MACKENZIE

hails from: OHIO, WYOMING, and NC (yes, its that complicated...)

brings to the table: 8 years of sales and marketing in luxury goods, an eye for design (most recently, fine jewelry)

gets giddy about: pre-bedtime baths, snuggles with Charlie, local beer, Christmas, backyard movie nights, Design Sponge, pineapple and pepperoni pizzas from Lilly's.

gets grumpy about: staying up hungriness (empty stomach), not getting exercise, whiny whining whiners, music that starts off nice and soft but then gets obnoxiously noisy, bad pet owners

evidence of nerdery: passion for filling out forms by hand, daily to-do lists, love affair with spreadsheets, self-help books (not that I need em...), one-time gemologist

moving picture inspiration: Pixar, Friday Night Lights TV series, Aaron Sorkin (hes got a way with words), Social Network (see Aaron Sorkin), King of Kong, Crazy Heart

in her headphones: Mandolin Orange, the Civil Wars, Adele, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, Eluvium, Philip Henry (yes, you read that correctly), Chatham County Line.

can be seen: walking Charlie in the neighborhood or in Duke Forest, noshing burritos at Baja Burrito in Nashville, sippin a cuppa tea with girlfriends at 3 Cups in Chapel Hill, leading yoga at Reality Ministries

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