Sean Feeney

And I saw people excited to dine together every day at one o'clock, the lights get shut off, the power goes down, emails shut off.

Everybody has to go to the cantina, which is like a three Michelin star restaurant.

And you have a four course meal and you sit together and you talk about stuff other than work.

And two o'clock you go back to work for another three hours really hard together and collaborate together and build beautiful things together.

And at five o'clock the lights go off and you leave to go home for the night.

And on weekends you're not allowed in.

The only time you're allowed to work more is if you get email permission.

And I saw this beautiful city that was built around doing what you love to do, but also having time to do what you care about as well.

And I think about that day all the time.

I cannot wait to have tours around Williamsburg with people who have now worked with us for eight years that have started as a host, who now is the director of our content, who has started as a back runner, who's now the head of our HR.

who I recruited for two years to be our SOM at Lilia, she's now the COO of our company.

We have these humans that started in one job and found something they truly are just passionate about, are the reason why we've been able to grow, to now lead other people who come to our restaurants every day to trail and stage and want to try us out.

I feel like that is an exciting thing to do.

And to be in a neighborhood like Williamsburg, now four businesses, and getting so involved in the community there to make it better, to live there.

It's definitely not Solomayo, I hope.

But someday, it's my version of it.

But it was just such an inspiring day.

And everything that I've read about Brunello and his brand, I hope that I can leave a

the world that I'm a part of in a place that's better, just like he's done.

I think it's an awesome feat and it's something that does drive me now.