On Wednesdays when Alicia finishes cleaning our house, she asks what we would like her to cook for us the next day. Thursdays are extra...

I was frankly a bit nervous about Doug and his kids coming to visit. It’s a wonderful place for people interested in cultural activities,...

It was at Union Station in D.C. on our trip back to see our families. that the differences between people in San Miguel and those in the...

May is the hottest month of the year, and with no air-conditioning in most of the homes, many ex-pats skip town and head back to wherever...

My friend Eileen picked me up at 7:45 in order to meet the group from the Audubon Society for our birding outing. I have never been a...

Whatever city I go to, I feel at home in a theater. But it had been a dry spell for live theater in San Miguel, and I was feeling its...

Sometime between the time that my book was published in April and we moved to Mexico in July, Naomi Shihab Nye, outstanding poet and...

in January the immigration officer wrote “30” on our visas, which meant we could only stay in Mexico for one more month. “You’ve got to...

Knowing how much Jack and I love sampling Mexican dishes, my tutor Lety invited us to join her and Susana, her sister, and their mother...

This week was Semana Santa, Holy Week. The city streets teemed with an up-tick of visitors from all over Mexico mingling with local...

Alicia, our housekeeper and now cook, told me that her daughter was going to be a waitress at a new bar-restaurant and that she, Alicia....

i no longer care much about my birthday, but nor do I dread it. Jack, who is still a kid at heart about his own birthdays, won’t hear of...

Jack has not learned Spanish other than saying a few words like hola, como estas, and bien. He gets by with gestures and facial...

Atotonilco is only a 20 minute drive from San Miguel. From the highway exit, the main road turns left for half a mile , leading to a...

The first time I learned of San Miguel de Allende was when I heard about the International Writers’ Conference held in the city. It is...

Paco arrived on time to pick up my son to take him to the airport, and I managed to tell Stephen goodbye without showing the tears that...

Yesterday Jack and I went looking for a kitchen store for a second set of measuring spoons. Jack found an address online for a kitchen...

Last Saturday was the first time Candida cried in front of me. She was talking about her son Paco, whose wife has MS and has recently...

There are 450 restaurants listed in San Miguel. That number doesn’t include the small food stalls found on many corners, or home...

San Miguel is a dog town if ever there was one. You see them everywhere, everything from tiny chihuahua style breeds dressed in winter...