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Even the dead will be quarantined due to Covid-19 and because of this, cemeteries will not have as many visitors as usual on Nov. 2, the Day of the Dead.

With emphasis on great food, low prices, and especially romance, Café Restaurant Mi Casa, Ancha de San Antonio 20, located on the grounds of the legendary Art & Language School, Instituto Allende, has reopened under new management. Seating will be situated around the main courtyard’s fountain. The restaurant will be presenting a new, revamped menu.

José Luna will turn 50 on Nov. 14. He is a carpenter by trade, and did community service in the municipal cemetery. On Aug. 9, Luna was at a bus stop in La Lomita neighborhood when a truck collided with the bus stop structure.

Last weekend the San Miguel Red Cross organized a grand auction of painting, sculpture, and crafts produced by natives and residents, to raise funds for equipment renewal and medical supplies for its 12 ambulances.

A series of seven wells to provide water to the upper and lower parts of San Miguel de Allende in the short term will be constructed on the banks of the Ignacio Allende dam. SAPASMA decided to build a tank with a capacity of 600 cubic meters

Under the October moon, crowned by fireworks, the city celebrated its designation by readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine as the “Best Small Town in the World to Travel.”

Many U.S. citizens in San Miguel de Allende have already voted in the general election. They have received their ballots and have sent them back to the U.S. via embassy mail pouch, email, and fax. But for those who have not yet voted, it still isn’t too late to try!

Our doors were closed for a lot longer than we ever imagined when the Covid-19 pandemic spread around the world. As an institution, we did our part in the overall effort to stem the spread of the virus in our community, while trying to maintain some form of normality within our walls.

The Guanajuato Department of Hygiene has an estimated 35,000 free influenza vaccinations available for San Miguel de Allende residents. Jorge Vidargas, director of Sanitary Jurisdiction II, said that the vaccinations would cost between 2,000 and 3,000 pesos each in a private clinic or pharmacy.

Guanajuato’s Secretary of Tourism, Juan José Álvarez, visited the city on Oct. 6 as part of a formal tourism reactivation event called “Guanajuato, Live Great Stories,” to deliver a metal structure he described as the state’s new tourism brand. This “is a whirlpool of colors, smells, flavors, culture, history, and tradition to the people,” he said, and represents the pride of being from Guanajuato.