{"id":18187,"date":"2024-07-22T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=18187"},"modified":"2024-08-11T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T22:20:10","slug":"still-life-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/still-life-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/still-life-nyc\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?fit=1600%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ned nomad hotel lobby\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ned nomad hotel lobby&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?fit=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?resize=840%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ned nomad hotel lobby\" width=\"840\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ned-nomad-hotel-lobby.jpg?resize=600%2C750&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/still-life-nyc\/roxy-hotel-view\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"roxy hotel view\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;roxy hotel view&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?fit=840%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18189\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=840%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"roxy hotel view\" width=\"840\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=1680%2C1344&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/roxy-hotel-view.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every time I&#8217;m back on the East Coast, a part of me thinks about moving back. Jersey or trying my hand at Manhattan proper; I&#8217;m not picky so long as the city is within reach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pang to return was stronger this time around, and it took a few days longer than usual to readjust after landing in L.A. Perhaps it was coming home to rain and gloom that smudged my usual rose-tinted lenses when I&#8217;m on the West Coast\u2014or is it time to consider another move?<\/p>\n<p>Hoping that sharing stream-of-consciousness thoughts will help me uncover whether these feelings are temporary\u2014byproduct of a New York high\u2014or grounded in something real.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I&#8217;m back on the East Coast, a part of me thinks about moving back. Jersey or trying my hand at Manhattan proper; I&#8217;m not picky so long as the city is within reach. 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Hoping that sharing stream-of-consciousness thoughts will help me uncover whether these feelings are temporary\u2014byproduct of a New York high\u2014or grounded in something real. .\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0. xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Still Life","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,20,39],"tags":[1448,484,1449],"class_list":{"0":"post-18187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kims-diary","7":"category-life","8":"category-travel","9":"tag-ned-nomad","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-roxy-hotel","12":"entry","13":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Still Life &#8226; Soft Sensibilities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/still-life-nyc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Still Life &#8226; Soft Sensibilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every time I&#8217;m back on the East Coast, a part of me thinks about moving back. 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