Author Archives: Rogelio
Onion Square
Union Square Market has been an enormous success ever since it began in a small way back in 1976, although in those days the market was tiny and the square was yet another needle park. We moved our office down … Continue reading
Back in the Big Manzana
Back in the Big Apple and straight to Zabar’s for all that junk that Nooyawkas like us dream about when they are in Mexico. I have previously posted about how crowded our Polleria on Insurgentes is in San Miguel. This … Continue reading
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Saint with Chicken
Easter in Mexico involves a lot of moving life-size religious figures from one place to another as if there weren’t already enough everywhere in the first place. Here, a pickup truck involved in such logistics broke down in the center … Continue reading
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Awaiting Execution
Most Mexicans never seem to miss an opportunity for celebratory explosions. Each Easter Sunday in San Miguel, while New Yorkers are listening to sentimental Easter Parade music and strolling down Fifth Avenue wearing funny hats, San Miguelenses are busy exploding … Continue reading
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Viernes de Dolores on Mesones
Here in Mexico, Holy Week, Semana Santa, begins on the last Friday of Lent with Viernes de Dolores, the Friday of Sorrows, referring to the seven sorrows of Mary. In the evening, many roads are closed and wonderful shrines appear, … Continue reading
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Viernes de Dolores on Relox
In addition to the grander examples of Viernes de Dolores shrines, many homeowners create simpler offerings in the entrances to their houses or in their street windows as here, outside the door of our friend Marina on Relox. The large … Continue reading
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Zapata On Our Doorstep
The great thing about living in the center of a town like San Miguel, is you don’t have to go far for entertainment. This evening, as I often do, I opened our front door to spend a while talking to … Continue reading
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Banda Nueva Ilusion
These gentlemen, the Banda Nueva Ilusion, are real enough, and are making up in enthusiasm for what they lack in musical expertise. They have been blasting away in the forecourt to the Templo del Oratorio all day to the delight … Continue reading
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Bouncy Pencil Thingies
The current toy of choice for the kids who play in front of the Parroquia are these bouncy pencil thingies. When held vertically and bounced hard on the ground they shoot up thirty or forty feet and then float all … Continue reading
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San Miguel Revelado
Currently at the Bellas Artes, this exhibit, San Miguel Revelado (San Miguel Revealed) by photographer George Krause is a series of life-size nude photographs of San Miguel residents of all ages, shapes, and sizes. The photographs are cleverly exhibited close … Continue reading
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