flâneur

marketable uniqueness - by Spencer Chang

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I've been traveling a bit recently, a retreat for verses in Montreal for 2 weeks, a couple of weeks infected with COVID back in SF, home to Houston for family, and now I'm writing this from a stylish Airbnb in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It might just be that I caught the start of spring, but I've felt a tangible magic here strolling through neighborhoods lined with brownstones, working from hip cafes, and people watching on the subway.

I've been traveling a bit recently, a retreat for verses in Montreal for 2 weeks, a couple of weeks infected with COVID back in SF, home to Houston for family, and now I'm writing this from a stylish Airbnb in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It might just be that I caught the start of spring, but I've felt a tangible magic here strolling through neighborhoods lined with brownstones, working from hip cafes, and people watching on the subway. There's a sort of aliveness that permeates the city of New York. Sitting in cafes, there's so much life to bear witness to: friends meeting up to catch up, two…

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