Don Day loves dessert. But Don Day doesn’t love Mexican dessert. At least most of the time. For even though Mexican cuisine is absolutely, definitely one of the world’s finest cuisines, there is a real weakness when it comes to the finishing touch for...
“Steak is my favorite animal.” Fran Lebowitz said that. Don Day wishes he had said that. Not just because Don Day thinks it was a very witty thing to say. But because Don Day thinks a lot of people’s favorite animal is steak. And Don Day knows a lot...
I must admit I had preconceived notions about Olivo Verde. And a little tale might explain why. It goes back about 25 years. I was doing the daily discussion of the night before with my number one art director Melanie. Much to my amazement she told me that she had...
To Don Day, birria was always something to get really excited about. Because birria was one of those Mexican dishes that Don Day had never tried. Ever in his life. As Don Day moves from the bottomless bucket list to the little pail used for sand at the beach list, it...
This blog was written a few weeks ago. It was when Don Day’s friend Lil was visiting San Miguel and had just returned from La Europea, the town’s best wine store. It was there that a very knowledgable sounding customer recommended Montevina to her as...
Don Day thanks Mike MacLaverty and Marshall Postnikoff for some of the photos in today’s blog. I think it’s safe to already call it a tradition. It’s the one day a year that a dozen overgrown men sit around and get too much sun, drink to much beer...
In today’s post, Don Day welcomes a guest blogger, his amigo of 50+ years, Pedrito Ross. Pedrito’s now watching time go by again in San Miguel de Allende after a long absence and, like Don Day, Pedrito has always been an aspiring writer who never quite...
Almost every country has them. They’re just a pastry that’s folded in half with a filling inside. In India they’re called samosas. In Italy, they’re calzones. In Scotland, bridies. In Bolivia, saltenas. In the Dominion Republic, pastelitos. In...
Don Day gets emails. Not a lot of emails. Just one, maybe two emails whenever he puts something new on his blog. Except when Don Day writes about pizza. Then, Don Day gets quite a few emails. Pizza restaurants are like sports teams. Almost everyone has a favorite....
Don Day’s Wife has been called a lot of names. She’s sometimes called My Sharona like the woman in the song by The Knack. She’s sometimes known as Imelda due to a certain passion for footwear. She’s sometimes called Grammie after a character in Annie Hall. She’s...
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