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The Molcajete

The Molcajete

Not much I can say that the video doesn’t convey. The Molcajete meal at Ten Ten Pie – the bubbling one pot meal which is as good as it looks!  A combination of arrachera, chorizo, fried panela, grilled nopales, green onions, avocado and cilantro in […]

Virgen de Guadalupe Novenas

Virgen de Guadalupe Novenas

Last night was the 6th Novena for the Guadalupe in our neighborhood. Each day more people come and live music arrived on the fourth Novena. Don’t let the peacefulness of it fool you or make you nostalgic for simpler times because once it got started, […]

Dia de los Muertos 2000, 2012 & 2013

Dia de los Muertos 2000, 2012 & 2013

A slideshow of altars, celebrations and the cemetery in 2000, 2012 and 2013

The Blessing of San Miguel

The Blessing of San Miguel

Pilgrimage of San Miguel to the Parroquia to be blessed for the upcoming town celebration – The Festival of San Miguel 2011 Blessing of San Miguel from Suzanne da Rosa on Vimeo. This Weekend’s Festivities:

Museo Antropologia

Museo Antropologia

Mexico City, the museum of anthropology. There’s more than I can write pecking a letter at a time on my iPhone so here’s some photos until I can get to my computer

Locos Parade 2011

Locos Parade 2011

Every June in San Miguel de Allende, they celebrate the feast day of San Antonio de Padua with first, Rockets beginning at about 4am, followed by religious processions and masses and a full size carnival with lots of kiddie rides, ending a week later with […]

Living in the Neighborhoods

Living in the Neighborhoods

I won’t say that wonderful events don’t happen downtown, because they do. But when things happen out in the neighborhoods they have a character all their own, an organic feel to them – like everyone just chipped in whatever they had that day and said […]

Semana Santa Processions

Semana Santa Processions

Photos from the stations of the cross processions and Good Friday’s  Santo Encuentro procession. Photos from the stations of the cross processions and Good Friday’s  Santo Encuentro procession.    

Palm Sunday, 2011

Palm Sunday, 2011

For starters, a few photos.. more to come

Viernes de Dolores

Viernes de Dolores

Viernes de Dolores, Friday of sorrows, the day that altars are built to honor Mary’s pain. Our neighbor constructed this beautiful altar this morning and is serving drinks and snacks to everyone who comes by today to visit.

Pilgrimage from Atotonilco to San Miguel

Pilgrimage from Atotonilco to San Miguel

Two sunday’s before Easter, Sr. de la Columna, the Virgin of Dolores and San Juan are removed from their places in the santuario, wrapped in silk scarves, covered, then carried in an all night pilgrimage to San Miguel for the upcoming Semana Santa celebrations and […]

Follow up to Virgin of Guadalupe

Follow up to Virgin of Guadalupe

Slow but sure, I am catching up on my video footage.  December 12, the celebration for the Virgen de Guadalupe.  The celebrations started a few blocks down from our house where several new altars were built this year and a pilgrimage began on foot and […]

Tin Candle Boats

Tin Candle Boats

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. […]

Virgin of Guadalupe

Virgin of Guadalupe

Today is the Virgin of Guadalupe’s day. December 12th. Last night, two streets down, our neighbors held the last novena for the Guadalupe and sang songs to her from 7PM until… well, they are still singing.  I awoke several times during the night to the […]

Dia de los Muertos 2010

Dia de los Muertos 2010

Dia de los Muertos. Go HERE to view the entire slideshow on our old blog.

Hermanos Aguascalientes

Hermanos Aguascalientes

For the 33rd consecutive year, Hermanos Aguascalientes performed a concert to a standing room only audience in the Jardin. They were playing something like Stranger in the Night when we arrived. We rolled our eyes, the look that says if there’s one more like this […]

Mexican Independence In 2 Minutes

Mexican Independence In 2 Minutes

The Independence of Mexico, starring: Ignacio Allende Padre Miguel Hidalgo Dona Josefa Ortiz Juan Aldama Ignacio Perez on his horse The people of Mexico. Independencia in 2 Minutes from Suzanne da Rosa on Vimeo. For those of you who do not understand Spanish it goes […]

Encarnación

Encarnación

If you haven’t gone out to Mineral de Pozos to see Kate McKenna’s second show, Encarnación, at Galeria 6, it has been extended until the end of October. Besides being a wonderful show, Mineral de Pozos is a great place to visit for the day […]

More Celebrations

More Celebrations

Last weekend, in an overnight to the city of Guanajuato, the neighborhood behind our hotel was having their saints day celebration.  Mid-afternoon, a procession which was headed for the church passed by the restaurant we were having lunch at, blasting off loud rockets to a […]

Celebrations

Celebrations

Thursday was the 49th anniversary of Radio San Miguel and also the 35th anniversary of the Casa de la Cultura in San Miguel.  Besides video of Chilo Botes, tin artisan,  singing at the radio station, (video to come) there was folklorico dancing in the Jardin […]

Tin Workers

Tin Workers

Over the years of exporting Mexican Artesania, I have continually been drawn back to the tin artisans who reside not only in San Miguel de Allende, but in Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Celaya, Mexico City. The malleable quality of tin (hojolata) copper (cobre) and brass (laton) they […]

You’re Kidding, Right?

You’re Kidding, Right?

This morning, There’s a long knock on the door Followed by three long rings of the doorbell. By now, I know that’s not the sound of my neighbors calling. I go to the upstairs window and see this guy And another dressed just like him cross […]

Let the Independence Begin!

Let the Independence Begin!

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 […]

Corpus Christi 2010

Corpus Christi 2010

In last month’s Corpus Christi procession, Elvia’s son Beto was invited by personal invitation to carry the flowered litter, holding the chalice, in the procession. This is a big honor to anyone, and especially for a devout 18 year old young man. Early in the […]

Street Musicians (2)

Street Musicians (2)

Back on the subject of street musicians, The city of Guanajuato has a wonderful minstrels Who pass the day serenading those in outdoor cafes, Singing while you sit in the shade having a cool drink. He’s my favorite – maybe it’s the blue guitar, Or […]