For the afternoon that asks you to stay a little longer.
Mar’s personal archive · 2026
A life,
kept well.
Mar keeps a living record of what feeds us: a good table, a side of vinyl, a useful idea, a memorable place.
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02 / PURPOSE
Nothing here is optimized for the scroll. It is simply a place to return to.
For friends, future selves, and anyone looking for a thoughtful recommendation.
The archive
Current shelves.
Selected entries from the house
— made to be passed around.
FIELD NOTE No. 14
“On designing an unhurried life, one shared surface at a time.
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ELSEWHERE / ITALY
Salt in the air, paper on the table, nowhere to be before noon.
Nothing matches that search yet. Try another room in the house.
Mar’s music room
Listen slowly.
What is playing, what belongs on the shelf, and what Mar is still looking for.
01PalcoGilberto Gil
02TeardropMassive Attack
03Let It HappenTame Impala
What I’m listening to
Sunday, not sleepy.
12 songs for the kitchen, the turntable, and an unplanned afternoon.
Records I’m collecting
Mar’s vinyl log.
A private collection record, kept in Google Drive and opened only through Mar’s sharing settings.
Open vinyl collection log ↗Records I want
The patient wish list.
Keep a few names in view. Buy fewer records, play each one all the way through.
Property notes
Real estate,
with a point of view.
Mar’s articles and working know-how
on places worth tending.
Article / 01
The good bones test.
Light, circulation, proportion, and the parts that do not need explaining. A house is more useful when its plan makes ordinary days easier.
Know-how / 03 filters
- 01Read the light first.
Visit at the hour you will actually live there.
- 02Follow the circulation.
A good plan makes gathering feel inevitable.
- 03Trust materials that age.
Patina is a feature, not a repair list.
In the margins
Field notes.
Technology
18 SEP 2026
Real Estate
02 SEP 2026
Family
27 AUG 2026
The way out
Travel keeps
the house awake.
A place becomes part of the archive
when something comes home with you.
Places I’ve been
01Puglia, with margin.
Salt in the air, paper on the table, nowhere to be before noon.
Where I want to go
01KyotoAutumn light, small bars, long walks.
02OaxacaMarkets, mezcal, a table for two.
03Nova ScotiaCold water, wild edges, an empty road.
Wall works
A small gallery.
Three studies from an ongoing
collection of eight.
01 / Sea Green Study
Paint, paper, graphite02 / Window Garden
Paint, charcoal, paper03 / Good Night, Ocean
Oil pastel, graphite, paperThe house ledger
Signals,
not noise.
A private-looking surface for the things worth tracking: where attention, capital, and time are going.
Market read
Calm+04Home projects
03In motionDays outside
17of 31Last dinner
12around tableALLOCATION / SEP
61%
Long-term holdings 42%
Property & place 28%
Cash reserve 19%
Ideas in motion 11%
ON THE HORIZON
01
New York / 48 hours
Food, architecture, a borrowed record.
02
Kitchen table project
Find the right green for the room.
03
Reading shelf
Six books to keep in view.
A demonstration dashboard with sample data. Your real dashboards can be private, shared selectively, or connected to trusted data sources in the next phase.
Behind the shelves
The studio
is always open.
Add a recipe after a dinner, keep a song before it disappears, save a link with the reason it matters. The house grows by keeping what you mean to keep.
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