Though I prepare most meals at home, I eat out two or three times a week. Annis and I met for breakfast at La Posada Corazón, a beautiful B&B in a spacious Mexican house near the center of San Miguel. The guest rooms and dining room are surrounded by gardens, fountains, and leafy trees. Breakfast is a la casera (home cooked) with […] (Read more)
Sunday morning is a good time to wander El Centro (The Center) of San Miguel. The streets are empty, there are few people about, it’s easier to shoot interesting architectural details, and there are always curiosities that catch my eye. Here are photos of what I saw early this morning. (Click on a thumbnail to […] (Read more)
If San Miguel de Allende is magical, then it is no surprise that the San Miguel Writers’ Conference spins the magic of place into an enchanted garden of the writer’s craft. Known as the literary crossroads of the Americas, the San Miguel Writers conference attracts attendees from around the world for five days of intense […] (Read more)
Our United Airlines flight touches down at Del Bajío International Airport, (Léon) at 5:55 a.m., twenty-one minutes ahead of schedule. An auspicious beginning to my two and a half month stay in San Miguel. Annis, my writing and travel partner, and I share the hour and a half drive from Léon to San Miguel with Barb, […] (Read more)
Dear Mr. Crook, Clyde, Dad, I don’t know what to call you. It feels strange to write “Dad.” I don’t know you. I don’t know who you are. I don’t know how you might have influenced my life had you lived beyond my eighth birthday. You don’t know me. We are strangers. Strangers or not, today, […] (Read more)