Ancient Modernity in San Miguel De Allende This morning the air seemed to be full of a palpable energy. Leaving my house to go on my morning run I noticed that my next store neighbors already had a small feast of tortillas, eggs and some agua fresca neatly set up on a small, temporary table like the kind used in my grammar school. I noticed immediately that there were very few cars on the street, and in their place groups of people scurried through the narrow cobblestone streets on unknown errands. Some were neatly dressed in what was obviously their best clothes, others seemed to be running to the store for a loaf of bread, a little coffee, or some pon dulce. It seemed that everyone in some way was preparing for the day, the festival
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