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As anyone who has been in the US in the last few years you know every highway exit features a Dollar Store and a second-hand retail outlet for Goodwill, or similar organization.  As more vacant malls fall in on themselves, thrifting has become big business …

Spend Christmas morning in a rare opportunity exploring a local village’s holiday celebrations of dancing and music plus: The Silver Route where it remains much like in the 1600s A cloistered monastery enjoying the art, views and vibes.  Feel free to bring chocolate covered Oreos …

There is the old adage that the best place to hide is often in plain sight.  This certainly holds true for some of the most ancient chapels in San Miguel de Allende.  There are several chapels from the 1700s that are tiny jewels in the …

Often on tours I talk of St. Theresa who wrote frequently about being one with God.  When one with God, St. Theresa would levitate and have orgasms, known as her ecstasies.  If you ride a city bus to the mall, you’ll notice a life-sized image …

When I moved to the Deep South not only did I enjoy the Low County breezes complete with peach-sized mosquitoes, but I was amazed how everyone had a personal relationship with Jesus. For the indigenous of San Miguel, as well as anyone who went to …

Aztecs used the poinsettia (what they called Cuetlaxochitl)  to produce reddish purple dye and as medicine to reduce fevers.  Their origins were from a tribe called Chontales that didn’t want to pay taxes to Montezuma causing Montezuma to wage a bloody battle against them near today’s Taxco.  Following the fight, the road …

As the holiday season approaches so do the Christmas plays (Pastorelas).  Pastorelas are modern interpretations of Jesus’ birth that started in 1530 and helped convert the Otomis and Chichimecas to the Spanish’s Catholic faith.    The plays originated in today’s Mexico City as an alternative celebration to the Aztec’s celebration …

In my office where I can enjoy glimpses of the Parroquia and the corresponding fireworks lies a false wall.  The wall was, I believe, created to light (by skylights above, a fireplace below and electrical lights at night) a Tree of Live stone sculpture taken …

Who is Lupita Reyes?  A tele-nova vixen?  A Banda beauty?  Latest best-selling sensation to hit the Writer’s Conference?  Actually the appropriate question is what, not who, for Lupita Reyes is a euphemism for the holiday season spanning from the day for the Virgin of Guadalupe (Lupita) through Three …