Joseph Toone

Recently I took a new to San Miguel de Allende pal out to San Miguel Viejo (where the town originally started) for …

Coming home from a party in a car full of Mexican women we drove through Comonfort just as a thunder storm hit …

My pal volunteers for a countryside agrarian charity and one day received an offer to buy some land there at a very reasonable price …

On a recent tour I had a young, intelligent pharmacist that was asking me questions about the use of chemical and botanical medicine here …

Yesterday the world’s largest and most successful bakery, Mexico-based Bimbo, announce first quarter sales for 2021 reaching almost 4 billion dollars marking …

Back in 1963 Mexican comedian and movie star, Cantinflas, came to town to film a movie.  Like many folks before and since, …

Much like the cloistered nuns’ tamale business and my neighbor’s chair rental company, the piñata industry, equally dependent on social gatherings, has seen sales plummet. …

by Joseph Toone It is great fun to explore the ancient haciendas around town, from our oldest, Tirado, to the horror-movie-featured ruins of …

by Joseph Toone In the last few weeks social media has been bombarded with viciousness from foreigners.  Granted, ex-pats are not known …

As a child, I adored putting on marionette shows but anytime the strings got tangled I had to go to my Mom to have …