Xa ndingena ehotele, ndidla ngokungaziva ndisoyika. Kodwa ngeli xesha, njengoko bendingena Ihotele iJames-Nomad , ndangcangcazela kancinci ndanyuka ngomqolo.
Ngokungafaniyo nokuhlala kwam ejele kwiihotele ezingqonge isixeko saseNew York ukujonga ibar okanye abantu ababukele kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe, ngeli xesha bendisiya ngqo kwindlu yendlu yokudibana negqwirha.
Ewe, igqwirha.
Kulo nyaka, uJames uthathe isigqibo sokuwamkela ngokwenyani umoya wexesha leHalloween ngokusingatha i-Witch-in-Residence ehotele. UMelissa Madara - uthe i-Witch-in-Residence kunye nomnini-mnini Iincwadi zeCatland , Inkulumbuso yaseBrooklyn ye-boutique, '- wayelinde ukundazisa kubugqi kwaye andinike ukufundwa kwekhadi labucala.
I-James Hotel Nomad Ityala: I-James Hotel Nomad
Ndikhwele ilifti, ndacinga emva kufundo lwangaphambili lwethotari ebendinalo kumatheko amnandi okanye ubusuku obunemixholo. Akukho nto malunga nayo eyakhe yaziva ngokwenene , Ndingathi, kuba bendingamazi umntu oza kundibeka ikamva lam. Eli xesha lahlukile, kwaye mna waziva ukuba; UMadara uhlala kwaye uqhelisela obu bugcisa yonke imihla. Ngapha koko, bendihamba ndigqitha kwivenkile yakhe amaxesha amaninzi ndisendleleni eya kwindawo yam endiyithandayo ukubukela iRuPaul's Drag Race rhoqo ngoLwesine okanye ngolwesiHlanu ebusuku kule minyaka mine idlulileyo. Andizange ndikhaliphe ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndingene- kodwa yonke loo nto yatshintsha olu suku.
Ukufika kwam ePenthouse 1, ndiye ndaphefumlela phezulu ndankqonkqoza. Emva koko, njengesiqhelo njengangaphambili, uMadara wavula ucango wandivumela ndangena kwigumbi elilandelayo. Kwakungekho zibhola zekristale, kwakungekho neminqwazi emnyama okanye izigcawu. Yayindim naye kuphela - bobabini benxibe njengayo yonke enye iNew Yorker - behleli kwigumbi lokuhlala elihle elahlulwe ziidesika ezimbini zamakhadi.
Ukungazi nto, ndaqala ngeziseko ngaphambi kokuba sitsibe nakweyiphi na amakhadi ayendigcinele yona, ndibuza ukuba yintoni ubugqi? Njengoko kuvela, kuthetha nje into efihliweyo, kwaye kumntu ngamnye onokuthetha into eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo, ucacisile uMadara. Kuye kweza ngokwendalo; Unina wayebandakanyekile, ke wakhulela kuyo.
Iincwadi zeCatland Ityala: ngoncedo lweencwadi zeCatland
Njengenkolo, lo mkhuba unokuba mncinci okanye mkhulu, ubucala okanye uwonkewonke, kodwa kwabaninzi, yinto nje yokomoya. EBrooklyn, kulula ukuzibandakanya, kwaye uhambo oluya kwiincwadi zeCatland eBushwick sisingeniso esilula. Kwezinye iindawo zelizwe, kunzima kakhulu ukunxibelelana noluntu lobugqi. Ngena: umtshato ogqibeleleyo kaMadara kunye noJames, badibana ukuze babambe ukufundwa kwamakhadi abucala ehotele rhoqo ngoLwesithathu kwinyanga ye-Okthobha.
Ufuna ukuthetha ngantoni? Uye wandibuza xandishukuma iidesika ezimbini. Kufundo lwangaphambili lo ibingengombuzo ubuzwayo; umfundi undixelele nje ngobumfama oko akufumene kumakhadi.
Ndazikrokrela izinto ezihlala zihleli phezulu engqondweni yam: imali (duh), ikhondo lomsebenzi kunye nempilo. Kwaye kwimizuzu engama-20 elandelayo besingafundanga kangako, sithetha nje, kwaye sincokola ngakumbi ngezinto endizicingayo nokuba amakhadi athini ngazo.
Amakhadi eTarot Ityala: I-Getty Izithombe / i-Godong
Ngelixa ndingaphumeleliyo & andikuxeleli ukuba amakhadi acinga ukuba inqaku lam letyala lizakwenza ntoni kwixa elizayo (blah!), Ndiza kuthi ndishiye ndiziva ndisesichengeni ngokujika kwengqondo yam (ngendlela elungileyo). Ngaphambi, bendixelelwa nje ukuba unobomi obumnandi, kwaye mhlawumbi ulumke nomntu olandelayo odibana naye. Kodwa uMadara uthathe ixesha lokuchaza ikhadi ngalinye, ukuba ulitolika njani, kwaye (okanye alinakusebenza) ebomini bam.
Eliphupha ndinalo lokuvula ivenkile yefanitshala? Mhlawumbi yibambe kancinci okwethutyana. Impilo yam? Phezulu nasezantsi (okuyinyani), kodwa akukho nto imbi (kwixa elizayo, ubuncinci). Ndoneliseka.
Ndingangabi ligqwirha, kodwa andidingi makhadi okubhula ukuze ndibone ukuba iihotele ziyasebenza ukwenza amava amangalisayo enzelwe iindwendwe- sithetha iiconcierges zamanzi kunye nezitudiyo zokurekhoda ezisegumbini- bayanceda sithatha umngcipheko kwaye sivavanye iindawo ezingaphandle kwemimandla yethu yokuthuthuzela. Kwaye ayisiyondawo yokuhamba leyo?
Ukuba ndandingazange ndibenalo ithuba lokundwendwela i-James-Witch-in-Residence, ngekhe ndaye ndema eCatland ukuze ndifunde ngokwenene. Kodwa bayenze yalula kum, kwaye ngoku, xa ndingaqinisekanga ngento ethile ebomini, ndinokuya eBushwick ndibuze amakhadi kwakhona.
Kude kube ngoko, intloko kuJames Nomad Ukuthakatha ngoLwesithathu kwaye ubhukishe iseshoni phakathi kwemizuzu eli-15 kunye neyure (amaxabiso aqala kwi- $ 30). Ukuba akonelanga, thatha iPotion Ukwenza i-101 kunye neMadara ngo-Okthobha u-28 ukuze ufunde indlela yokwenza isiselo sakho sokuthabathela ekhaya ukukhuphela upelo, Ukuhamba .