Meet the Owner: Marc Lindskog – Casa de Mita (Punta de Mita)

 

 

Name: Marc Lindskog (can I say named after Chagall?)

Profession (previous to hotelier)  ARCHITECT, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND PROFESSIONAL DREAMER

A Favorite quote:  ”So much have my eyes gazed on beauty that my vision is alive with it …”

Origins:  Originally from the southern part of the US (South Carolina and Georgia) but most of my professional life was spent in the Pacific Northwest (Portland and Seattle) as well as Colorado

Please choose and answer five questions from the following…

How would you define a boutique hotel?  

A boutique hotel should be the interpretation of ”hospitality” as seen through the eyes of the individual(s) that created it.

What is the concept behind your hotel? Basically, I wanted to create a villa style location where someone could enjoy all of the luxury that a villa vacation would have without having to put together a group of friends to afford it. 

What life lessons did you learn opening/running your hotel?  Stay true to your vision, be open to suggestions and empower the people that work with you to do their very best to honor that vision while still allowing them to put their own individual ”touch” to it.

Describe the experience of your hotel in three words.  OVER THE TOP!

Why did you choose Mexico and/or why this specific destination?  I chose Mexico because of the Mexican people … and this particular location chose me.

What is your definition of service? Welcome home.

How are you involved with your local community?  I do all that I can to make sure that we are a good neighbor within our local communities … when at all possible, we buy local and we hire local.

What is the one local experience you would recommend to your guests.  Whale watching … hire a local licensed boat and captain and spend a couple of hours out on the ocean observing these magnificent creatures …

What is the best souvenir a guest can take home from a stay at your hotel/a visit to your destination. Memories.

Advice for anyone wanting to open/run a boutique hotel.  It’s a lifestyle, not a profession.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profession (previous or additional to hotelier):  Architect, General Contractor and Professional Dreamer

A Favorite quote:  ”So much have my eyes gazed on beauty that my vision is alive with it …”

Origins:  Originally from the southern part of the US (South Carolina and Georgia) but most of my professional life was spent in the Pacific Northwest (Portland and Seattle) as well as Colorado.

How would you define a boutique hotel?  

A boutique hotel should be the interpretation of ”hospitality” as seen through the eyes of the individual(s) that created it.

What is the concept behind your hotel?

Basically, I wanted to create a villa style location where someone could enjoy all of the luxury that a villa vacation would have without having to put together a group of friends to afford it. 

Mexico Boutique Hotels’ SHOPShot: La Boutique @ Las Alamandas

Glass and tin stands showcase beaded Huichol jewelry.

When owner Isabel Goldsmith-Patiño conceived of Las Alamandas, she wanted Mexico to permeate every corner of her exclusive retreat—its aromas, its colors, its ancestral and organic foods, its architecture and, of course, its magnificent landscapes. Visitors to this upscale Costalegre hotel will confirm that got her desire, even down to the objects in the hotel boutique.

Here, guests looking to shop the best of Mexico will find on exhibit a selection of handicrafts, paper products, artwork and jewelry culled from states such as Michoacán, Jalisco, Yucatán and Oaxaca. Think hand-carved wooden figures, exquisitely beaded in the Huichol tradition; papier maché creatures; and colorful embroidered pictures, hand sewn with over a million stitches…

This is Mexico shopping at its best—seasoned with a healthy dash of international souvenirs. Mixed in amongst the Mexican treasures, browsers will also find a variety of articles from such far flung places as Morocco, Brazil, France, India and more.

Brightly colored displays echo the shades of Mexico.

Santa Clara del Cobre – The Ultimate Copper Experience

Image from www.theartofmexico.com

Mexico City resident Joy Victory recently visited the artisan town of Santa Clara del Cobre (in the State of Michoacan) and wrote about it in a post called ‘Just call me a Copper Snob’.

Read here.

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Tequila Tales, by Peggy Sijswerda

 

Image provided by Mundo Cuervo

 

 

TEQUILA stars (Guadalajara and Villa Ganz as best supporting actors) in in this month’s edition of Ventana Monthly Magazine

Forget about shot glasses and margarita mix, fine tequila is a sipping spirit. Here, we travel to the source: the birthplace of Mexico’s national drink. By Peggy Sijswerda.

To read the full article, please click on the link below (I am experiencing a glitch and this will open another window that displays the same link. Please click there as well to open the PDF file)

Ventana Monthly Magazine – Tequila