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Where's home, anyway?

On June 1, 2017 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized27 Comments

After eleven years here, Mexico shouldbe home to us. But it's not that simple. In a recent post, fellow blogger Steve Cotton wondered if his house on Mexico's Pacific Coast was a "home" or merely a "house."For expats that's not a fatuous question. Stew and I vote in Chicago, our last foothold in the U.S.; have …

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Women tackle Trump

On January 23, 2017 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized13 Comments

Although living in Mexico we're about six hundred miles away from the nearest handful of American soil, distance didn't diminish the shock here of Donald Trump's election: A vulgar, vile and dishonest man had become president of our country, defying opinion polls and predictions. Just before the election, over dinner at the local Firenze Restaurant, …

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Escape from Gringo Gulch

On September 19, 2016 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized10 Comments

While a friend of ours and I had a French Dip sandwich at a new restaurant Friday, and Stew and another friend enjoyed a cheeseburger and steakburger, all with sides of crispy French Fries, a question popped in my head: Are we in Mexico? Neither the sandwiches nor the fries had anything to do with …

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

I'm a Cuban-American living with my husband of 53 years in a small ranch about five miles outside San Miguel de Allende. We retired here 20 years ago.

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