Category Archives: walk

262 stairs

Posted on 24 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

A cou­ple of weeks ago I sprained my foot while step­ping care­lessly on a round cob­ble­stone. For a rea­son San Miguel is called ‘City of the Fallen Women’. I have said good-byes to my heels long time ago. I’m well healed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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return to mundane wanderings IV

Posted on 16 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

After the long walk well deserved cap­puc­cino with a pas­try at our favorite  Cafe El Petit Four Tweet

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return to mundane wanderings III

Posted on 14 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

.…still with cel­lu­lar phone .…stone by stone   Tweet

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return to mundane wanderings II

Posted on 14 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

Sun­day morn­ing walk to Los Arcos in San Miguel de Allende with cel­lu­lar phone Tweet

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return to mundane wanderings

Posted on 13 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

Over two years ago I started this blog of mun­dane wan­der­ings inspired by the ‘non-important’ cel­lu­lar phone pic­tures I took dur­ing my daily walks with Iggy at Lower Heights in San Fran­cisco. There was always a new win­dow dis­play, an … Con­tinue read­ing →

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low season

Posted on 31 May ’11 by Salted Herring

May is tra­di­tion­ally low sea­son in San Miguel. Streets are hot and quiet. Today is the last day of May… how soon will the life return to these streets? Tweet

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wake-up sunshine

Posted on 13 Mar ’11 by Salted Herring

I’m not really a great morn­ing per­son, but when we are run­ning out of beau­ti­ful deep dark greens, col­or­ful beets or chard, or the fresh­est organic eggs one can imag­ine, I put spe­cial effort in wak­ing up before the sun. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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La Sirena Gorda

Posted on 2 Mar ’11 by Salted Herring

One of our new favorite hang­outs in San Miguel de Allende is ‘can­tina’ La Sirena Gorda on Calle Bar­ranca at the cor­ner with Calle Huer­tas. La Sirena Gorda (aka El Man­an­tial the orig­i­nal neigh­bor­hood can­tina name since 1920 ) serves the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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pretty—- or at least interesting?

Posted on 2 Mar ’11 by Salted Herring

While down­town San Miguel de Allende charms with its colo­nial build­ings and cob­ble­stone streets there is cer­tain rough beauty also in the sur­round­ing brick-walled colo­nias on the less fre­quently trav­elled paths. Tweet

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Rancho la Trinidad

Posted on 22 Feb ’11 by Salted Herring

Today I have been in green heaven.… peas, kale, swiss chard, dan­de­lion greens, mus­tard greens, green onions, beet greens.…..all from close by organic farm Ran­cho la Trinidad. It is great to be able to make those few miles by foot … Con­tinue read­ing →

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something to say

Posted on 27 Jan ’11 by Salted Herring

This old man has his pres­ence in San Miguel. I see ‘him’ often, I mean… I see the feet and the words.… there is a story behind all the words, haven’t fig­ured out yet what .… Tweet

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Tequisquiapan

Posted on 3 Jan ’11 by Salted Herring

A few weeks ago friend took me along to run some errands in Teq­ui­squia­pan, town about two hour leisurely drive from San Miguel de Allende. Tequisquiapan is becom­ing a pop­u­lar tourist town, famous for its spas with ther­mal waters, and noted … Con­tinue read­ing →

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