You know what is super-satisfying about being in New York? Everyone is the BEST at what they do. I love it. I love that the coffee making peeps at Starbucks are excellent - they know their shit and they get it done quickly and with a smile. The waiters everywhere actually KNOW the menu, can recommend side dishes and are proud of the food they serve. The shop attendants bring you items to try on, suggest better sizes and help you style a complete outfit. They don't just schlump in a corner texting and chewing gum. There is a relentless can-do attitude and a willingness to go the extra mile. I'll tell you something, these people deserve their tips. They work for them.
I feel like at some point (we can all probably guess when), there was a city-wide attitude adjustment - a great big re-think and re-prioritizing. There is collective 'don't sweat the small stuff' mindset here. There is no time to mess around and be shoddy. People are efficient, friendly and highly functional. The days of the neurotic, anxiety-ridden Seinfeld of the 90s are over.
This is a city that you graduate TO - when you're the best at what you do. That whole cream of the crop, top of the heap thing - it's true. New York doesn't do mediocre.
About Me
- Margaux Nissen Gray
- New York, New York, United States
- Born in Johannesburg in the late 1970s, I grew up as the only child of a German father and South African mother. At 2 we moved to a small town in the Eastern Cape called East London where I later attended Clarendon Girls' School and developed a passion for Theatre and the English language. After school, I attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown and graduated in 1999 with a BA Honours in Drama. At 22 I moved to London, did a series of rather disastrous jobs and met my Scottish prince who whisked me off to Sydney, Australia. While London held (still holds) the key to my heart, Sydney became our home. Five years in Sydney were filled with glamourous nights out, satisfying jobs, fantastic friends and constant sunshine. In 2007 we were lured accross the pond to Dublin where our precious son, MacKenzie, was born in 2008. After 3 years in Dublin, we made the monumental decision to return Down Under in pursuit of joy, love and laughter. Of course it doesn't end there...
The Nissen Gray Family
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