The very best restaurants in San Miguel de Allende.

The very best restaurants in San Miguel de Allende.

No, I’m not going to tell you which restaurants they are. You’re going to tell me. For it’s time again for the SMART awards, the annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA subscribers to share with me their very best favorite restaurants. The SMARTs were one of the many...
Five French and affordable wines. Here in San Miguel.

Five French and affordable wines. Here in San Miguel.

Back in the early seventies, I got a big job in a big city with a big company and some reasonably big bucks. But, in order to be successful, I had to make some unreasonably big changes in my life. I had to become something I’d never been before. I had to become...
Cafe 1910. Because it’s not always just about the food.

Cafe 1910. Because it’s not always just about the food.

There are fancy names that I’d prefer to be called. Like epicure or gourmand, connoisseur or bon vivant, even gastronaut. But usually I’m just called a foodie. And it’s true. I’m a glutton for absolutely any dish that’s different and delicious. And rarely go to what...
The greatest wine sale in history.

The greatest wine sale in history.

That’s right, in history. Well in my history anyway. And I’ve had a lot of history. It started with an email in Don Day’s Wife’s in-box: “Looks like Costco has a sale on wine and liquor. We’re getting low. Might be worth checking out.” “I will honey”, I mumbled and,...
Ring-a-ding-a-dingy. At Hank’s.

Ring-a-ding-a-dingy. At Hank’s.

I don’t like snails or toads or frogs Or strange things living under logs But, mmm mmm mmm, I love onions Dinner for two. For 100 pesos. Including tip. But, no, of course not including drinks. Don Day’s Wife and I have done it. A few times. It starts with the clocks...
Feels like home again. At Firenze.

Feels like home again. At Firenze.

I had no one to blame but myself. Oh sure, I could blame that mean and nasty Covid. But Covid hadn’t really been that nasty to me for over a year. I guess it was what’s been plaguing mankind since creation. That wanting to taste the latest instead of sticking to the...