From watching my 🗽Knicks uptown, to martinis in Brooklyn, to the first @eterno.festival en San Carlos 🇲🇽 // I’m truly grateful for the space and energy shared with everyone. Major congrats and thank you for such an epic first event! From the lighting to the stage builds to the production crew hosts and talent relations, so many amazing humans made something special happen. I’m truly inspired and in awe of all of you. Big hugs ❤️🔥
Santa Rita Proyecto en Rio Piedras, San Juan Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
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Back story. My mother survived #HurricaneMaria and the #pandemic helping the community in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. It’s a small university town filled with artists, students, professionals and young entrepreneurs. It has a young raw artistic vibrant energy that I fell in love with as my mother grew closer to the community.
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The aftermath of two natural disasters to an island that has been historically ignored by the US government and left to fend for itself was difficult to watch but worse for my mother to live through. I always questioned why she chose to stay in a place so difficult to survive in. But if you know her, you know @proyecto_memoria_historica es Boricua to the core, tougher than nails and deeply connected to her island’s people, culture and history.
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#SantaRita is a neighborhood within #RioPiedras, #SanJuan, that used to be a thriving upperclass area. Huge beautiful homes built by famous architects are scattered throughout the neighborhood but the disasters took an apocalyptic toll to this once prestigious area. However the resilience of a community surviving deep trauma together can result in pure magic, casting an unseen light within us allowing everything and everyone to heal✨
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Amidst the pandemic, my mother found a historical building and purchased an apartment within it. It’s a beautiful colonial multi-family Spanish villa that was once a dormitory for girls. With 14’ tall ceilings, arched hallways, cast iron entrances, tons of natural light, vintage tiling from the 40’s and antique sinks it was hard not to fall in love with its storybook class and charm. The neighborhood, building, and community instantly presented us with a purpose: to help Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico thrive again.
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Almost 3 years after purchasing the last vacant apartment, this historical building es VIVO! But with the romance also came enemies, and after almost 20 court cases the last apartment remodel is finished and I’ve taken on the building’s accounting to help maintain its historical structure. I truly believe within 3 years it will be one of the most beautiful buildings in all of Puerto Rico🇵🇷✊🏽❤️
A couple of lives lived this winter, spring and summer. Found new deep connections, took a few magic carpet rides, met some amazing people, shook hands with a few idols, helped launch Music on VisionPro, ahora soy el Tesorero de la Junta, kicked off @freequencyla with some friends, became an uncle (again) and dealt with loss. Tons of growth. Grateful. Hyped for more…
📸 🤍 Portugal :: 1. Hazul Street Mural (Porto, Portugal) 2. Morning Kiss at Café Janis (Lisbon, Portugal) 3. Sunset Skyline (Porto, Portugal) 4. My Coffee Porto (Porto, Portugal) 5. Table View at My Coffee Porto (Porto, Portugal) 6. Clock Tower Apartment (Lisbon, Portugal) 7. Douro River from Apartment (Porto, Portugal) 8. Sala das Assembleias Gerais (General Assembly Hall) at Palácio da Bolsa (Porto, Portugal) 9. Salão Árabe (Arab Room) at Palácio da Bolsa (Porto, Portugal) 10. Pátio das Nações (Nations’ Courtyard) at Palácio da Bolsa (Porto, Portugal)
