October 26, 2021 - October 28, 2021
Yesterday’s rain stopped sometime during the night, and it was quite chilly on Tuesday morning. We had cereal and blueberries for breakfast. We have noticed that the fruit here is exceptionally good, especially the avocados.
It’s good to have goals in life. So our goal on Tuesday was to purchase some margarita glasses at the Mercado de Artisansia.
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| one of the streets we walked down on the way to the Artisans Market |
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| There are about four blocks of colorful shops lining each side of the walkway. |
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| The shops range from t-shirt and souvenir shops ... |
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| to colorful pottery shops... |
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| to hand tooled leather shops... |
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| to shops of culturally significant items... |
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| and fine silver jewelry shops. |
Unfortunately, the shop with the glassware was not open. I guess we will have to go back soon. I did purchase some sterling silver hoop earrings and a colorful shopping bag. Bob purchased a braided leather belt and a brightly colored ceramic outlet cover. We had lunch nearby at the Santa Anna Cafe located in the back of the library. We will definitely eat there again!
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| The cafe was in a lovely courtyard. |
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| What a beautifully presented Cobb salad. |
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| While we waited for our lunch we were treated to a mini concert when this musician stopped in to play the guitar and sing. |
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| On the way home Bob snapped this picture of me with my garish (Bob's description) new shopping bag. |
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| The charming little bar area at Hierba Santo. |
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| My lunch of Tacos Dorados which is chicken tacos with vegetables and broth. |
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| We put our new Margarita glasses to good use at happy hour. |
I took another long walk on Thursday morning before I started the laundry. That turned out to be a mistake as the maid comes on Thursday and she uses the washing machine to wash all of the sheets she changes out. It worked out though as I tried not to take up much hanging space so she could have room to hang the bedding. Our plans were to have lunch at a restaurant named Chill SMA which supposedly opened at 1:00 pm so we stopped by the cafe nearby to have a coffee and some fruit tarts before we did a little grocery shopping. Another gringo came into the cafe as we were finishing our coffee and we struck up a conversation. Low and behold he was a previous renter of our very apartment. He talked about his three years in SMA and gave us some tips as we related some of our adventures. It was fun making the connection and I’m sure we will see him around the neighborhood. After getting our groceries and wandering around the neighborhood we set out to find the restaurant. That turned out to be frustrating. After searching for awhile we located the restaurant by looking up and recognizing the restaurant from pictures on trip adviser. Unfortunately, it did not open until four so we went home and had some snacks while we waited for 4:00 pm.
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| We walked by another beautifully painted doorway. |
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| Another fascinating mural |
It turned out that the wait was worth it. The open air seating area on the second floor was delightful and the food was unique and tasty.
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| The open air sitting area of Chill SMA |
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| The view from the restaurant was great. |
My next blog will feature the Dia de los Muertos celebration in San Miguel.
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