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How many artists are too many?
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How many artists are too many?

Carlos Caban visited San Miguel in 1995, and his work was well received here. Soon he began teaching art at Instituto Allende. Here, one afternoon he ran into a woman who caught his eye.

A Telephone Book Analogy
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A Telephone Book Analogy

This column was originally published on May 11, 2007, and only slightly updated it explains the worldwide outage of Facebook, Whatsapp, and Instagram that occurred on October 4, 2021.

A sprinkling of magic dust
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A sprinkling of magic dust

By Natalie Taylor   In 1995, after reading about San Miguel de Allende, Stan Levenson told his wife Carole that they ought to try vacationing there. She wouldn’t hear of it. “We live in a small town in the Catskills in New York,” she said, “why would we want to go to a small mountain...

Cybersquatting
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Cybersquatting

One of my clients emailed me complaining that her internet was not working. She was probably discomfited to learn that the problem was that she had simply mistyped the name of The New York Times website. In doing so, she stumbled upon a case of cybersquatting I had not previously known about.

Adopting a Cat or Dog Is Just a Click Away
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Adopting a Cat or Dog Is Just a Click Away

By Megan Gabel   For those of you who love animals, but can’t adopt or are deterred about venturing out to the SPA by a little thing called a “pandemic,” how about becoming a virtual pet owner? The Adopt Me pages on our website (www.spasanmiguel.org/) give you the opportunity to take certain cats like Vanderbilt...

Hay Festival Querétaro
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Hay Festival Querétaro

Originally founded in Hay in Wales, this festival is widely known by its celebrated guests, this Querétaro 2021 edition in September reunited around 170 guests of 19 countries.