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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...
Julie Heifetz
Feb 26, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Feb 13, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Feb 5, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Jan 30, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Jan 23, 20222 min read
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,...
Julie Heifetz
Jan 17, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Jan 5, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Dec 29, 20214 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Dec 12, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Dec 4, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Nov 26, 20213 min read
Mexican Medicine
After being approved for surgery, I was scheduled for ‘Thursday for my broken wrist. I am very familiar with hospitals, starting from...
Julie Heifetz
Nov 18, 20214 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Nov 10, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Nov 4, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Oct 30, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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. ...
Julie Heifetz
Oct 15, 20213 min read
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...
Julie Heifetz
Oct 9, 20213 min read
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,...
Julie Heifetz
Oct 3, 20213 min read
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