New Glasses

When you walk down Madero, the pedestrian street in the heart of the Historic Center, you are always approached by touts trying to get you to patronize their tattoo parlor or piercing studio.  Even more ubiquitous are the people shouting "Lentes.  Lentes en una hora." (Glasses.  Glasses in an hour!)  Of course if you need bifocals, progressive lenses or photosensitive lenses it will likely take a week rather than an hour.

It is amazing how many opticians are located along Madero Street.  Take this multi-story building, for example.  Every floor above the ground floor is nothing but "ópticas" and labs where prescription lenses are made.

On the fourth floor is "Miranda Optica", an optician where Alejandro and his family have purchased glasses.

Several years ago, before I had made the final move to Mexico, I decided to get new glasses while I was in Mexico on a trip.  I brought the prescription from my ophthalmologist in Ohio, and Alejandro took me to "Miranda".  I picked out new frames, and in about a week I had my new glasses.

That was about four years ago.  My glasses are still good.  My vision has remained pretty stable, and I can read all but the smallest line on the eye chart when I visit my ophthalmologist here.  However, the lenses are scratched to the point where it is sometimes a nuisance.  I decided it was time for new glasses.

Last Saturday, we went back to "Miranda".  The lady who tested my vision said that it had changed very little.  But she said that with the new glasses I should be able to read even the smallest line on the chart.  I picked out the frames and was told that they would be ready in about a week.  So any day I should get a call from the optician.

And no, this is not a paid advertisement for "Miranda Optica".