San Luis Potosí

Once there lived a priest in San Luis Potosi, however, one day he decided to take a trip to an unknown destination to collect donations for the church. He was accompanied by two boys who he hired to help him around his house. When he returned he took a walk down an alley to his house where he was brutally murdered. The two teenage boys that the priest had been acquainted with were convicted of his murder and were hung by the neck. After their death, their hands were cut off and dangled on the wall

The summer rain of San Luis Potosí, México, made it almost impossible to go outside and enjoy the city without getting drenched, so Abuelito, Silence, and I together in one room, enjoying our second return to our hometown. He sat on his chair and I lay on the bed, calmly looking through the family albums. Bookshelves filled with books from my mother’s and uncles’ university courses and my Abuelita’s books from her teaching years covered one wall. It remained the same ever since we moved to the United

Almost everyone's role model is their mother, but all but for several different reasons. Many find their mother's compassion to be appealing. Others their mother's strength to be inspiring. Although mine encompasses those characteristics mentioned above, she’s much more than that. Much more than a kind, compassionate, strong, and helpful person; she’s all that - and more.With my mother’s stories I have grown to know her flaws; both physical and emotional. Born in a town I admire her originality

Beaten, broken down, ramshackle, and vandalized. This is what you see now, an insignificant piece of architecture. I see a home my family spent more than 60 years in. It became my sanctuary. My father’s childhood home in San Luis Potosi, Mexico helped me embrace my Mexican culture because it was where I first tried authentic Mexican food, met my ethnic family, and saw so much change in my family’s life. First, I remember the day I tried my aunt’s Mexican style rice, and I instantly fell in love

declared himself as the founder of that district still live there. The Otomi are the fifth largest indigenous group in Mexico. This district is in the eastern Mexico, it bordered by the districts of Tamaulipas to the north, Puebla to the southwest, San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo to the west, Tabasco to the southeast, and Oaxaca and Chiapas to the south. By looking at the map it can seem that is a very plain field. this district is on the coast so that make it very popular for tourist. Today, Veracruz is a

Cerro Alto is the name of both the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campground and the hike to one of the highest spots in San Luis Obispo County. This lovely, wooded campground is on Highway 41, in a shaded canyon, seven miles from Morro Bay. It is a place I have camped often when visiting the area. It has twenty-two sites, pit toilets and water. It is also scenic, green and quiet. The campground is at 1,000 feet, and Cerro Also Peak is 2,624 feet, a 1,600-foot climb, quite strenuous in places

Winding along Highway 41 bound West, I anticipate the crackling of the radio about to take place. As I approach the blind corner near the Cerro Alto National Park sign off to the left shoulder of the highway, the first crackling interludes my favorite station as if the radio is more of a popcorn machine than a wireless receiver. No more than a gentle pressure on the steering-wheel is necessary as I carefully glide my vehicle along the undulating roads toward my destination. Morro Bay, my favorite

of God in human life has been repeatedly questioned by many and various explanations have be offered. Thornton Wilder demonstrates his complex beliefs on God through the setting, characters, and the society as a whole in his novella The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The central plot of the story is based in Peru, where Wilder is able to communicate his message. Wilder has never been to Peru, however, he accurately portrays the country in his story creating a “solid, incandescent, distinct [setting]” (Wilson

In the town of Grover’s Corner Wisconsin, there lies a small farm town with all the small town aspects. The newspaper editor runs the newspaper from his own house as the doctor runs the clinic from his house. The small town being shown through the combination uses of one building, giving off the small town feel, “The town hall and post office combined; jail’s in the basement” (Wilder 4). The younger men have the jobs of delivering the milk and newspapers in the morning. “Joe Juniors getting up so

casino, hotel, and restaurant. This Calistoga hotel stands approximately midway between northern Napa Valley wineries and Lake County, and is located 15 minutes north of Calistoga, 20 minutes south of Clear Lake on Highway 29, and 90 miles north of San Francisco. Unlike the casinos in the Bay area and the hotels in the Bay area, this is "the only place to play and stay in Wine Country"[1] according to their official website. In fact, it's recognized as being the only wine-themed casino/hotel destination