Better buy Beano. Chili Cook-Off is back.

Better buy Beano. Chili Cook-Off is back.

It may have been the biggest social event in San Miguel history. Definitely the biggest I’ve ever been to. It began the first or second year I started spending my winters in San Miguel. And it just kept getting bigger. I couldn’t get an official number as...
Oooooooooeeeeeeeeeee! I’m a sommelier. I’m a sommelier.

Oooooooooeeeeeeeeeee! I’m a sommelier. I’m a sommelier.

“And what would you like to be when you grow up, Don Day? A doctor? A lawyer? An astronaut? A fireman?” “No teacher, I want to be a sommelier.” “But Donny, I think you have to be born in a country in Northeastern Africa to be one of...
Catching a little swine fever at Pork Belly.

Catching a little swine fever at Pork Belly.

I had lunch with Bonnie Boden last week. Bonnie is my female friend of longest standing. So she’s obviously a woman with an enormously high tolerance level. Except when it comes to food. There she can be a little picky. And I will never forget the first time I...
Four bargain bottles of red. All for under a sawbuck.

Four bargain bottles of red. All for under a sawbuck.

Yes, I’m cheap when it comes to wine. Very cheap. Because quite a few years before I discovered wine I discovered, thanks to grade two arithmetic, that you could have two $10 bottles for the same price as one $20 bottle. Good $10 (U.S.) bottles of wine are...
Mi Casa es tu casa for some magical music in San Miguel.

Mi Casa es tu casa for some magical music in San Miguel.

We took the bus down to Centro last night. If you take San Miguel buses, you’ll know that often they come complete with a little showbiz, usually a guy and a guitar who, as the bus rocks and rolls over the cobblestones, finds it more difficult to stay on his...