While out running errands (dropping off Reddy's history notebook at school--he thanked me profusely; stopping by with a drawing and a deposit at Ramiro the Ironworker's shop; he's making a base for a huge mesquite slab I bought as a dining room table; leaving a sympathy card from Jenny Hensley for Antonieta at Warren Hardy School) I decided I was hungry. Happily I found myself at the San Juan de Dios Market. So I sat down at a stool and ordered a couple of tacos. Too many people would be turned off by this site. But you mustn't. You're missing out on the best food in Mexico at these places. 14 pesos later ($1.15) I was on my way home.
But the afternoon just got better. See below.
Janan and I had just been talking about joining Malanquin, the San Miguel country club. It was mostly in jest, but the thought of having a regular place to take the kids so that they could run around on green grass, swim in a warm pool, and maybe even take up tennis or golf (who am I kidding?) seemed very appealing. But then Janan had the great idea to head up the Salida a Querétaro to the El Molino Hotel. We'd heard you could swim there if you bought some food. We heard there was putt putt golf and some free bikes to ride around the grounds.
So Sam, Redd, Mason and I, plus the Macdonalds went up after school. Suffice to say we don't need to join a country club. Everything we needed was right there. OK, maybe not the snob factor--and the bikes were shot (the handle bars kind of fell off and turned the opposite direction of the wheel) but the warm was pool, and our helpful waiter brought us a great margarita, some dynamite guacamole and spaghetti bolognese that the kids raved about. And it's a whole lot cheaper. We now call it Molinquin. Get it, Malanquin y El Molino? Nice little play on words for the cheapskates.
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| Tom Macdonald, Janan Asfour and Will Mac |
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| The grounds of Molinquin |
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| Redding Hillers |
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The sun's going down, the air's getting cool, and Mason's still in the water. My super fish.
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| MASON HILLERS |
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| The namesake Molino (windmill) |
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| The ride home down Chorro towards Parque Juarez. |
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