A Ukrainian in San Miguel de Allende
The invasion of Ukraine by a Stalinist-styled demagogue is on everyone’s mind, with the looming threat of further destruction and the...
top of page
Search
Natalie Taylor
Mar 8, 20222 min read
RECIPE FOR CREAM OF CHICKEN FAT
Apothecary in the Museo Histórico de San Miguel I found this recipe, in Spanish, written by Maruja Gonzalez who still lives in San Miguel...
119 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Feb 21, 20225 min read
URBAN SLANG
CATFISH, AND HOGS, AND ELEPHANTS…OH MY! Over the past few months I’ve come across several articles with strange terms that have puzzled...
272 views1 comment
Natalie Taylor
Feb 7, 20224 min read
February 14
Hey sweet Valentine, how ‘bout some roast goat and a good whipping? We are all used to giving and getting chocolates, or red roses, or at...
103 views1 comment
Natalie Taylor
Jan 24, 20224 min read
THE MOSQUITO BITES OF SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
Recently I had a quintessential “San Miguel moment.” Sitting with friends for dinner at a restaurant, I spotted a lone woman at a table...
2,458 views1 comment
Natalie Taylor
Jan 10, 20224 min read
ON THE 52nd DAY OF CHRISTMAS part 2
PART II As we pick up from the previous post about Christmas celebrations in Mexico, we have not yet gotten to Christmas Eve. Here are...
91 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Dec 27, 20215 min read
ON THE 52nd DAY OF CHRISTMAS
PART 1 Natalie Taylor San Miguel de Allende has myriad festivals, celebrating something most every week if not every day of the year. So...
53 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Dec 14, 20213 min read
LIVING HISTORY: A centenarian in San Miguel de Allende
What would you say to someone born the year that WWI came to an end, the year the Spanish flu swept across the world?
280 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Gabby Petito and the culture of disciplining children
I don’t know Gabby Petito, nor her family background. All I know is that a beautiful young woman is dead, a lovely smile erased forever,...
35 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Mar 28, 20219 min read
LET’S ENJOY OUR XOCOLATL
On Valentines Day, aside from roses, the most popular gift is chocolate. This delicious, velvety substance is so commonplace we often...
67 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Living in an Upended World: Zoom Fatigue
Because of the pandemic lockdown, video calls have become more common than ever, but many are finding them exhausting. Zoom fatigue—the...
18 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Mar 26, 20212 min read
March 8, International Women’s Day: Tough Women Trough the Ages
Historically, women’s primary role has always been mother and keeper of the hearth. But evidence shows they have also been fierce...
8 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Feb 23, 20212 min read
Living in an Upended World: Good Things to Come
On January 1st we crumpled the last page of the 2020 calendar (those of us who still have paper calendars…); took a deep breath, and...
5 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Oct 20, 20202 min read
One hundred years apart
If anyone who had lived through the 1918 Spanish flu were alive today, they might recognize a lot of similarities with the the current...
33 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Sep 24, 20203 min read
Let the fresh air in!
Temperature monitoring, disinfectant gels, masks, sanitation crews wiping surfaces in public spaces, city portals with disinfectant...
17 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Sep 6, 20203 min read
How to deal with difficult translations
Interpretations By Natalie Pepa (Taylor) My friend David Cohen is visiting Buenos Aires from New York and I’ve invited him for lunch. He...
32 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Sep 6, 20201 min read
Tango Noticias
For about 8 years, from 1998 through 2006, I was a staff writer for a monthly newsletter-cum magazine, dealing with all things tango. It...
39 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Aug 31, 20202 min read
Is there a light at the end?
Is there a message for us in the gut-punch we received from Covid-19? Crises can present opportunities, and though nobody can foretell...
12 views0 comments
Natalie Taylor
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Medical Masks
Learning to Live in an Upended World: Medical Masks A 17th century plague doctor didn’t exactly inspire a sense of calm. He’d appear in a...
18 views0 comments
bottom of page