Anyone and everyone. Some are art students in their 20s, others retirees well into their 70s. A number are recently divorced or widowed people in transition. San Miguel has a lively cocktail circuit. It also has a thriving A.A. chapter.
People promise to meet the same time next year and sometimes do.
Perhaps being simpatico comes naturally to a town steeped in colorful history and gracious tradition. A Franciscan friar, Juan de San Miguel, who named the town for his patron saint, established a tradition of artisanship and artistic sensitivity that's grown with the years. The city sits at an altitude of 6,500 feet surrounded by the majestic Sierra Madre, the mountains where silver was discovered early in the 17th century. It didn't take long for the silver barons to put up posh palaces. Many exist today.