What can I can say about these beautiful gelatin desserts but WOW! They are made by a local person who has obviously spent years in her kitchen playing around in this medium. They are works of art, almost impossible to imagine how she made each […]
Arbol de la vida, the tree of life. They come in a variation of themes – Adam and Eve, the nacimiento, Noah’s arc, God overseeing his kingdom as well as scenes from nature, the animal kingdom, traditional Mexican scenes and dia de los muertos trees. […]
Master artisan José Luz has been creating art out of tin for over fifty years. In the four minute video below I follow José Luz while he works on a new piece. The resulting piece emerges from many hours of design time, a day and […]
I’ve been playing around with some of my tin artisans and here’s a little boat we made this week. These just make me smile 🙂 Tin Toy Boat from Suzanne da Rosa on Vimeo. Been having fun doing this instead of writing to the blog. […]
Cien Años de la Artesania en Hojalata de San Miguel de Allende An update to the post below – the film has been selected to be shown this Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 6pm on the main stage in the Jardin in San Miguel as […]
The Bicentennario, Mexico’s 200th Independence celebrations are a little over a month away, although activities have been going on for about a month now and the gang’s all here! Today at noon, casually strolling down the street, posing for cameras, came five mojiganga’s dressed for […]
There’s not much going on here for Carnaval, but in the Jardin, you can buy gorgeous hand made paper flowers, accordion legged ‘payasitos’ – little clowns – paper masks and confetti filled eggs – cascarones – which the children run around with – war style […]
It is not exaggerating one bit to say that there is a larger than life fascination with fireworks here in Mexico. At three A.M. on almost any day of the week, you are likely to be woken up with a loud kaboom! followed by about […]
Yikes! all of a sudden two weeks have gone by. I’m working on several posts which if all goes well, Will be up by the end of the week – The final movie of the sunday parade is finished. You can click on the photo […]
Beginning in the early hours this morning, this family began making a Xuchile – an altar made from bamboo like strips, lashed to twenty five foot poles, then covered in flowers which are made from the root ball of the agave plant, decorated with juniper […]
2014 Disclaimer: This reflects the decisions we make in 2009. Anything written here may have changed since then. This is a log of our story and you will want to do your own research as rules/plans change. It seems like every time I travel north […]
Regarding the ‘S’ word… We walked into town about 5:30 The Jardin is full today, The streets are still rather quiet. No one but the waiters are wearing the masks (tapabocas) Nor do you see many Hanging it around people’s necks. Looking at the photos, […]
There is a really nice little show Of Anjelina Perez Ibarguen’s work Called ‘Contratiempos’ Or ‘Against Time,’ At Bellas Artes. It’s a multi-media Mixed material Sculptural installation Which spans several rooms. It’s whimisical and fun It pokes fun Makes a few statements Here and there. […]
On Easter Sunday in the US There are Easter baskets Easter Eggs Ham and potatoes Deviled Eggs All preceded by Weeks of the Easter bunny at the mall Aisles of candy in all the stores That will make it into Easter baskets Then sold the […]
We arrived in San Cristobal about 1:30 pm We hired a taxi to take us to the hostal Got a private room and went out to explore the town. San Cristobal is a beautiful, Human scale town. The buildings are not tall, Everything is brightly […]
Many of the carved Cantera stone figures Architectural details, columns and canales, Saints, angels and fountains Come from a small town In the Queretaro mountains Adjacent and a few kilometers away From the town of Pedro Escobedo, In a town named Escolasticas. John had gone […]
You just never know what you are going to find at the Tuesday market Which is also known as “the Placita” Formerly known as the ‘Tianguis” And still called that by some. Today I had a real nostalgia moment When I heard a sound That […]