Take a Walking Tour of San Miguel
It’s fun wandering around the cobblestone streets of San Miguel de Allende on your own, but it’s even better when you’re accompanied by a knowledgeable guide. Signing up for a walking tour of the city More...
Geography-Based Catholicism
My pal that died in February and I often teased each other how Catholicism was different here than up North. She refused to believe insisting ‘Catholic’ means universal. On one hand she More...
Baptism – Drowning in Faith
I spent Saturday night being a godfather to a local lad and was more than a tad surprised how much baptisms had changed with the years and with the virus. Up North, baptisms were small affairs lasting about More...
Spooky Backstage Leon
Today my dance group waltzed out to Leon to perform, I thought, at the Senior Center there. Instead it was a day of constant surprises. We loaded onto the bus and I got the rear seat far left. More...
Best of San Miguel Secrets Free!
A Midsummer’s Night Dream! Nestle down while it rains reading a free copy of the newest Amazon best-seller on our town from the book series – San Miguel de Allende Secrets. The book, Best More...
Indigenous Designs in Vogue
At the start of the virus I created an adult coloring book based on the Otomi-made Mexican Maria dolls that found sponsorship with both Unicef and National Geographic. Recently I was asked to produce More...
Vulture – Rhymes with Culture
Vultures are making a comeback in San Miguel de Allende. Normally they stay in the nearby Picachos mountains but lately the Mexican Black Vulture been seen, eerily enough, in the cemetery. For More...
Rising Value of San Miguel Art
A type of art seen all over town called painted wood, or polychrome, statues have entered the world stage as desired collectibles in museums and private collections. Why? What does that mean to the More...
Burying Carrie at Your House
A couple on their honeymoon scheduled a tour so I wanted to get them the standard Mexican wedding gift, an Infant of Prague. The Infant of Prague is a foot tall toddler-sized version of More...
The Most Popular Leaf (No, Not Pot)
Recently on a tour was an antiques collector that I asked “Out of all the vintage items she collected over a lifetime what was a unifying design element?” Without missing a beat she replied “Acanthus”. Acanthus More...
