01/05/2026
Her name was bāzār.
She was going to have rattan pendants, encaustic tiles, workshops for women who just needed a reason to leave the house, a barista, and two shop dogs named Greyson and William who — in hindsight — cannot be trusted around strangers, delivery drivers, or wind. 😂
I had the mood boards. The SketchUp renders. The floor plan at 1:25 scale on graph paper like a completely unhinged professional.
The rent on the Manly main street was $4000 a month.
Reader, I did not open the store.
But the dream? Still very much alive.