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The Chairs

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October-2015 I remember this day so easily. We bought these chairs on Craigslist that morning. Initially we were in a pick-up truck when we left to go get them. We were on the Turnpike and crossing that bridge that leads you to Jersey City when the pickup breaks down right in the middle of the bridge.   I started to panic a bit because there was no shoulder.  The only thing I remember is me looking at the him and saying "We need to get out of this car and run to safety." I just had this bad feeling about staying in the car. What if a n 18 wheeler came at full speed and didn't have enough time to brake? There was no shoulder for us to direct traffic either. We ended up walking to this little diner off the nearest exit and calling the police and a friend to come pick us up. We were having a horrible 24 hours. We were opening the restaurant in about a week. The night before we were in the restaurant trying to get the POS system to work. I was on the phone wit

The plants..

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Nyc - 2014 This is where the plant theme came from.   We went to eat one night at this place in the village on Houston.  It was a random night I can tell, I can see my Adidas sleeve in the picture.  That was my last minute go to outfit for last minute adventures.   He fell in the love with the view he had from his seat.   The next week we went bought 3 plants, of which I still have all of them  The plants were the beginning of everything so they remained one of our focal points.   It's taken me a few years to "our" .. "us"... "mine".    He always says "our restaurant" and I let him because I love hearing that but that was HIS.  That was HIS sweat, HIS hardwork.   I've fallen into the habit of saying it was ours because I put a lot into it too.  Just to make things clear, this was HIS.  I'm grateful and appreciative when he says it's mine too. So back to the plants.... At the time I was working at Michaels Arts and