora is the chapel to Saint Joseph in colonia Obraje featuring one of our more notable pieces of local art. The painting features the Holy Family (Mary, More...
Saint Corona, Social Media Darling
by Joseph Toone In uncertain times, it helps to have a powerful person on your side and the Corona pandemic is no exception. As millions scramble to adjust to life under quarantine, Twitter and other social More...
