Growin' Love: San Miguel

We went across the street from our house to the Art Center this morning, it's basically a school for the many different arts such as ceramics, weaving, painting, piano, guitar, etc. Gorgeous architecture and murals, the pics don't do it justice. Damon and I had fun with our own photo shoot, in a hallway where the lighting was just right. :) Later on that day we went to a "real" Mexican town, Dolores Hildalgo, about thirty miles north of San Miguel. Dolores has one big church and while there we witnessed at least four different wedding partys come and go. Turns out this is pretty typical on a Saturday for them, beautiful dresses, and great mariachi music. We ate a sack lunch in the Jardin across from the church and walked through the market district of Dolores, wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables, soup and beverage vendors of all kinds. And outside in a smaller garden at least five differently dressed mariachi bands hung out and awaited their turn with a wedding party. After a short run in with a road side donkey we were on our way back to San Miguel. In the evening, we caught an amazing show at the Theater, basically a smaller version of Cirque de Soliel (sp?) We were right in the front row, and sat next to a man whose wife puts on the whole production. He said that this is her hobby, they are full time sculptors by trade. During acts, a clown would come out and perform different tricks. At one piont he pulled Damon and three other men up on stage. He had them do exercises with balloons and then blow them up. After that he had the four of them sit on stools in a way where they were leaning back on each other. He then pulled the stools out from under them, it was a great balancing act. Damon should definately go into show business, he was a natural! After the show, we went to Romanos for dinner. We sat out on a rooftop terrace that was filled with many gringos from Canada & America. Without even really noticing, the whole terrace cleared out, and Damon and I had a romantic dinner with the whole terrace to ourselves. Damon leaned over to kiss me and there were fireworks. Literally! A whole show that went onfor about fifteen minutes. Another magical moment in San Miguel!