In New York, I met @blasian_bon_vivant as we were both dining solo in our hotel. We hit it off immediately, and she invited me to her favourite restaurant for dinner the following night. That night, over wine and margaritas and delicious Spanish food in an 80-year-old neighbourhood restaurant in the West Village, we met a very drunk, very hilarious and very storied couple who have been married for 52 years. After entertaining us for a solid two hours, insisted a celebrated photographer also dining in the restaurant wanted to take our picture, and finally rolling themselves out of the restaurant to cries of ‘we MUST have dinner whilst you’re here!!’, that was when we met the beautiful, sweet, 8-year-old Jazlyn, who drew this portrait of us sitting at the bar with her, and sang a song whispered into my ear that brought me to tears and reminded me of my niece. It was a night I’ll never forget. There’s a song in there, no doubt. ✨
