San Miguel de Allende, The Week in SMA

San Miguel events, July 28-August 3: While I hike, you play (updated)

Sometimes, the best thing you can do is just get out and take a hike. Especially now, while the rains have turned the region into an emerald dreamscape. Sure, the roads and trails can be a bit muddy (OK, a lot in some places). These photos, taken on Saturday, were from a walk near the north end of Pressa Allende.

There is a photo below of the extraordinary power of the Obraje stream as it courses and tumbles through the canyon in El Charco del Ingenio, the botanical gardens. See it before the rains slow down and it returns to a trickle!

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San Miguel de Allende, The Week in SMA, Writings

This week in SMA: World-class bicycle races, concerts, jazz, International Women’s Day — and two Leonards to speak of!

Man, I’m exhausted just thinking about what’s ahead this week (March 3-9). As always, these are just some highlights. There are dozens of weekly shows by our own world-class musicians, performers, writers, painters, and the like.

To find out WHAT ELSE is going on, as usual, I recommend the Big 3:

DiscoverSMA: https://discoversma.com/events/events/

Lokkal Events: https://www.lokkal.com/

San Miguel Live: https://sanmiguellive.com/events/

Feel free to share this with your friends. Pick a night. Go out together. Have fun. Get out of my hair. Without further ado, let’s dig in. We’ve got some booking to do. (Click on any image to enlarge it.)

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