Coffee Inspiration
Prior to the pandemic, I began many days at the crack of dawn at a coffee shop where I wrote about homes I had listed for sale, about the most interesting neighborhoods in Dallas, blog articles, and the occasional Op-Ed. Over time, randomly sitting next to me at the high library tables were remarkable people, often writers, creatives and business owners, getting their day started before they officially went to work. One of these talented people was Jon Jaimes who is co-owner of Inspire, an advertising agency, which has a major portion of the Kia account among others. Jon, I discovered, has an incredible eye for design, an incredible culinary acuity, and a fabulous ear for narration. When Facebook still automatically pushed content to every subscriber of a Facebook business page, I had the largest real estate and architecture Facebook business page in the world with 500,000 subscribing “fans” – more than all of the other real estate companies combined. When Facebook began charging to push content to subscribers, I retreated from Facebook. Over a few quick snippets of time, Jon Jaimes suggested I post on Instagram. I like long-form narratives and Instagram was designed for images and short or no captions. Then, when Jon suggested I might post a handwritten musing over an image, I became interested. As far as I could tell, this had not been done before and was a good way to introduce narratives that might come to mind. Jon showed me how to create this type of post with a handwritten musing, and now I have created 475 posts and have over 2,600 followers. Recently, we met for lunch at the Michelin Bib Gourmand award-winning restaurant, Ngon. While Jon is an espresso aficionado I have never seen mix milk with coffee, he indulged me by trying a favorite treat of mine – Vietnamese coffee. Meeting Jon Jaimes over time at a coffee shop and getting glimpses of his genius reminds me why living in a city and randomly meeting talented people and hearing their ideas is so meaningful. The name of Jon Jaimes business “Inspire” is perfect as that is what he did for me.
*Coffee Inspiration
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