San Miguel FAQ

Reminder, Monday March 18 is a paid holiday in Mexico for the birthday of Benito Juárez.

If an employee is required to work on one of the Official Government holidays, they receive regular payment for the day plus double time for hours worked. — Sonia Diaz

We had a small, enthusiastic turnout. We'll be doing this again, this Saturday. Drop in anytime between 9am and 11am to play or watch or talk about chess. All ages and skill levels, including total beginners, welcome! And Café Arab'ella has chess sets for use anytime they are open.

This looks like a great event for a great cause. I was wondering where this is happening. From the link in the post:

Instituto Allende Escuela de Arte y Espanol
Ancha de San Antonio 22

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Two points I should have made clearer.

1. 29 deaths from murder in 2018 is 29 too many.

2.Using the CDC statistics for the US population (so not entirely accurate, but reasonable for the sake of discussion) about 1000 people probably died in San Miguel in 2018. 29 of those deaths were from murder. What about the 971 other deaths?

I wasn't there but I understand that about 14 neighbors attended the first meeting. The primary topic of discussion was security. Next meeting is Thursday March 14 at 10 a.m.

Last updated: March 2, 2019.

Voting and comments are now closed. Congratulations to the S.P.A., winner of this month's contest and $15,000 pesos!

Sorry no. We are winding down this series of contests and no additional nominations are being accepted at this time.

Sorry, but we are winding down this series of contests and no additional nominations are being accepted at this time.

But feel free to post information advocating for or asking for donations or volunteers etc. for your group.

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Voting closes Saturday Jan 26 at 8am.

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I think posts of old events serve a purpose including being a place where people can post feedback or reviews of the event, ask about plans for the next one, etc.

Excellent question.

It "shows up" again because there was a comment made to it yesterday. New comments push posts to the top of the list and put them in the email digest.

Mexican wines featured at the new and very improved Grille Torres.

About three and a half years ago, I was shopping ..., a sign caught my eye, a classy looking sign, with the words Grille Torres.

The menu persuaded me to stay for lunch and I had some imaginatively-prepared shrimp as well as an exceptional piece of salmon.

I liked Grille Torres a lot. — Don Day

Read more at Don Day's Blog: Mexican wines featured at the new and very improved Grille Torres.

Everybody wins!

Congratulations to Caminos de Agua, Caminamos Juntos, EdCaminos,
Patronato Pro Niños, Audubon de México! and The Rug Hook Project, Las Rancheritas!

Every group now has five or more votes and has won $2,500 pesos!

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Two different neighbors asked me about this recently.

A Reverse Osmosis (RO) system is typically installed under the kitchen sink and has a separate faucet for your drinking water.

If you do not have an RO system you may have Arsenic or Fluoride in your tap water. As Caminos de Agua says: Since contamination levels are constantly changing in San Miguel, we at Caminos de Agua recommend that if you do not have a reverse osmosis treatment system, not to drink the tap water.

The filter canisters that are commonly installed here do not and a UV light filter does not remove Arsenic or Fluoride. They both are useful and serve a purpose but they do not remove Arsenic or Fluoride. A Brita type filter also does not.

To see a map of Fluoride / Arsenic levels for the SMA area see the map on the Caminos de Agua website (but the levels can and do change): https://caminosdeagua.org/en/water-quality-monitoring/.