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Julie Heifetz
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Outsiders
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...
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Julie Heifetz
- Feb 5
- 3 min
A Privilege and a Responsibility
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...
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Julie Heifetz
- Jan 30
- 3 min
New Adventures in Eating
There are 450 restaurants listed in San Miguel. That number doesn’t include the small food stalls found on many corners, or home...
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Julie Heifetz
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Finding Love in all the Right Places
San Miguel is a dog town if ever there was one. You see them everywhere, everything from tiny chihuahua style breeds dressed in winter...
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Julie Heifetz
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Where Is Home?
St Louis is my hometown where I was born and lived until I was 53 years old. But Home is where my family is, and for the past 16 years,...
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Julie Heifetz
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Once Is Not Enough
Our friends Andrea and Paul Kane from Frederick came to visit us in San Miguel for a week in early November and fell in love with the...
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Julie Heifetz
- Dec 29, 2021
- 4 min
Christmas Eve
We had planned on a quiet Christmas Eve at home, in anticipation of Doug’s arrival with his kids on Christmas day. But when he called to...
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Julie Heifetz
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Feliz Navidad from San Miguel
It certainly does feel increasingly like Christmas here, in spite of the warm weather and the lack of standard Christmas carols playing...
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Julie Heifetz
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
Our San Miguel Family
Candida invited Jack and me to come to dinner at their home last Sunday and Jack reluctantly agreed to go. He was worried that it would...
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Julie Heifetz
- Dec 4, 2021
- 3 min
The Missing Pieces
It was holiday season in St. Louis when I was maybe five, maybe seven years old. I was very dressed up, wearing my new grown-up capezio...
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Julie Heifetz
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
US Traditions in Mexico
Several weeks ago, even before I broke my wrist, I was dreading Thanksgiving. As the day got closer, I could imagine the empty feeling...
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Julie Heifetz
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Mexican Medicine
After being approved for surgery, I was scheduled for ‘Thursday for my broken wrist. I am very familiar with hospitals, starting from...
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Julie Heifetz
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Fallen Women of San Miguel
Oh shit! I should have listened to me when i said be careful when you’re walking on these cobblestone streets. We were having a...
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Julie Heifetz
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Oh, So You're Single?
I vividly remember the days after my first husband and I divorced and the feeling of dread that came over me realizing that I was without...
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Julie Heifetz
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Story of a Family and a Hacienda
When we first arrived in San Miguel de Allende I was disappointed in how the city looked. The photos I had seen hadn’t captured the...
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Julie Heifetz
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
Kindness
There is rarely a day here without sunshine. Even in the rainy season, the sun insists on having its moment. It is a kindness that...
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Julie Heifetz
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Scavenger Hunt
Living in San Miguel is like one continuous scavenger hunt. Each item we would like to find goes on the list, and then we go searching. ...
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Julie Heifetz
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
Cooking with Candida
Our friends Sara and Sheila arrived in San Miguel the same week we did. In addition to taking five hours of Spanish a day, they signed up...
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Julie Heifetz
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
This City Knows How to Party
Parades, explosive rockets booming from nearby houses in the middle of the night on national holidays, days for local saints,...
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