Chantal Garcia Fischer

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Bilingual

Native in English and Spanish. Born in Venezuela, moved to Florida 2002 and NY 2011.

Certified foodie

Sushi and Mediterranean are my go-to cuisines, no contest.

Brooklyn based

You can usually find me on the weekends walking with our dog Bailey, a book and a coffee in hand.

Chronic traveler

Next trip: Vancouver! On the bucket list: Japan, Peru, and Zambia.

Book nerd

Currently reading The Covenant of Water. Up next: Switzy and Lonesome Dove.

Other interests

Card games, stargazing, and calculated risk-taking.

My life in images

Bailey wading through a creek
Wedding day, walking down the aisle
Lakeside on a sunny day
With friends at sunset on the water
Dinner out
Lunch at a sidewalk cafe
Camel ride on the beach
Bailey dressed up for Valentine's Day

Words I live by

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

Everyone needs the dress that makes her feel like she's able to do anything she wants.

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me

Bess Kalb

For anything to be good, truly good, there must be love in it.

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi

For a long time, the language of flowers was the only language I knew.

The Language of Flowers

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality in a sense had changed nothing and everything.

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

Every dance is a game, and every game its own best explanation.

Playground

Richard Powers

Something marvelous is happening underground... Mats of mycorrhizal cabling link trees into gigantic, smart communities... vast trading networks... There are no individuals in a forest...

The Overstory

Richard Powers