Author Archives: Rogelio
Pop-Up Shrines
On this Friday, a week before Easter, shopfronts, house doorways and windows suddenly become shrines for the evening. Just as suddenly next morning they are gone, and in this instance on Insurgentes, are a hardware store again.
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A Typical Sight
A typical sight in San Miguel, particularly on Relox, which runs down from the Jardin, the main square.
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Plaza de la Luz
A typical scene in the Plaza de la Luz, also known as the Plaza de la Soledad, at the top of Insurgentes here in San Miguel. We often spend a while here in the early evening watching the world go … Continue reading
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The Long and the Short and the Tall
Two Mojigangas, giant papier maché puppets, overtake another of our regulars on their way to the Jardin, our main square, to entertain the Saturday evening visitors.
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Seen at the end of our street, in the little square at the top of Insurgentes.
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Women’s Day in SMA
Women’s Day here in San Miguel was characteristically noisy and festive, headed by an all-woman Mariachi band who were all rather better musicians than the guys we normally see here in the Jardin.
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Pumpkin Seeds
Immaculately dressed as always, this lady sits for hours waiting for customers for her bags of pumpkin seeds in San Miguel.
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Traditional Food From the Campesino
Each day, traditional dishes are brought in on the bus from the campesino for sale in the little square at the end of our street. One wonders how long this traditional food will last as the fast-food chains make constant … Continue reading
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Mexican Roots
Mexicans are now one of the most racially integrated societies – most Mexicans have inherited genes from all over the globe. But it is wonderful to see some faces that still clearly exhibit features characteristic of the first Mesoamerican cultures … Continue reading
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Madison Square Tower
Madison Square Tower on 22nd Street by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) Architects, is a cut above most of the other recent additions to the City skyline. Here it peeks out from behind the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, a fine … Continue reading
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