August is a nice time to visit Guanajuato. It's the off-season so the locals remark how uncrowded it is. My goodness, I'd hate to see it any busier – the streets and the sidewalks were just packed. It is a hilly city, and its historic district is full of narrow streets and a network of…
GB and Cap'n George returned home to Mazatlan yesterday evening, after a successful sailboat delivery. All is well, and I'm eating meals again that include sauces, and more than two ingredients. Heh. m
Happy Independence Day, Mexico – and a good many more! m
Guanajuato is an old Spanish Colonial silver-mining city that is located near Mexico's mountainous geographic center. The climate is cool, dry and sunny; and the buildings and their surroundings are so pretty and colorful it's hard to recall Guanajuato's bloody past. Guanajuato was at the center of the Mexican Revolution of 1810 – the revolutionthat Mexico celebrates…
The Sanctuary at Atotonilco, about 8 miles north-ish of San Miguel de Allende, was started by Father Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro in 1740. An artist from Querétaro, Martin Antonio Martínez de Pocasangre, painted Father Neri's poems and sermons on the walls of the sanctuary. And on the ceilings. And the doors. Inside and out. What's…
About a month ago when we thought it was as hot and humid as it could get in Mazatlan,* GB decided on a trip to higher (cooler, drier) ground. We took an 8-day loop by Primera Plus bus to explore the old Spanish Colonial towns of San Miguel de Allende, Atotonilco and Guanajuato. All are located…
So, today is Day 11 of the sailboat delivery that GB and Cap'n George are making. I last heard from them 3 days ago and all was well (Cap'n George has a cell phone so when the boat is in range of a cell tower we can reach one another via our laptop and Skype…
So, we successfully maneuvered our way from Texas and Arizona back to Mazatlan in late July, loaded down with a whole bunch of boat gear and related goodies. GB went straight to work installing our new Sailomat self-steering wind vane on the stern; and our new ICOM 802 SSB radio everywhere else throughout the boat. …
I deviate somewhat from my typical chronological posting pattern* to address the issue of how I eat when The Propane Chef is not on site. (At present he is crew on a 40-foot boat he and a professional delivery captain are taking back up Baja to the Los Angeles area. More on that, later.) The Propane Chef…
Sis took us for a bit of tourism to see the world’s largest and heaviest bronze equestrian statue, located at El Paso’s airport. The statue, entitled “The Equestrian” but actually depicting the Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate y Salazar, is breathtaking in both its size and its detail, but has been the subject of much…