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    "title": "First Full Day in San Miguel",
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    "created": "2010-03-21 03:39:01 UTC",
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    "html": "<p>I'm on vacation in San Miguel de Allende from 19 Mar to 19 Apr.  What with the conference trip to Canada a couple of weeks ago, this looks a lot like \"NAFTA Tour 2010\". ;-)</p>\n<p>My good friend <a href=\"http://wine-by-benito.blogspot.com/\">Ben Carter</a> is watching the house and my girls while I'm away. I see he's gotten a <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=842246&amp;id=1554495484\">Facebook post</a> out of it already.  Have an extra glass for me, pal.</p>\n<p>I arrived yesterday; the flight was uneventful, but I've been fighting off either a cold or spring allergies, and the sniffles/stuffiness/redeye became unbearable the moment the hatch opened at MEX.  The poor folks in the cab with me from MEX to SMA had to deal with my nose-blowing and eye-wiping for four hours.  (Sorry, folks.)  But today things are much better.</p>\n<p>Last night I went out for dinner with Frank Gardner, his lovely wife Julissa, and their adorable daughter Erin.  Frank's an artist of no small renown; you can see some of his work <a href=\"http://www.frankgardner.com/paintings.html\">here</a>.  I capped off the evening with some Nyquil-D.</p>\n<p>This morning was breakfast by the Jardin, a whole day of sleep, and a big comida at La Terrazza.  I just now got back from the Mega (think \"Wal-Mart\") with all my breakfast fixings, so I can eat first thing every morning instead of having to shower and dress and walk to a restaurant each day.  (This is part of my OCD; that, and it's cheaper. ;-)</p>\n<p>I'm staying at my friend <a href=\"http://agentile.com/\">Anthony Gentile</a>'s place until he returns. When he does, I'm going to find a place of my own for the remaining three weeks.</p>\n<p>I have no special plans; I just want to \"be\" here, not \"do stuff\" here.  Even so, I'm no good if I don't have work of some sort, so I expect I'll be doing some Solar stuff (like documentation) off and on.</p>\n<p>And now, up to the open-air terrace to finish the day with some Jameson's Irish Whiskey, and maybe a read a bit, then sleep.</p>\n"
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