Joseph Toone

I was lucky enough to grow up with a blind aunt giving me a life-long ability to communicate changes in depth when …

I am a dam guy.  No, not the expletive but, rather, huge walls built to retain water on one side versus the …

Just like Daria, Jane Lane and Quinn mused in the quintessential (pun intended) 1990s cartoon, Daria, the 1730s were active college years for San Miguel.  Not that as women, …

San Miguel de Allende is a marvelously preserved colonial town because of its strategic geographic point in Colonial Mexico and the formation of a unique creole culture …

The town of San Miguel played a fundamental role in the beginning of the emancipatory process of Mexico.   San Miguel was the nucleus of a …

There is the old adage that the best place to hide is often in plain sight.  This certainly holds true for one …

My best pal in college was a Geography major so I used every opportunity to tease him about paying tuition to simply …

The most important thing to remember about becoming a Colonial-era cloistered nun in San Miguel de Allende was that it wasn’t necessarily a religious …

Being the largest city in the Americas for bit in the 1700’s and a center for education and religion in New Spain, San Miguel de …

Last week was the feast day of St. PaschalBaylon, a lad featured in most every San Miguel de Allende restaurant and kitchen that during …