San Miguel Salon debut is all about the music

Published April 30, 2022

by Robert J. Hawkins

Went to Ben Gall’s first official San Miguel Salon on Sunday night at his home, Casa Sentosa de las Serpientes, in Colonia Lindavista. Ben has been building toward this day for many months.

Actually, for years when you consider that he designed and built his house so that he could hold intimate concerts in his courtyard. There is a raised patio that serves as a stage and seating for as many as 50 people in the courtyard and 20 more on the roof of his casita.

Ben and his wife, Margaret, like the idea of bringing friends and music together in a non-bar, non-commercial setting. Ben’s pretty adamant that the focus be on the music, not the too-loudly vocalized current medical condition of your pet lamborpoodle.

“The San Miguel Salon is a ‘listening room,’” writes Ben, “which means you should avoid loud conversations and frequent walking around while the musicians are playing.” If you really have to talk, Ben has made space for that inside his home.

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