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This room just has light

There’s a certain kind of quiet that only shows up when light does the talking. The front room of my apartment has always been like that—patient, observant, never demanding attention, yet impossible to ignore once you notice it.

The light comes in gently, filtered through old curtains and city air, landing on plants, books, and unfinished thoughts. It doesn’t rush. It lingers. It makes the ordinary feel intentional.

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Club Coffee Break

There’s a particular calm that settles in when you give yourself permission to pause.

Club Coffee Break wasn’t loud or rushed. It was the soft scrape of a chair, the steady cool of a marble tabletop, and the warm, textured weight of brick walls holding the room in place. A simple moment: sleeves rolled down, hands around a clear cup, ice shifting quietly as the straw leans off-center—like the day tilting into something gentler.

I like spaces like this because they feel lived alongside you. Not staged, not sterile. Just steady. The kind of corner where you can watch your thoughts move without needing to chase them. You sit for a minute and notice the small mechanics of being human: the way you grip the cup when you’re thinking, the way light lands on a patterned shirt, the way a break can feel like a reset.

Coffee, especially in the middle of an ordinary day, becomes less about caffeine and more about marking time. A small ritual that says: I’m here, and this is enough for now.

If you’ve been moving too fast lately, consider this your reminder to stop somewhere quiet, let the ice melt, and let the world keep spinning without you for a moment.

So Club – So Monaco

So Club – So Monaco feels like the kind of phrase you say to yourself when the day is bright but you’re moving through it with a quieter intention. A white ruffle-hem blouse, dark flared jeans, a structured tote swinging low at your side—simple pieces, but arranged like a small declaration.

The street is all cobblestone and practical noise: traffic rolling past, a big truck idling, the city doing what it does without waiting for you. And still, the outfit holds its own. The blouse has that soft architecture that makes movement look deliberate. The dark denim grounds everything, steady and clean, and the bag adds a little weight—like you’re carrying more than just the essentials.

There’s something I love about this kind of look because it lives alongside the day rather than performing for it. It’s polished, but not precious. Comfortable, but not careless. The kind of uniform you could wear from morning errands into an evening plan without changing your mind or your shoes.

If style can be a mood, this is one of those in-between moods: city air, sun on your face, and a small sense that you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be—walking forward, unhurried, letting the street keep humming around you.

Rainy Day in Chelsea NYC

| #nyc #chelsea #rainydays
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| I love when it rains in the city, but not the kind of rain you might be thinking about. The rain has to have character and the temperature needs to be right for a true Rainy Day. The best rain washes the city anew and gives it a slight sparkle. Rain in NYC also gives you that rare chance to wear a coat, nice boots, and carry a stylish umbrella. There is this understood notion in the city, that you always have to appear as if you put thought into what you do and how you present yourself. The best chance to show off your NYC charm/style is on a rainy day.
 

Rainy Day Look

  • Umbrella: Lockwood
  • Boots: Cole Hann
  • Coat: Diesel
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Happy Fall from Club Monaco Marketing Team

| #feelingfall #fall #October
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| Extremely lucky to have such a great team of marketing experts at Club Monaco. Through our normal day-to-day discussions we found the group has a mutual love of the fall season. I decided to orgainize a “Welcome Fall” day on the first Monday of the month and here is what we ended up with.
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My Senior Track & Field Photo 2006

I found My Senior Track & Field Photo 2006 again, and it hit me the way old places do—quietly at first, then all at once.

In the picture I’m standing at the edge of the track in a school singlet, the infield behind me and the day stretched out like it had nowhere else to be. It’s a simple moment: a posed smile, tired arms, the kind of spring air you can almost feel through the pixels. But the longer I look, the more I can hear it—the distant voices, the hollow announcement over a speaker, the steady rhythm of footsteps that always seemed to be coming from somewhere.

What I remember most about that season isn’t one race or one finish line. It’s the repetition that shaped everything: showing up, warming up, doing the work, and going home a little more worn-in than before. Back then, time felt endless, like laps you could keep adding without consequence. Now it feels more like a loop you return to, surprised by what’s still waiting there.

A photo like this isn’t just proof that it happened. It’s a small artifact of a version of life that kept moving forward without knowing it was already becoming memory.

Team Mystic Leader at Mystic Connecticut Drawbridge Gym

Mystic is the kind of place that feels like it has always been here—salt in the air, boats nudging at their lines, and the drawbridge lifting with a slow, practical confidence. Standing there with my phone in hand, it was easy to imagine two worlds pressing up against each other: the everyday river traffic below and the bright, weightless layer of Pokémon GO hovering over it.

The gym on the screen read “Mystic River Drawbridge Gym level 2,” and there was Snorlax—solid and unbothered, a calm monument planted right in the middle of the moment. Our Team Mystic leader avatar stood nearby like a quiet sentry. The numbers and bars made it feel like a scoreboard, but the scene behind it was something older: steel, water, and the simple ritual of waiting for the bridge to move.

I like how these little stops in a game can turn into a pause you didn’t plan on taking. You look up. You notice the sky. You listen. The town doesn’t change, but your attention does.

Team Mystic Leader at Mystic Connecticut Drawbridge Gym, framed by the river and the lift of the bridge, felt less like a conquest and more like a postcard—proof that even a quick visit can leave a small imprint if you’re paying attention.

Ending the week of Watermelon at Rosie’s

| #margarita #eastvillage #sundayfunday @Rosiesnyc
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|Ending the week with a Watermelon Margarita at Rosie’s. National Watermelon day was this week and after surprising my coworkers with Yellow Watermelon I decided to end the week with sometime more traditional.

The food at Rosie’s was good, the atmosphere was cute, the patio was great, and the margarita was amazing. Overall the perfect Sunday Brunch day with Rolando!

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Brown Butter Cod from Blue Apron

| #cooking #934 #nyc @blueapron
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| Another Blue Apron meal and I am starting to see some repetition.I am almost positive there is some research behind what ingredients are available, costing factors into bulk purchasing from vendors, and generally what customers prefer but a vast majority of the fish dishes include Cod. I do not want that to come off as a criticism but more of an observation. That being said, this was a very tasty dish and I now have have knowledge to make a brown butter sauce.
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Supper Squad at Vic’s

Tonight the Supper Squad has gathered at Vik’s Noho.
| So here is the rundown – we tried several of the apps (4), 2 pastas and a pizza. The carrots were to die for, a vegetarian dream, but my favorite was the Borsa “Little Purse” pasta stuffed with ricotta, hazelnut, and lemon sauce. They also had a very nice wine selection. I would recommend sitting at the back of the restaurant near the kitchen as there is a glass skylight area that is nice and bright.
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