I had spent some years in my late twenties living with my first wife and children throughout Mexico, Central America and Oaxaca's coastal regions. (In 1971 I had built a Palapa and dug a well while living in a small fishing village just west of Salina Cruz.) I returned to purchase this property in Puerto Angle by 1998 because of my love for Oaxaca's authenticity, the life-style it offers and especially because of the close friends (nearly family) that I had developed over my many years coming here as a visitor. I also knew that I would ultimately need to create a retreat where I could "go-to-ground" and find relief from an intense career in commercial mediation where I was delivering ADR services throughout the continental U.S. and Central America . I actually began building Casa Faro myself in the year 2000. Breaking ground, me and a local mason built the first floor, arched windows and door structures and then, in 2006, my youngest son. Pablo, returned to build the round brick tool warehouse, reinforce the 1st floor and add the second and third-floors, as well, terrace and plant the Garden (he and one other local co-worker also hand-terraced the entire northern portion of the property by dry-stacking 26 dump-truck loads of quarry-stone and then planting some 50 varieties of tropical fruit trees). All the masonry, patios, fine tropical hardwood doors and shutters, tables, cabinets, benches were hand-crafted with very basic tools by my son Pablo and his local co-worker colleagues. I have lived for extended periods in Casa Faro and in multiple years have used it as a base for flamenco performance tours throughout coastal Oaxaca, Oaxaca city and Mexico City. The house has both a serene meditative and celebratory quality that has been the residential inspiration for many poets, writers, painters, musicians, dancers, yoga practitioners, and healers. Because the architectural space is large and commodious, it is lends itself to diverse and simultaneous activities.