Tag Archives: San Miguel de Allende

Jacaranda Season in San Miguel de Allende

Posted on 26 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

After the win­ter I have been eagerly look­ing for­ward to the Jacaranda sea­son. I can see my neighbor’s Jacaranda tree while work­ing at my stu­dio desk. What a feast for the eye! Soon the whole town will be painted with splashes of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Febrero Loco, Y Marzo Otro Poco

Posted on 16 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

“Feb­ru­ary is crazy and March an other bit” is a Span­ish proverb that we hear now in San Miguel. The spring has been in the air, but the nights can be still freez­ing cold, the days blaz­ing hot, and we … Con­tinue read­ing →

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birds on the wire

Posted on 10 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

It is spring in San Miguel! Would be hard to find a more agree­able cli­mate this time of the year. Cool morn­ings with bright and sunny days. I see new green growth on neighbor’s jacaranda three. Just wait a month, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Los Locos Day in San Miguel

Posted on 25 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

Today I made my first Youtube upload. I made a video using some of the still pho­tos I took while won­der­ing through the streets before the actual parade. It seems that I’m more drawn to the prepa­ra­tions than the actual events, both fun for sure. And … Con­tinue read­ing →

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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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Reserved seating, Locos Day Parade

Posted on 18 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

The Locos Day Parade is an hours long event. The best spots to view the ‘des­file’ were reserved early. Tweet

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Los Locos Day, the trendiest shoes 2012

Posted on 17 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

Today, once again, San Miguel cel­e­brated Los Locos, the Crazy Peo­ple. This car­ni­val dates from the 19th cen­tury, when orchard work­ers danced to give thanks and ask San Pas­cual Bailón for a pros­per­ous year. The tra­di­tion might be old, but the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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well and alive!

Posted on 19 Feb ’12 by Salted Herring

Salted Her­ring is back at work! Sorry about slug­gish postings…I have been absorbed into art. More later about that ven­ture. Now I just want to say “hi, hola, moi”. San Miguel has had an unusu­ally long rainy spell for Feb­ru­ary. Rain … Con­tinue read­ing →

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“Happy Day of the Dead”

Posted on 2 Nov ’11 by Salted Herring

Feels funny to say “Happy Day of the Dead”.…we prob­a­bly don’t say so, but com­ing some­where so far to this cul­ture, and adopted ‘El Dia de los Muer­tos’ cel­e­bra­tion as one of my favorites I feel like say­ing so. Yes­ter­day I  walked to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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gone fishing.…..and back

Posted on 4 Oct ’11 by Salted Herring

OMG…so much has hap­pened. …Salted Her­ring has taken to travels.….to Xil­itla get a dose of Sr. Edward James sur­re­al­ism, made friends at the Inter­na­tional Short Film Fes­ti­val in SMA and in Gua­na­ju­ato, attended Tedx-SMA Con­fer­ence to brighten the mind ( … 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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