The Master

Here's a picture of Luis and I waiting for our flight back to Mexico. This guy is the inivator. He's been hammering out copper since he was 5 years old. That's 45 years of experience. He has brought Mexican Copper work to a new level. He's business minded as well and runs a tight operation. Luis and I go back 7 years. I remember when he was sleeping on pallets above his dirt floor work area. It's amazing to see someone so talented get to really make it. Sitting in the airport I remembered when Antonina and I were driving to the shop once a month to pick and pack orders. Back then I did all the packing with little help. It would take us 2 to 3 days to get all the order together. While there it Margarita and Luis were always so kind lending us thier bedroom, feeding us breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'll never forget sitting around the large rectangle table in the kitchen for comida. It was a real honor to be let into their family.
Luis was so relaxed at the airport. Always with a smile. It reminded me why we got into this buisness in the first place. Tonina and I loved to find great product produced by true craftsman. So Much has changed. I'm rarely in the factory anymore and Luis hasn't hammered in a while. I guess that's progress. I can't remember the last time I even packed a sink. It's not bad in fact not having to load a trailer or make the midnight run to the border is a relief. I've had stitches in my nose when a crate fell on my face and ran my 1 ton van into a wall in the Saltillo canyon totaling the van. Some how I still managed to get the order up to the border. Change. It's been satisfing seeing Luis be able to come to Chicago and visit all his clients at the show. While at the airport he spoke of coming to San Miguel and coming to Los Cabos. He seemed excitied about traveling and experiencing new things. I'm excitied for him.
I can't wait to show him around Los Cabos and San Miguel!

TARGET is a must stop while in the USA

Okay I´m not the only one who believes that while in the states a Target stop is a must! Here´s Ann Dolan from San Miguel de Allende. We ran into each other while at the downtown Target in Chicago! If you live in the states full time you can´t fully apreciate why someone visiting Chicago would go shopping at Target http://www.target.com/ The only draw back was figuring out how to fit my purchases into my luggage.

Kevin was really excited to see the carts ride down the escalator! Sometimes it´s the little things. Later that night I over heard Tonya talking to her son and explaining how the escalator cart worked. Just don´t try to make it to the street with a cart. there´s some kind of magic force field that blocks the wheels of the cart from going up to the door. Kevin was pushing and pushing and almost made it to the door before giving up.

Cold Chicago

COLD. In one word that´s how I´d describe Chicago.

It rained every day I was there except on Monday the day I flew out. I don´t know how those guys in Chicago do it. I spoke with some locals and they said I must be suffering coming up from Mexico. Of course I said yes and asked how they deal with it? The husband immediately asnwered ,¨we stay in doors and have lots of sex¨. I guess that´s the plus side to living in cold weather.