Christine

Hometown: Chicago, Il

Current location: Queens, New York

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

My ideal morning would consist of waking up in paradise, running barefoot on the sand, swimming in the ocean, and eating a breakfast fit for a queen.

2. Creamy or crunchy peanut butter? Salted or unsalted? 

Peanut butter & Co cinnamon raisin swirl. Hands down.

3. Who or what motivates you? 

The people closest to me motivate me. They say the best reflection of yourself is by the company you keep.. and my friends and family are not only extremely talented at everything they do but are a reminder to me of what I’m also capable of.

4. What is the most admirable human characteristic? 

Humility

5. When I _______, I feel ___________. (fill in the blanks)

When I CREATE, I feel LIKE I’VE MADE MY MARK IN THE WORLD.

 

Christine is a badass DJ who RUNS. She’s one of my personal inspirations.

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Alex

Hometown: Garden City, KS

Current location: New York, NY

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

I’m complex therefore I have various scenarios that would count as my ideal morning.

a. Waking up and just laying there watching like Growing Pains or something while eating breakfast.

b. If it’s spring it would consist of me biking to brunch with my best friend and taking a billion polaroids.

c. Again if it’s nice out, going out for a morning run then just laying in the grass afterwards. (FAVORITE)

2. Choose one and explain why: fate or free will? 

FATE. No questions asked.  Everyday I analyze why I’ve met someone or why I am where I am it’s because one thing led to another.  It’s kind of creepy… which I like.

3. A day without _______ is a day not worth living. (fill in the blank) 

My friends and family. Also… coffee.

4. Your apartment is on fire. What are the first three things that you grab? 

a. A coat cause it’s fucking cold outside.

b. My best friend cause she’s a human being that I love.

c. Phone, to tell my mom I finally burnt the place down.

5. When or where do you feel the most alive? 

I feel the most alive when I’m listening to live music. When the weather is in the mid 60′s and I’m running.  When it’s SPRING. The sporadic moments when I’m walking down the streets of New York and it hits me that I actually live here.

Alex is a blogger who writes/doodles for Byrne Notice.

John

Hometown: Brooklyn, NYC

Current location: Brooklyn, NYC

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

Waking up fully refreshed, realizing my camera batteries are fully charged, and that the weather is perfect for a photo walk.

2. What is the most admirable human characteristic? 

Self awareness. Everything else in nature is so calculated and efficient. Always fulfilling the same purpose it has always fulfilled. I think it’s amazing that we as humans can stop and delve into our conscience and CHOOSE our purpose in life.

3. Describe the contents of your refrigerator in three words. 

So much food!

4. How do you stimulate creativity? 

I tend to draw inspiration and creativity from my other hobbies and interests. A lot of the time I find great photo locations during runs and just wandering through the city with friends.

5. Without _____________, there is no _____________. (fill in the blanks) 

Without passion, there is no progress.

 

John specializes in product photography. You can also find him on Twitter and Instagram.

Pascal

Hometown: Bad Saulgau (Germany)

Current location: For one more week NY, after that Berlin

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

Sitting in my windowsill with a cigarette and sunlight and good music.

2. Where is your happy place? 

There’s no special place. I try to be happy wherever I am.

3. Describe the last thing you ate in three words. 

Swordfish, asparagus, …

4. Who is your favorite artist? 

Edward Kienholz

5. Without______, there is no_______. (fill in the blanks) 

Without action, there is no reaction.

 

Pascal is a German graphic designer who has been interning with Sagmeister & Walsh for the last three months.

 

Jamie

Hometown: Doylestown, PA, USA

Current location: Paris, France

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

Any morning that includes a) waking up early, naturally, b) the house already smelling like good food, c) a feeling of excitement, d) a thick newspaper, and e) a fireplace.  This happens a few times a year, but it always happens on Thanksgiving.

2. Why are you living in your “current location?”

Study abroad. Taking classes on African history; mostly west African stuff.

3. How well did you sleep last night? 

I slept really well last night. I’ve been remembering my dreams lately.

4. What is the last food you consumed? 

At 1 am last night I had Wasa crackers and some vegan dill cheese spread I brought with me from Germany. Woke up with terrible breath.

5. What is your equation for equilibrium in life? 

Enough alone time to make time with others seem meaningful. A fridge full of vegetables, but not so many that you feel stress about eating them all before they go bad.  Walk everywhere.  Hot showers at night.

Jamie is a blogger and feminist writer. She is most notable for The Seventeen Magazine Project, a blog chronicling her attempt to follow the advice of Seventeen Magazine for 30 days. She makes me laugh on twitter.

Olivia

Hometown: Suffern, NY

Current location: New York, NY

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

Sleeping.

2. Creamy or crunchy peanut butter? Salted or unsalted? 

In a giant Reese’s heart from Valentine’s Day that I’m forced to buy myself every year because no one will buy it for me.

3. Describe yesterday in 3 words. 

Bought a [frying] pan.

4. What is the most admirable human characteristic? 

An affinity for potatoes and/or Canada.

5. If_________, then___________. (fill in the blanks) 

If you have Nina’s black coverall, then O.K.

 

Olivia is the author of Three Crummy People & A Dog, a blog documenting pieces of her eccentric family life.

Jordan

Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Current location: Gainesville, Florida/ by the time this goes up I will be somewhere else.

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

Driving through the night with all my friends asleep in the back of
the van, the window down & music playing. I watch the sunrise through the
windshield as everyone slowly wakes up & we stop for coffee at some
rest stop, or if we are feeling good about ourselves, we stop
somewhere for a good greasy breakfast. I love waffles & potatoes of
any kind.

2. Choose one:  spicy, sweet, or salty? 

I tend to prefer spicy, but still have flavor, not just an
overwhelming heat.

3. Where or when do you feel the most alive? 

When I am doing new things or going places I have never been. When
I am reunited with old friends or making new ones. & I usually feel
pretty good after a few whiskey gingers.

4. What is the most admirable human characteristic? 

The ability to question. When you stop asking questions, you stop living.

5. If____________, then_____________. (fill in the blanks) 

If you want something bad enough, then you will find a way.

Check out Jordan’s photography portfolio and his blog documenting his restless lifestyle. He is also a founder of Empty Stretch, a collaboration between individuals seeking to expose other talented photographers.

Sean

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Hometown: Gallup, New Mexico

Current location: Brooklyn, NY

1. Tell me your ideal morning.

I wake up, its dark out, a pickup truck is warming up outside. We drive the first thirty minutes in silence. Then stop roadside for gas station coffee.

2. Why are you living in your “current location?”

I’m living in BKNY for a career opportunity. Because Queens didn’t feel right.

3. Creamy or crunchy peanut butter? Salted or unsalted?

I go back and forth. Creamy 5 days out the week, and crunchy on occasions. I feel like crunchy goes quicker then creamy, and I don’t go shopping often.

4. What is creativity?

Acting on your influences.

5. Without_________, there is no_________. (fill in the blanks)

Without ebb, there is no flow.

Sean is a talented photographer. Check out his portfolio and his tumblr.

Christina

Hometown: Sacramento, California

Current location: Sacramento/San Diego, California

1. Tell me your ideal morning.

My ideal morning consists of waking up to a cool, sunny morning. I’m good & wash my face, brush my teeth, & moisturize with SPF. Then I change into some running clothes & go for a 5 mile run throughout the neighborhood, end at the park & stretch out in the grass. I walk home & take my time, maybe stopping at a local market for some fresh fruit or veggies that I can eat for breakfast. When I return home I wash up & cook myself a tofu veggie scramble with a nice big glass of OJ & then I shower & clean myself up & start the next part of my day!

2. What is the one taste you couldn’t live without?

spicy!!!!!!

3. Without _________, there is no ___________. (fill in the blanks)

Without wisdom, there is no hope for humanity.

4. What is the most admirable human characteristic?

I think compassion is definitely the most admirable human quality. One’s ability to feel, connect, love, and understand another is just remarkable. I think it’s also hard to find genuine compassion these days & that’s what makes it all the more valuable.

5. I know that _________. (fill in the blank)

I know that the universe receives the messages we send out and into it, and that in return we get the things we deserve by doing so.

Check out Christina’s tumblr.

Kate

Hometown: Gaithersburg, Maryland

Current location: Park Slope, Brooklyn

1. Tell me your ideal morning. 

It would be crisp, clear, and cold (about 30 degrees Fahrenheit) – ideal weather for my long run over the Brooklyn Bridge and up the Hudson River. Afterward I would shower and crawl back into bed with my husband and dog for a while, then we’d grab coffee on the way to the Prospect Park greenmarket.

2. Why are you living in your “current location?”

An early midlife crisis was the kick in the ass I needed to get me out of Indiana (where I had settled after college) eastward to New York City (where I had dreamed of living).

3. Without ________, there is no _________. (fill in the blanks)

Without preparation, there is no payoff (something I didn’t understand until I started running marathons).

4. What is the most admirable human characteristic? 

Compassion.

5. Describe the last thing you ate in three words. 

Fake bacon sandwich.

Kate is the voice behind one of my favorite NYC lifestyle blogs, Embarrassment of Riches.