We often talk about our amazing & inspiring friend Charlie and his beautiful glassware we carry at the shop. We have known him for over twenty years and admire him greatly. When you buy his glassware you also support the amazing artisans that create them. Recently he sent us pictures of a table set for dinner so we wanted to share his beauty.
“The first is of an appetizer at a casual afternoon comida in San Miguel de Allende. The second is of the dessert. Both have the table landscape behind. I got so excited when the main course came that I forgot to take a Picture.
The bottom Picture is of me. In my forty five years before coming to San Miguel de Allende, I wore a tux once. San Miguel is not the laidback, casual town that I once knew.”
** Charles, 62, is pictured with Suerte (Luck), one of his rescue dogs, inside his home in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico’s Guanajuato state. Hall has had rescue dogs most of his life. He decided to adopt Suerte after he found her abandoned by her family at his vet’s office. In 2005, Hall and family members started Exportadora Camino Norte (ECN), the exclusive Mexico producer of products for his mother’s U.S. brand company, known for its handmade candles and intricately carved glass tableware and accessories that incorporate designs from across Mexico. The company is also known for its commitment to giving fulfilling jobs to disabled people, like Hall, who was born with multiple congenital disabilities, with no arms below the elbows, numerous facial anomalies (including some paralysis) and speech issues, a condition classified as Moebius Syndrome. At his birth, the doctors told his parents their newborn would not survive beyond a month, maybe two, because of his partial facial paralysis. As Charlie persevered, doctors cautioned that their son wouldn't walk or talk. Sixty-two years later, Hall has a story to tell that he hopes can resonate with everyone and help other people living with disabilities.
