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04/07/06 - San Miguel, MX (Photos) Leane comes to San Miguel - our second visitor in a month! |
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Our friend, Leane from San Francisco, arrived in San Miguel at the end of March to stay for a week, just one week after Scott’s parents’ departure. I guess you have to jump at the chance to visit people who are as on-the-go as Scott and Caroline! (Quick, they leave for Europe next week!) During Leane’s visit, we spent a relatively relaxed week enjoying the simple pleasures that San Miguel is famous for. Leane, an architect and amateur photographer enjoyed wandering the cobblestone streets taking photographs and stopping in the intriguing, arty shops, buying beautiful, authentic souvenirs. We also enjoyed strolling through the food and handicraft artisan markets (where Caroline had a banner shopping day!), sipping iced coffees (Leane loves her iced mochas!) and eating Mexican-style ice cream in the shade of the beautiful Bellas Artes art institute courtyard. Our day at the natural hot springs pool was fun too, climbing through the low, dark tunnel to get to the hot pools and then enjoying the sunshine and refreshing waters of the main pool. Lulled by the cool breezes and pleasant waters, Leane, unfortunately managed to get a nasty sunburn. Luckily, though, she remembered the sunscreen on our hike through the Botanical Gardens a few days later, which although dry, are lovely at this time of year, with an abundance of flowering cacti. At day's end, the beautiful sunsets we took in from our (absentee neighbor’s – shhh, don’t tell) roof top terrace were made all the more spectacular with the delicious bloody marys and white Russians Scott so expertly mixed. Mmmmm! Despite the short bout of touristas (aka Montezuma’s Revenge, which no one calls it down here, by the way) all three of us experienced on Friday (thanks a lot, Dominos Pizza!), it was a wonderful visit to be remembered for years to come. |
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| The Great Kitchen Remodel of 2006 Begins! (Not to be confused with the Great Kitchen Remodel of 2005 (PV) or the GKR of 2003 (SF).) | |
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03/25/06 - San Miguel, MX We embark on our 3rd kitchen remodel in 3 years...and this time we are prepared! |
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Our visit with Scott's parents ended last Monday with an enjoyable stroll around the charming town of Guanajuato before we dropped them off at the Leon airport Holiday Inn. During their week in San Miguel, while we were not busy entertaining them, we were busily planning the final details of our remodel and our European home exchanges this coming spring, summer and fall. Slowly, it dawned on us that if we were to complete our kitchen by July, when we expect a couple from Scotland to be using our house here, we had better get the show on the road. (Sorry to have to do this right before your visit, Leane!)
So, the morning after our 2-week visit with Scott's parents ended (this past Tuesday), the crew came in and started demolishing our kitchen. (Never a dull moment around here!) It's now Saturday. The kitchen is completely demolished, most of the concrete for the new wall (covering the old rock wall - good riddance!) is laid and the bulk of the electrical and plumbing work is done. So far, it's been going quite smoothly and according to plan (unlike PV). And we learned our lesson in San Francisco; this time we covered all of our furniture with huge sheets of plastic so that mostly only the floor gets dusty, which we mop every night. We have been living in our bedroom, where the refrigerator currently resides (how convenient!). It's like a dorm room - what fun! And it hasn't mattered much for Caroline since she's been in bed since Wednesday anyway after throwing out her back Tuesday night. One acupuncture treatment and one chiropractic adjustment from hell later, she is still in pain but possibly on the mend. At any rate, she has been enjoying her combo muscle relaxant/pain killers and sleeping like a baby to the sounds of chipping concrete...aaahhhh.
Our friend Leane arrives on Monday for a week-long visit, which we are looking forward to. Luckily, she will have her own apartment, conveniently located in our complex, and where I'm sure we will be joining her for a little relaxation (and kitchen use) during her visit. Can't wait to see you, Leane! |
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