Gangs of San Miguel de Allende...

..."This blog is about expats and rugs, not drugs"...is my favorite SMA blog.

Chiles Rellenos at San Juan de Dios Market

The woman sitting at the other side of the lunch counter had just completed a five-day traditional Mexican cooking class. She watched the cook (right) carefully and announced that she (the cook) was doing everything just right.

A morning at the Mercado San Juan de Dios

Convent Church on Canal Street

Cool and quiet refuge from crowded streets and narrow sidewalks.

A Monday Concert

I saw this post on the SMA Yahoo Civil List and decided to go.

The 28 singers of Voce in Tempore have arrived in San Miguel after presenting successful concerts in Guadalajara, Leon and Celaya.  Their 25th Anniversary concert tour will end with a concert in San Miguel tomorrow (Monday) February 3rd at 2:00 in the afternoon.  The concert will take place in the Teatro Santa Ana in the Biblioteca Publica.  Tickets are 80 pesos and all proceeds will benefit the Biblioteca.  Their concerts are always delightful and this is a nice opportunity to hear this fine ensemble  in San Miguel.

The library was closed because its Constitution Day, a Mexican national holiday, so I couldn't have lunch in the Cafe Santa Ana. I ate a synchronizada across the street at Juan's...the same Juan who sells pirated TV series on DVD. The food was delicious.

Walk down to the Ancha

"The Ancha" means "the wide (one)", in this case, the wide road out of town to Celeya and Queretaro. I buy most of my groceries and hardware on the Ancha. the Don Pedro hardware store is just at the bottom of this street through the Colonia Guadiana.

Street Food...

...two doors up the street. Literally just steps from my front door. The two sisters who own the property prepare gorditas, tacos, enchiladas, and sandwiches for $8MX (about 66 cents) each. You can have a side of veggies, or chicken or pig's feet.