<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CX and the city]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experiência de cliente e devaneios ocasionais da sala de terapia || Customer experience, personal insights and beyond.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JIV4!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8527f16-9b85-402f-9588-5f397ba6a3b8_1280x1280.png</url><title>CX and the city</title><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:54:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[mafe@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[mafe@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[mafe@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[mafe@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Silence That Gave Me My Voice Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sun filtered gently through the glass doors of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, like a spring morning finally showing up to apologize for the long winter.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/the-silence-that-gave-me-my-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/the-silence-that-gave-me-my-voice</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:05:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4307dcd2-7e3e-43ee-ab6f-50ccab726726_4928x3264.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The sun filtered gently through the glass doors of the Fairmont Pacific Rim, like a spring morning finally showing up to apologize for the long winter. It was my first breath of sunlight after months dragged out under grey skies, dry skin, and an endless wait for clear blue overhead.</p><p>That day, I dropped Caetano &#8212; now almost one &#8212; at daycare so I could, for the first time in what felt like forever (a time that sometimes seems endless and, at others, too brief), simply be <em>me</em> for a few hours. Without guilt. Only care.</p><p>Normally, I&#8217;d leave the house with plenty of time to soak up the warmth of the sun on my skin as I walked down Burrard St., silently amused at the thought of everyone stuck in traffic while I strolled toward my favorite spa (at least for now). I&#8217;d walk down the hill admiring the mountains &#8212; still dusted with snow at the peaks this time of year &#8212; still in awe of this city even after six years of calling it home. I&#8217;d sip a coffee from Giovanni, perfectly brewed and silky, before heading up to the fifth floor, arriving with my now-Canadian punctuality: 15 minutes early.</p><p>But not this time.</p><p>Caetano needed to be dropped off later than planned &#8212; because, among many other lessons, motherhood has taught me that making plans is a cosmic inside joke. I hit traffic on the Lions Gate Bridge both ways (as expected), which irritates me just as much as it mesmerizes with that breathtaking view. I texted my husband to wait at the door so we could swap: he&#8217;d hop in the car, and I&#8217;d head off to the hotel.</p><p>No morning walk under the sun. No silent smugness. No poetic mountain views. No coffee. But I got there. Took the elevator up to the fifth floor and, as quickly as I rushed to the spa reception, I was gently slowed down by the receptionist. She sensed my frantic energy, softened her tone and pace, called me by my first name like she didn&#8217;t need to look it up, and handed me a cup of tea that tasted like it had been brewed by someone who understood my emotional state.</p><p>The spa at the Fairmont Pacific Rim is always calm, but never dull. Every detail is designed to engage your senses: towels and robes that caress your skin, scents that balance citrus, herbal, and woody notes in perfect harmony, playlists tailored to your intention (relaxation or renewal), elegant little bites, and a structure that goes far beyond a massage &#8212; think saunas, sensory showers, and magnesium-rich jacuzzis with mountain views.</p><p>Whether you&#8217;re a spa veteran or a blissful first-timer, the staff at Willowstream are always gentle and informative. They walk you through what to expect, how to get the most out of your visit, and make <em>everyone</em> feel welcome &#8212; not just in the space, but in that whole world.</p><p>In the women&#8217;s locker room, you get a designated locker with a robe and slippers (and yes, they have sizes for those of us whose feet stopped growing at age twelve). The facilities are so complete &#8212; with showers, fully stocked hygiene stations, and a vanity area with Dyson tools, brushes, flat irons, and curling wands &#8212; that all you really need to bring is your swimsuit to enjoy the common spa areas.</p><p>After changing, I walked to the waiting area and met my therapist, Taylor. She called me by name, looked me in the eyes, and asked how I was &#8212; like she <em>truly</em> wanted to know, no matter how short or, more likely in my case, long-winded the answer might be. She led me to a spacious treatment room softly lit by indirect light, offered me a choice of scents and playlists, explained how to settle in, and gave me a few moments alone.</p><p>And in that brief silence, taking in every intentional detail of the room, I closed my eyes and, for the first time in months, felt genuinely seen and cared for.</p><p>The massage followed the same rhythm of care. Every touch felt deliberate, like part of a silent ballet of movements and pressure &#8212; guiding each exhale back to its natural, unhurried pace.</p><p>Being immersed in so much attentiveness &#8212; both in grand gestures and subtle details &#8212; did more than relax me. It reawakened me. And there, lying on one of the outdoor loungers, letting the sun warm my legs still tired from months of cold, flipping through a few local magazines, I realized how much inspiration was still alive inside me.</p><p>As much as my head was telling me to stay and enjoy every second of this rare solo day, my heart wanted something else: to put it all into words.</p><p>So as a small tribute to that spark, I dedicate this first review to a place that, from my first to my fourth visit, has given me everything &#8212; and more.</p><p>Because sometimes the greatest healing isn&#8217;t rest.<br>It&#8217;s the spark that reignites.</p><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading CX and the city! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[O silêncio que me devolveu a voz]]></title><description><![CDATA[O sol atravessava as portas de vidro do Fairmont Pacific Rim com a gentileza de uma primavera que, enfim, parecia se desculpar pelo inverno longo.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/o-silencio-que-me-devolveu-a-voz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/o-silencio-que-me-devolveu-a-voz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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Era o primeiro respiro de luz depois de meses arrastados de c&#233;u cinza, pele ressecada e a espera intermin&#225;vel por um c&#233;u aberto.</p><p>Naquele dia, deixei Caetano &#8212; agora com quase um ano &#8212; na creche para, pela primeira vez em muito tempo (tempo esse que &#224;s vezes parece eterno, outras vezes, um sopro), eu poder ser s&#243; eu por algumas horas. Sem culpa. S&#243; com cuidado.</p><p>Normalmente, eu sairia com tempo de sobra, aproveitando o carinho do sol na pele enquanto caminho pela Burrard, sentindo uma pontinha debochada de pena de quem enfrenta o tr&#226;nsito &#8212; enquanto eu vou em dire&#231;&#227;o ao meu spa preferido (pelo menos por enquanto). Desceria a rua admirando as montanhas, ainda salpicadas de neve no topo, sem acreditar que, mesmo depois de seis anos, essa cidade ainda me tira o f&#244;lego. Tomaria um caf&#233; no Giovanni, servido na temperatura perfeita, com a espuma de leite no ponto exato, antes de subir ao quinto andar e chegar, como boa canadense adotiva, 15 minutos adiantada.</p><p>Mas n&#227;o foi bem assim.</p><p>Caetano precisou ir mais tarde para a creche &#8212; porque, entre outras coisas, a maternidade me ensinou que planejamento &#233; mais uma piada interna do universo. Peguei o tr&#226;nsito na Lions Gate Bridge (ida e volta, como manda a tradi&#231;&#227;o), que me irrita na mesma propor&#231;&#227;o que me hipnotiza com a vista. Mandei mensagem pro meu marido me esperar na portaria pra trocar de turno e me deixar no hotel.</p><p>Dessa vez n&#227;o teve caminhada ao sol, nem deboche silencioso, nem montanhas po&#233;ticas, muito menos caf&#233;. Mas cheguei. Subi para o quinto andar e, na mesma velocidade em que corri para a recep&#231;&#227;o do spa, fui desacelerada pela recepcionista. Ela percebeu minha pressa, ajustou o tom e o ritmo da voz, me chamou pelo nome como quem n&#227;o precisou olhar na ficha, e me entregou um ch&#225; que parecia ter sido preparado sob medida para meu estado emocional.</p><p>O spa do Fairmont Pacific Rim &#233; sempre calmo, mas nunca mon&#243;tono. Cada detalhe foi pensado para provocar sensa&#231;&#245;es: toalhas e roup&#245;es que acariciam a pele, aromas que equilibram notas c&#237;tricas, herbais e amadeiradas, playlists ajustadas &#224; inten&#231;&#227;o da sua visita (relaxante ou revigorante), acepipes servidos com delicadeza e bom gosto, e uma estrutura que vai al&#233;m da massagem &#8212; com sauna, banho sensorial e jacuzzi com vista para as montanhas.</p><p>Se voc&#234; &#233; uma veterana de spa ou uma feliz novata, o atendimento no Willowstream &#233; sempre gentil e educativo: te explicam o que esperar, como aproveitar melhor, e fazem qualquer pessoa se sentir bem-vinda &#8212; n&#227;o s&#243; naquele espa&#231;o, mas naquele universo.</p><p>No vesti&#225;rio feminino, voc&#234; recebe um arm&#225;rio com roup&#227;o e chinelo (e eles t&#234;m numera&#231;&#227;o para o p&#233; de quem, assim como o meu, parou de crescer aos doze anos). A estrutura &#233; t&#227;o completa &#8212; chuveiros, esta&#231;&#245;es com produtos de higiene pessoal, e uma bancada com escova, chapinha, babyliss e at&#233; um Dyson &#8212; que tudo que voc&#234; realmente precisa levar &#233; sua roupa de banho para aproveitar a sauna e as jacuzzis ricas em magn&#233;sio.</p><p>Depois de me trocar, fui para a sala de espera e encontrei a terapeuta Taylor. Ela me chamou pelo nome, olhou nos meus olhos e perguntou como eu estava &#8212; como quem realmente queria ouvir a resposta, seja ela objetiva ou, mais provavelmente no meu caso, levemente dram&#225;tica e prolixa. Me conduziu at&#233; a sala de massagem, espa&#231;osa e iluminada por uma luz indireta acolhedora. Ofereceu op&#231;&#245;es de aromas e playlists, me deu as instru&#231;&#245;es, e saiu por alguns minutos.</p><p>Fiquei ali, sozinha, prestando aten&#231;&#227;o aos detalhes que deixam claro que nada naquele ambiente &#233; aleat&#243;rio. Fechei os olhos. Pela primeira vez em meses, me senti verdadeiramente vista e cuidada.</p><p>E foi com essa mesma inten&#231;&#227;o que recebi a massagem: cada toque parecia parte de uma coreografia silenciosa, um ballet de movimentos e press&#245;es que me relaxavam a cada expira&#231;&#227;o &#8212; finalmente sem pressa.</p><p>Estar entregue a tantos detalhes &#8212; grandes e sutis &#8212; de cuidado com a experi&#234;ncia do cliente, no meio de um festival sensorial, fez muito mais do que me relaxar. Me devolveu a vontade de criar. <strong>E foi ali, deitada em uma das camas externas, deixando o sol esquentar minhas pernas cansadas do frio, lendo revistas locais, que percebi o tanto de inspira&#231;&#227;o que ainda vive em mim.</strong></p><p>Por mais que a minha cabe&#231;a me mandava ficar e aproveitar toda a estrutura de spa para relaxar s&#243; por aquele dia que eu tinha dado todinho pra mim, o meu cora&#231;&#227;o me fez querer sair dali e colocar tudo em palavras.</p><p>Ent&#227;o, como pequena homenagem a esse momento, dedico minha primeira review a esse lugar que, da primeira &#224; quarta visita, entregou tudo &#8212; e um pouco mais.</p><p><strong>&#192;s vezes, a maior cura n&#227;o &#233; o descanso. &#201; a fa&#237;sca que reacende.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>Se voc&#234; gostou desse post e quer ver um pouquinho de como &#233; esse spa por dentro, eu compartilhei recentemente <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMSBLdMmr/">nesse post aqui</a>. Aproveita e me segue por l&#225; pra mais conversas expressas sobre o assunto.</p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[CX and the city]]></title><description><![CDATA[Em um mundo de rooftops badalados, card&#225;pios car&#237;ssimos e check-ins em hot&#233;is cinco estrelas, comecei a me perguntar: o luxo estava mesmo nas etiquetas&#8230; ou na forma como algu&#233;m fazia voc&#234; se sentir?]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/cx-and-the-city-eca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/cx-and-the-city-eca</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 22:42:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8527f16-9b85-402f-9588-5f397ba6a3b8_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Em um mundo de rooftops badalados, card&#225;pios car&#237;ssimos e check-ins em hot&#233;is cinco estrelas, comecei a me perguntar: o luxo estava mesmo nas etiquetas&#8230; ou na forma como algu&#233;m fazia voc&#234; se sentir?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DXIz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2103182d-824d-4108-8e1c-a3baf45bb255_1080x847.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Foi h&#225; seis anos. Eu n&#227;o estava em Manhattan &#8212; estava no cora&#231;&#227;o de Minas Gerais, indo para um festival de m&#250;sica em Inhotim. Meu or&#231;amento era quase negativo. Ent&#227;o reservei o &#250;nico lugar que cabia no bolso: uma casinha de madeira no Airbnb, escondida a uma hora de estrada de terra, em algum ponto entre as montanhas e o meio do nada.</p><p>A casa era&#8230; modesta. Uma cama, um banheiro min&#250;sculo e um frio que parecia ter vida pr&#243;pria &#8212; aquele tipo de frio que se aconchega do seu lado &#224; noite porque n&#227;o tem aquecedor pra impedir.</p><p>Mas na primeira manh&#227;, algo aconteceu.</p><p>Abri a porta e l&#225; estava: uma garrafinha t&#233;rmica de caf&#233; quente, um saquinho de papel com goiabada, doce de leite e queijo de Minas &#8212; e um bilhete escrito &#224; m&#227;o pelo casal de senhores que cuidava da propriedade.</p><p>Esperavam que tiv&#233;ssemos dormido bem. Que estiv&#233;ssemos aquecidos. Que nos sent&#237;ssemos em casa.</p><p>N&#227;o era room service, nem roup&#227;o felpudo, nem ta&#231;a de espumante na chegada. Mas naquele momento, foi o gesto mais luxuoso que eu podia imaginar.</p><p>E ent&#227;o comecei uma busca &#8212; n&#227;o por amor dessa vez, mas por algo igualmente raro: experi&#234;ncias de cliente que realmente toquem.</p><p>Li livros. Assisti a filmes e s&#233;ries &#8212; de <em>The Bear</em>, com seu caos de cozinha, a <em>Esqueceram de Mim 2</em>, onde at&#233; o concierge tinha cora&#231;&#227;o o suficiente pra fazer uma crian&#231;a perdida se sentir vista.</p><p>E claro, encontrei todo tipo de desculpa pra gastar dinheiro em spas, hot&#233;is, sal&#245;es e lojas que eu sempre sonhei entrar. S&#243; por pesquisa, obviamente.</p><p>Conversei com gente. Fui completamente ignorada. Recebi uma quantidade generosa de elogios vazios de vendedores que nem olharam no meu rosto. Respondi a muitos "How's the first bites going guys&#8221; (IYKYK) com a boca cheia.</p><p>Mas tamb&#233;m encontrei pessoas que ouviram antes de falar. Recebi massagens em lugares onde cada detalhe era pensado &#8212; da playlist &#224; temperatura da toalha. Tomei caf&#233;s inesquec&#237;veis. Me encantei com embalagens cuidadosas, recep&#231;&#245;es calorosas e espa&#231;os desenhados pra fazer a gente desacelerar.</p><p>And just like that&#8230;</p><p>Decidi voltar pro meu Substack. N&#227;o pra vender nada &#8212; mas pra contar hist&#243;rias. Pra provar que experi&#234;ncia de cliente mora nos detalhes, na inten&#231;&#227;o e nos momentos que dizem: voc&#234; importa.</p><p>Porque, no fim das contas&#8230; o pre&#231;o? N&#227;o tem nada a ver com a experi&#234;ncia.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[CX And the City]]></title><description><![CDATA[And just like that&#8230;]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/cx-and-the-city</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/cx-and-the-city</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 22:39:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1613963931023-5dc59437c8a6?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyMHx8Y3VzdG9tZXJ8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzQ4NDcxNjQ0fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a world of rooftop bars, overpriced menus, and five-star hotel check-ins, I started to wonder &#8212; was luxury really about labels&#8230; or about how someone made you feel?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1613963931023-5dc59437c8a6?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyMHx8Y3VzdG9tZXJ8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzQ4NDcxNjQ0fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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I wasn&#8217;t in Manhattan &#8212; I was deep in the heart of Minas Gerais, Brazil, heading to a music festival at Inhotim. My budget? Let&#8217;s just say it was more back-alley vintage shop than Bergdorf&#8217;s. So I booked the only place I could afford: a tiny wooden house on Airbnb, tucked an hour away down a dirt road, somewhere between the mountains and nowhere.</p><p>The house was&#8230; modest. One bed, a miniature bathroom, and cold &#8212; the kind of cold that curls up next to you at night because there&#8217;s no heater to keep it away.</p><p>But on the first morning, something happened.</p><p>I opened the door and there it was: a small thermos of hot coffee, a paper bag with goiabada, doce de leite, and queijo de Minas &#8212; and a handwritten note from the elderly couple who owned the property.</p><p>They hoped we&#8217;d slept well. That we were warm enough. That we felt at home.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t room service, it wasn&#8217;t a spa robe or a champagne welcome. But in that moment, it was the most luxurious gesture I could&#8217;ve imagined.</p><p><strong>So I went on a quest &#8212; not for love this time, but for something just as elusive: truly great customer experience.</strong></p><p>I read books. I watched movies and TV shows &#8212; from The Bear, with its kitchen chaos, to Home Alone 2, where even the concierge had enough heart to make a lost child feel seen.</p><p>And of course, I found every excuse to spend money on spas, hotels, salons, and shops I&#8217;d always dreamed of entering. For research, only.</p><p>I spoke to people. I was completely ignored. I received a generous amount of empty compliments from retail staff who didn&#8217;t even look me in the eyes. I answered more than enough mid-bite &#8216;How&#8217;s the first bite going?&#8217; questions with my mouth still full.</p><p>But I also met people who listened before they spoke. I got massages in places where every detail was intentional &#8212; from the playlist to the towel temperature. I drank unforgettable coffees. I was impressed by thoughtful packaging, warm greetings, and spaces designed to slow me down.</p><p>And just like that&#8230;</p><p>I decided to come back to my Substack. Not to sell anything &#8212; but to tell stories. To prove that customer experience lives in the details, in the intention, and in the moments that say: <em><strong>you matter.</strong></em></p><p>Because the truth is&#8230; the price tag? It has very little to do with it.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procurando meu pão]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exerc&#237;cios de auto estima]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/procurando-meu-pao</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/procurando-meu-pao</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a2cea97f-4d5b-473d-90f9-9974f980fdd3_2946x3682.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><em><strong>A autoestima se constr&#243;i no processo</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Li esses tempos essa frase e tenho repetido ela na minha cabe&#231;a todos os dias. &#201; um al&#237;vio saber que n&#227;o precisa esperar a linha de chegada se aproximar para melhorar a estima que temos de n&#243;s mesmas, mas que todo dia da para construir um pouquinho mais dela. E &#233; nos dias que parece que o processo n&#227;o vai dar em nada que ele precisa ser mantido. No fim das contas, nada destr&#243;i tanto minha auto estima do que furar os compromissos comigo mesma e engavetar mais um projeto ou objetivo e me recontando aquela velha hist&#243;ria de &#8216;ter falhado mais uma vez&#8217;. Ent&#227;o seguimos criando e mantendo cada um desses processos vivos, mesmo nos dias que s&#243; o que a gente consegue entregar &#233; dois tomatinhos no almo&#231;o, 10 minutos de caminhada, meia p&#225;gina de uma leitura, o rascunho da primeira frase de um e-mail, ou seja l&#225; o processo que voc&#234; tem por a&#237;.&nbsp;Sempre pensando na minha amiga <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Flavia Machioni&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:47194688,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cbc2b37f-1767-44cb-b0e7-fa5d0338f7a1_1167x1169.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;96ea8f5c-5963-44e1-a77a-6335b8feeea9&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> que diz que <em>&#8216;um pouquinho todos os dias &#233; melhor do que nada sempre&#8217;.</em></p><p></p><h2>Um p&#227;o pra chamar de meu&nbsp;</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg 848w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xXfq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F221f3113-197f-4ec0-8c98-85fc8c773811_3024x3489.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">P&#227;o do Leo</figcaption></figure></div><p>Apesar da maternidade ser uma fase extremamente produtiva, em especial quando n&#227;o se tem rede de apoio nem paga nem familiar, eu n&#227;o consigo afastar o sentimento de estar intelectualmente improdutiva. Gostaria de poder tirar tudo isso da cabe&#231;a e aproveitar a licen&#231;a pra mergulhar nesse momento &#250;nico da minha vida que &#233; curtir Caetano crescendo e n&#227;o me preocupar mais com nada. Mas por mais que eu tente, eu n&#227;o consigo me sentir completa sem a sensa&#231;&#227;o de estar caminhando *profissionalmente* em alguma dire&#231;&#227;o, ainda que em passos de formiga, e consigo admitir que muito disso vem da impress&#227;o de ver todo mundo correndo enquanto eu estou paradinha no lugar e sem saber pra onde ir depois daqui - ainda que eu tenha a consci&#234;ncia de que a imagem dos outros correndo vem muito manipulado por redes sociais e tamb&#233;m do fato que 6 meses (agora s&#243; mais 2) &#233; uma fatia muito pequena do tempo total que tenho pra desenvolver minha carreira.&nbsp;</p><p>De qualquer forma, tenho sentido minha &#8216;auto estima intelectual&#8217; um tanto abalada. Fui de me sentir completa sendo Head de Varejo de uma marca incr&#237;vel e me desafiando todos os dias, para me sentir completamente obsoleta em 3 meses sem trabalhar - e esse &#244;nus da obsolesc&#234;ncia &#233; todo meu. De repente eu questiono o que eu tenho pra contribuir com o meio profissional, seja ele de varejo ou fotografia, fazendo pouco caso dos anos de estudo e experi&#234;ncia que tenho nas costas e perdendo de vista a minha relev&#226;ncia.&nbsp;</p><p>E foi numa sess&#227;o de terapia que eu entendi que preciso encontrar meu p&#227;o.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p>Eu acredito que amor &#233; um conjunto de verbos que impulsionam a decis&#227;o de ficar juntos e trabalhar na rela&#231;&#227;o (j&#225; falei sobre isso <a href="https://mafe.substack.com/p/eu-nao-acredito-no-amor">aqui</a>), e um desses verbos &#233; admira&#231;&#227;o - talvez um dos mais imprescind&#237;veis para que o amor exista e se mantenha. E de todas as admira&#231;&#245;es que eu tenho pelo meu marido, a maior delas &#233; pela dedica&#231;&#227;o que ele emprega em tudo o que ele se disp&#245;e a fazer.</p><p>E uma dessas coisas &#233; o p&#227;o.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fb9M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F082d7699-c095-446c-9ace-10d9c62c352b_1002x1002.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fb9M!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F082d7699-c095-446c-9ace-10d9c62c352b_1002x1002.jpeg 424w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Mais um p&#227;o do Leo</figcaption></figure></div><p>Ele cultivou a pr&#243;pria bact&#233;ria de fermentar o p&#227;o do zero, alimenta com toda disciplina e paci&#234;ncia do mundo, organiza a agenda dele em torno do dia que precisa amassar e preparar o p&#227;o pra assar, assa o p&#227;o na data certa e depois sentamos pra comer e fazer o debrief juntos: ele assou bem por dentro? Como est&#225; a croc&#226;ncia da casquinha comparando com o &#250;ltimo p&#227;o? Conseguiu fazer a orelha do p&#227;o dessa vez? E os buracos de dentro do p&#227;o, est&#227;o uniformes ou tem s&#243; alguns grandes demais? Ser&#225; que isso corrige mudando a farinha ou o tempo de fermenta&#231;&#227;o? Vale tentar outra t&#233;cnica de dobrar o p&#227;o?</p><p>E l&#225; vai ele assistir trinta e dois v&#237;deos do YouTube pra entender aonde ajustar a t&#233;cnica pra chegar no p&#227;o que ele quer fazer.</p><p>E sabe o que acontece quando ele chega nesse p&#227;o? A gente come, ele segue pra fazer o pr&#243;ximo p&#227;o perfeito e procura outra coisa para aperfei&#231;oar.&nbsp;</p><p>Nesses anos que estamos juntos j&#225; foram horas de v&#237;deos de YouTube, muitos d&#243;lares de gadgets de cozinha e quilos de receitas novas que ele quis aperfei&#231;oar: a massa de pizza com a consist&#234;ncia e o queimadinho perfeitos, o molho pesto que fica todo verdinho na consist&#234;ncia cremosa que nem o do Nino Cucina (o dele hoje em dia &#233; at&#233; melhor), o molho de tomate igual ao da tia dele, o caf&#233; com a moagem e press&#227;o perfeitos pra cada gr&#227;o diferente que ele compra e a textura do leite ideal, e a lista, pra minha sorte, &#233; longa. Muito, mas muito longa.&nbsp;</p><p>E, com todas essas receitas que ele faz, quando chega na perfei&#231;&#227;o a gente senta juntos, come, as vezes chama amigos pra provar, limpa os pratos e dali uns dias ele volta a fazer tudo de novo.&nbsp;</p><p>O L&#233;o n&#227;o faz nada disso pensando em monetizar ou em qualquer fim espec&#237;fico al&#233;m de comer. Ele faz mesmo porque assume o desafio pessoal de fazer o melhor que pode daquele prato. E quando ele n&#227;o t&#225; 100% satisfeito, n&#227;o tem elogio meu que conven&#231;a ele de que est&#225; bom o suficiente, porque ele precisa continuar at&#233; ele descobrir como deixar perfeito, porque<strong> </strong><em><strong>ele merece e quer comer o prato perfeito. </strong></em></p><p>Pra mim, n&#227;o existe uma express&#227;o mais pura de auto estima do que essa: procurar sempre o melhor das coisas para o pr&#243;prio prazer.</p><p>E foi refletindo sobre isso em uma sess&#227;o de terapia que eu entendi que minha auto estima ainda precisa de um certo trabalho.</p><p>Eu me contento com o mais ou menos quando &#233; algo s&#243; pra mim e que n&#227;o interfere na vida dos outros. Procuro a vers&#227;o mais simples, mais barata e que d&#225; menos trabalho. E se eu n&#227;o encontrar &#8220;ent&#227;o n&#227;o precisa&#8221;. Desisto das coisas com uma facilidade incr&#237;vel - seja projetos ou coisas que quero aprender. A &#250;ltima que eu me lembro foi reformar a parede da cozinha com azulejos adesivos. Fiquei muito animada no come&#231;o e quando vi que a qualidade do primeiro que eu comprei era ruim e que daria muito trabalho, desisti. E a hist&#243;ria da minha vida t&#225; cheia de azulejos adesivos.</p><p>Sempre fui a pessoa que quando perguntam &#8220;o que voc&#234; prefere&#8221; responde &#8216;tanto faz, pode escolher&#8217; porque Deus me livre escolher o que eu realmente quero e n&#227;o ser a mesma coisa que o outro quer. Eu automaticamente me coloco em segundo lugar porque &#8220;tenho pavor de dar trabalho&#8221;. E <strong>eu nunca vou saber quantas coisas boas eu deixei de aproveitar por ter medo de incomodar</strong>.</p><p>E refletindo sobre como melhorar essa auto estima, entendi que preciso encontrar meu p&#227;o.</p><p>Buscar algo que eu fa&#231;a para meu pr&#243;prio prazer sem que tenha um fim espec&#237;fico ou um ganho al&#233;m de aproveitar a jornada e aperfei&#231;oar a arte. Eu nem preciso ser boa, s&#243; preciso me interessar e n&#227;o abandonar o processo.&nbsp;</p><p>Quando eu era crian&#231;a eu tive v&#225;rias dessas coisas, &#233; t&#227;o mais f&#225;cil aproveitar a vida quando a gente n&#227;o precisa de aprova&#231;&#227;o nem de objetivos com as coisas que a gente faz. Dancei ballet e sapateado por anos, pintava aquarela, costurava coisas feias com a m&#225;quina da minha m&#227;e e adorava, assistia programa de arts and crafts na tv cultura e tentava replicar tudo depois. Mas hoje? Sem perceber eu perdi de vista as coisas que me interessam, n&#227;o sei quais s&#227;o nem por onde andam.</p><p>E num pedido de socorro pro meu terapeuta ele sugeriu que eu procurasse algo que me desse medo, porque <strong>na supera&#231;&#227;o dos meus medos eu tamb&#233;m construo essa auto estima.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Refletindo sobre o que eu gostava muito de fazer quando eu era crian&#231;a, que &#233; quando a gente conversa com o lado mais puro da nossa ess&#234;ncia, eu lembrei que eu escrevia poesias e cartas a torto e a direito. Um pouco mais tarde, antes de blogs serem populares, eu criei um que acho que ningu&#233;m lia mas eu adorava escrever por escrever. Ali&#225;s, eu queria mesmo era ter estudado jornalismo, mas ca&#237; em rela&#231;&#245;es p&#250;blicas por um acidente de percurso e ali fiquei. Mas foi em algum trajeto nas ruas do perfeccionismo e da compara&#231;&#227;o que eu provavelmente olhei pra escrita e, entendendo que dela eu &#8216;n&#227;o tiraria nada&#8217;, al&#233;m do medo da exposi&#231;&#227;o e cr&#237;ticas, eu parei.</p><p>Ent&#227;o enquanto embalo meu filho em uma soneca que agora j&#225; dura duas horas (dias de gl&#243;ria, eles chegam) eu rascunhei esses pensamentos como um compromisso pessoal de que a escrita agora &#233; meu p&#227;o: sem objetivos e atrelado a ele e com a dose adequada de medo (o da exposi&#231;&#227;o). E tamb&#233;m sem a necessidade de fazer o p&#227;o com a casquinha perfeita e os buraquinhos uniformes. Por enquanto a ideia eh s&#243; colocar pra assar. Mesmo que no come&#231;o saia meio indigesto, afinal errar tamb&#233;m faz parte do processo.</p><p>N&#227;o esperem nada de mim. Nem eu mesma espero enquanto escrevo tudo isso. Se muito, alguns pensamentos soltos cheios de come&#231;os e meios mas sem nenhum fim.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p>Mas, apesar de eu ter escrito esse mais como uma forma de organizar os pensamentos, quero aproveitar o ensejo e pedir exemplos de outros p&#227;es pra explorar - <strong>se voc&#234; tiver um, conta aqui pra mim?</strong> Quem sabe me inspira a al&#233;m de p&#227;o aprender a fazer pizza tamb&#233;m (figurativamente falando - odeio cozinhar).</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the brand gets everything right, except the briefing for the store team.]]></title><description><![CDATA[And loses much more in sales and customer acquisition than it should.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/when-the-brand-gets-everything-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/when-the-brand-gets-everything-right</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 19:02:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/14f653bf-5988-4587-87ee-f627da40305d_4000x6000.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joanna is Canadian, and about 10 years ago, she saw an opportunity in the lingerie market by creating absorbent panties that fit various body types and actively participated in the conversation around body positivity.</p><p>The brand started as a digital native, and despite securing major clients like Nordstrom and Equinox, Joanna decided to sell exclusively DTC (Direct-to-Consumer) so she could <em>"offer a more personalized service to her customers."</em></p><p>Today, in 2024, she has beautiful stores with a visual identity that&#8217;s tightly aligned with the brand&#8217;s concept, located in major Canadian cities, and is beginning to expand into the United States.</p><p>When Joanna talks about the brand, whether on her website or in interviews, she often emphasizes the importance of listening to what people want and bringing revolutionary solutions to life. She always highlights the significance of customer connection and product and service personalization.</p><p>This type of brand story moves me: unique products in the market made with top-notch quality, a clear brand positioning that attracts a well-aligned and mostly loyal audience that roots for the brand, beautiful physical stores with a great fitting experience, sustainable growth with autonomy, free from reliance on large multi-brand purchases to close the books, and a bright future ahead if they manage to stay relevant in the market.</p><p>***</p><p>When I returned to Canada, heavily pregnant, a friend recommended that I visit one of Joanna&#8217;s stores to try on their nursing bras and pajamas.</p><p>Being a lover of a good shopping experience, I made sure to visit their store on the busiest street in Vancouver, located in one of the most expensive retail spaces in Canada.</p><p>The store is indeed beautiful and offers a great fitting experience. For those unfamiliar, in Canada they work with two measurements for bras: bust size and back circumference. Since I had no idea of my measurements, they measured me accurately in a charming fitting room and brought me the sizes I needed. I chose a black bra that didn&#8217;t cost less than $50 and asked them to hold it for me.</p><p>Three minutes later, the sales associate returned, still very friendly, to inform me that they didn&#8217;t have the black one in my size but suggested I check the website as delivery was quick.</p><p>That weekend, the store was running a 20% off promotion, so I asked if the website had the same offer, to which she replied, <em>"I&#8217;m not sure, but you can use my code for free shipping."</em></p><p>I then decided to ask about the pajamas. The ones on display were all very colorful, so I asked if they had any in more subdued, solid colors. She said, <em>"I think so, but they&#8217;re stored in the back; it&#8217;s easier to check the website to see if you like any."</em></p><p>As a consumer, I wasn&#8217;t too upset about leaving the store without spending any money. It wasn&#8217;t a product I was desperately wanting, so I let it go. But my retailer&#8217;s heart felt sad for Joanna, who, <strong>despite creating a digital-native brand that values personalized service, lost out on a lot of potential sales and customer acquisition costs.</strong></p><p>Yes, customer acquisition. Let me explain:</p><p>All the money invested in renting a store is to ensure that the brand can place itself directly in the path of a qualified audience. She then invests more to set up an impeccable store that gets noticed by this audience. In other words, beyond being a point of sale, <strong>the store becomes a billboard for the brand&#8212;a piece of media.</strong></p><p>But all the customers she pays to attract and manages to draw into the store receive this level of customer experience&#8212;friendly but with no commitment to conversion or using omnichannel tools&#8212;resulting in missed opportunities to sell to or capture the lead of every new person who comes in to learn about the brand.</p><p>Joanna&#8217;s story is real, and unfortunately, it&#8217;s the rule rather than the exception. Like her brand, many others suffer from the same systemic retail errors:</p><ul><li><p>Lack of store team training on sales, customer experience, and omnichannel usage.</p></li><li><p>Brands that associate 'innovation' and 'customer experience' solely with retail architecture and technology, without paying attention to the quality of in-store interactions and how they drive performance.</p></li><li><p>Omnichannel strategies that exist only in theory and technology but fall apart when they reach the brand's most significant and meaningful interface with the customer: the physical store.</p></li></ul><p>This is why I continue to encourage brands to <strong>consider human interactions as the starting point for customer experience and performance</strong>, ensuring that this is done well before rolling out technological projects, believing that they alone will increase sales and the brand&#8217;s NPS.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quando a marca acerta em tudo, menos no briefing do time de loja.]]></title><description><![CDATA[E PERDE MUITO MAIS EM VENDAS E AQUISI&#199;&#195;O DE CLIENTES DO QUE DEVERIA.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/quando-a-marca-acerta-em-tudo-menos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/quando-a-marca-acerta-em-tudo-menos</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:56:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b3bff271-6b7d-451d-b92c-55f8a6a78560_5184x3456.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joanna &#233; Canadense, e cerca de 10 anos atr&#225;s ela enxergou uma oportunidade no mercado de lingerie, fabricando calcinhas absorventes que vestem v&#225;rios tipos de corpos e entrando no di&#225;logo sobre <em>body positivity</em>.</p><p>A marca come&#231;ou como nativa no digital e apesar de ter conquistado grandes clientes como Nordstrom e Equinox, Joanna decidiu vender somente DTC para que <em>"pudesse oferecer um servi&#231;o mais personalizado para suas clientes"</em>.</p><p>Hoje, em 2024, ela tem lojas lindas com uma identidade visual bem amarrada no conceito da marca nas principais cidades do Canada e est&#225; come&#231;ando a expandir para os Estados Unidos.</p><p>Quando fala sobre a marca, no pr&#243;prio site e em entrevistas, Joanna diz que ela <em>"continua focando em ouvir o que as pessoas querem e a trazer solu&#231;&#245;es revolucion&#225;rias para a vida"</em> e sempre faz men&#231;&#227;o sobre a import&#226;ncia da conex&#227;o com a cliente e a personaliza&#231;&#227;o de produto e servi&#231;o.</p><p>Esse &#233; o tipo de historia de marca que me emociona: produtos &#250;nicos no mercado feitos com alt&#237;ssima qualidade; posicionamento de marca claro que atrai um p&#250;blico alinhado e em sua maioria fiel que torcem pela marca; lojas f&#237;sicas lindas e com boa experi&#234;ncia de prova; crescimento sustent&#225;vel e com autonomia, sem ficar ref&#233;m de grandes compras de algumas multimarcas para fechar as contas; e um futuro brilhante pela frente se ela souber se manter relevante no mercado.</p><p>***</p><p>Quando voltei aqui para o Canada, gr&#225;vida de uma quantidade bem desconfort&#225;vel de meses, uma amiga recomendou que eu fosse em uma das lojas da marca da Joanna pra provar o suti&#227; de amamenta&#231;&#227;o e os pijamas.</p><p>Como eu adoro uma experi&#234;ncia de compra, fiz quest&#227;o de conhecer a loja deles que fica na rua mais movimentada de Vancouver, em um dos metros quadrados mais caros para varejistas no Canad&#225;.</p><p>A loja &#233;, de fato, linda e tem uma &#243;tima experi&#234;ncia de prova. Pra quem n&#227;o sabe, aqui eles trabalham com duas medidas de suti&#227;: a do peito e circunfer&#234;ncia das costas. Como eu n&#227;o tinha nem ideia das minhas medidas, elas me mediram certinho dentro de um provador que era uma gra&#231;a e trouxeram os tamanhos que eu precisava. Escolhi um tamanho na cor preta de um suti&#227; que n&#227;o custava menos do que 50 d&#243;lares, e pedi pra separarem pra mim.</p><p>3 minutos depois a vendedora volta e, sempre muito simp&#225;tica, diz que n&#227;o tinha o preto no tamanho que eu precisava mas que eu <em>&#8220;poderia procurar no site pra ver se tinha porque a entrega era rapidinha".</em></p><p>Naquele fim de semana a loja estava em promo&#231;&#227;o com 20% de desconto, ent&#227;o eu perguntei se o site tamb&#233;m estava, no que ela respondeu <em>&#8220;n&#227;o sei dizer, mas voc&#234; pode usar meu c&#243;digo para ganhar frete gratis".</em></p><p>Bom, ent&#227;o eu resolvi perguntar sobre os pijamas. Os que estavam expostos eram todos muito coloridos e perguntei se eles tinham alguns com cores mais s&#243;brias e sem estampas, e ela disse <em>&#8220;acho que tem, mas eles est&#227;o guardados no estoque, &#233; mais f&#225;cil ver pelo site se voc&#234; gosta de algum".</em></p><p>Como consumidora eu n&#227;o fiquei nada chateada em sair da loja sem ter gastado dinheiro. Nao era nenhum produto que eu queria muito muito ent&#227;o deixei pra l&#225;. Mas meu cora&#231;&#227;o de varejista ficou muito triste pela Joanna que <strong>mesmo tendo criado uma marca nativa no digital e que preza pela personaliza&#231;&#227;o do servi&#231;o</strong>, jogou fora muitos d&#243;lares em vendas e custo de aquisi&#231;&#227;o de cliente.</p><p>Sim, <strong>aquisi&#231;&#227;o de cliente</strong>. Eu explico:</p><p>Todo o dinheiro investido no aluguel de um loja &#233; para que ela consiga colocar a marca literalmente no caminho de um p&#250;blico qualificado. A&#237; ela investe mais um tanto para montar uma loja impec&#225;vel e ser notada por esse p&#250;blico. Ou seja, <strong>al&#233;m de ser um ponto de venda, essa loja passa a ser um outdoor da marca - uma m&#237;dia.</strong></p><p>Mas todo esse p&#250;blico que ela paga para ter acesso e consegue atrair pra sua loja recebe esse n&#237;vel de experi&#234;ncia de cliente - simp&#225;tica mas sem nenhum comprometimento com convers&#227;o e uso das ferramentas de omnichannel - e ela perde a oportunidade de vender para, ou captar o lead, de todas essas pessoas novas que entraram pra conhecer a marca.</p><p>A hist&#243;ria da Joanna &#233; real, e infelizmente &#233; regra e n&#227;o excess&#227;o. Assim como a marca dela, tantas outras acabam pecando pelos mesmos erros sist&#234;micos do varejo:</p><ul><li><p>Falta de treinamento de time de loja sobre vendas, experi&#234;ncia de cliente e uso do omnichannel</p></li><li><p>Marcas que associam 'inova&#231;&#227;o' e 'experi&#234;ncia de cliente' somente a arquitetura de varejo e tecnologia, sem prestar aten&#231;&#227;o na qualidade das conversas que acontecem em loja e como elas servem a performance.</p></li><li><p>Omni que s&#243; existe no plano te&#243;rico e tecnol&#243;gico, mas que morre assim que chega no lugar onde a marca tem a maior e mais significativa interface com o cliente: a loja f&#237;sica</p></li></ul><p>Por isso eu sigo encorajando as marcas a considerarem as intera&#231;&#245;es humanas como ponto de partida de experi&#234;ncia de cliente e de performance, e garantir que isso est&#225; sendo bem feito, antes de fazer o roll out de seus projetos tecnol&#243;gicos acreditando que eles v&#227;o sozinhos aumentar as vendas e o nps de marca.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver: The best coffee shops around Downtown and Mt Pleasant area written by someone who married a coffee snob]]></title><description><![CDATA[Places to have some good coffee and food and get work done without being kicked out.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/travel-vancouver-the-best-coffee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/travel-vancouver-the-best-coffee</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I married a coffee snob, which means I hardly find a latte tastier than the one at home. Not only that, he also bakes his own sourdough bread and has watched thousands of hours of bread-making videos on Youtube, which means my standard for bread is also higher than I - and my bank account - would like.</p><p>Therefore, every time we decide to have coffee outside, this decision doesn't come without the conviction that we are going to places that serve <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CujpQXpumSg/?img_index=1">better things than we make at home</a> - or, when it's a new place, we only visit it after extensive Instagram photo research, after all, every Canadian dollar spent on coffee has to be well invested.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscrever&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;pt&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading The Renegade Collective! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Digite o seu e-mail..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscrever"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I've listed here my <em><strong>8 all-time favorites</strong></em> in Vancouver - all within about 2-3km from Downtown - covering the categories of food, coffee, and places to spend time. Hope you enjoy.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>1. Yaletown </strong>| Small Victory's butter croissant</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqn6dkYMC67/?img_index=1" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png" width="454" height="584.9079754601227" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1680,&quot;width&quot;:1304,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:454,&quot;bytes&quot;:3484760,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqn6dkYMC67/?img_index=1&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image Source: Instagram @SV_Bakery</figcaption></figure></div><p>Small Victory may not be a hidden gem in Vancouver, and there's also a branch in South Granville. However, I've specified the Yaletown location here because of its cozier atmosphere, with outdoor seating where, depending on the time of day, you might even catch a bit of sun (on one of the twelve days when it's not raining in Vancouver).</p><p>Undoubtedly, Small Victory's croissant is the best I've ever had - not only in Vancouver but in life. I remember when we went to Paris, we tried some of the most highly ranked croissants, and none matched the same softness and obscene amount of butter as Small Victory's.</p><p>The coffee is also delicious, and I still dream of the day I'll try all the phenomenal-looking pastries they sell there. For now, I'll recommend the latte + butter croissant, and then you can let me know what you think of the other dishes.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>2. West End</strong> | <strong>Green Horn's bagel with chive cream cheese (and the eggs benny)</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAjpz8Srvf/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png" width="662" height="446.9409340659341" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:983,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:662,&quot;bytes&quot;:2232095,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAjpz8Srvf/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @greenhorncafe</figcaption></figure></div><p>Greenhorn might be one of the coziest cafes for enjoying a coffee on a sunny Sunday morning - even when it's chilly. Located on a quiet street in the West End, it has both outdoor and indoor seating, excellent service, and all the dishes I've tried there are delicious - including the coffee.</p><p>My husband Leo always orders the eggs benedict, which is indeed delightful, but I usually go for the bagel with chive cream cheese (made in-house and incredibly flavorful). I add a side of poached eggs and sometimes even have the wit to add a side of mascarpone.</p><p>If you do visit on a sunny weekend morning, I recommend arriving between 9-10 to avoid a waitlist - people tend to spend a generous amount of time there once seated.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>3. Commercial Drive </strong>| Livia's breakfast sandwich and the sourdough (or any bread, really)</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBj9bTpqm1/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png" width="594" height="560.5467032967033" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1374,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:594,&quot;bytes&quot;:3461064,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBj9bTpqm1/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @liviasweets</figcaption></figure></div><p>Ok this isn't quite in downtown or Mt Pleasant but it's one of my favourites so it had to be here. The breakfast at Livia on Commercial Drive is simply outrageous. And it's not just breakfast - they sometimes serve dinner, and the pastas are equally delicious. However, since this is a post about cafes, let's talk about their breakfast sandwich with a creamy egg in the middle. You can choose to add mortadella, which is a delight. In addition to the breakfast sandwich, I highly recommend their sourdough &#8211; always soft to the perfect degree that sourdough can be, and freshly baked on the day.</p><p>Livia also tends to have a line for brunch, but don't be discouraged if you arrive and see a lot of people outside - many of them are just waiting for their takeout orders.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>4. Mt Pleasant</strong> | <strong>Coco et Olive's hand and cheese croissant</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/cocoetolive/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png" width="648" height="635.5384615384615" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1428,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:648,&quot;bytes&quot;:3141581,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/cocoetolive/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @cocoetolive</figcaption></figure></div><p>Coco et Olive on Main St is a delightful option, especially on a sunny day in Vancouver. Grabbing a ham &amp; cheese croissant with a coffee and sitting at the outdoor tables between Coco et Olive and Liberty Bakery (which also has good coffee), then taking a look at the dishes, cloths, vases, and decorations they sell inside, makes for a great Sunday morning activity.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>5. Gastown</strong> | The best coffee i've ever had, and with the perfect temperature in which coffees should be served</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPBpNTRBPQ/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png" width="660" height="440.35541195476577" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:826,&quot;width&quot;:1238,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:660,&quot;bytes&quot;:2146518,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPBpNTRBPQ/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @revolvercoffee</figcaption></figure></div><p>The coffee that Leo, my husband, makes is wonderful, <s>but then there's the coffee from Revolver (hope he doesn't read this)</s>. Revolver achieves the perfect milk texture at the right temperature for serving coffee, and they also sell excellent coffee for home brewing. Revolver also has a cozy side room where you can sit with your perfectly temperatured latte, work on your laptop using the wifi, without anyone kicking you out after two hours, having only spent six dollars, and trying to imagine what those hipster folks with laptops in a cafe at 3 pm on a Wednesday do with their lives.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>6. Yaletown</strong> | Craffles&#8217; Tapioca</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/eatcraffles/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png" width="612" height="612" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1456,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:612,&quot;bytes&quot;:5230611,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/eatcraffles/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @eatcraffles</figcaption></figure></div><p>For the brazilians feeling nostalgic, there's the delicious tapioca from Craffles on Davie St in Yaletown - right in front of the square. It's a generously filled tapioca - at least for me, one tapioca is already a hearty lunch - and it's made just like in this photo I borrowed from their Instagram. You get to choose the filling from the various options they offer, and with each bite, it brings back a bit of the taste of Brazil.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>7. Gastown</strong> | <strong>Nelson the Seagull's avo toast and pb + jelly toast</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcyDWLhpTj4/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png" width="660" height="785.7142857142857" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1600,&quot;width&quot;:1344,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:660,&quot;bytes&quot;:3954590,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CcyDWLhpTj4/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @nelsontheseagull</figcaption></figure></div><p>I love sitting at one of the communal tables at Nelson the Seagull, enjoying their toasts with a cup of coffee and my laptop. Similar to Revolver, I get the feeling that at every table, there's an interesting conversation happening among fascinating people. That's why it's a great spot for people-watching and eavesdropping too. Their avocado toast is served with the perfect seasoning, and I always recommend adding some poached eggs, which never disappoint. The PB &amp; jelly toast is equally wonderful. Both portions are generous, so I suggest bringing someone along to try both.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>8. Mt Pleasant</strong> | <strong>Le March&#233; St George's croissant and the pain aux raisin (I can rhyme)</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2j-VjP29U/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png" width="608" height="763.1572700296736" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1692,&quot;width&quot;:1348,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:608,&quot;bytes&quot;:3748013,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2j-VjP29U/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @lemarchestgeorge</figcaption></figure></div><p>Last but not least - actually, I think it's one of my favorites in the food + ambiance combo - there's Le Marche St George in Mt Pleasant. This little caf&#233; is on a residential corner, literally a house turned into a cafe (somewhat in the vibe of Arbutus caf&#233; in Kits, but even cooler), and you have to go without any rush. If it's a sunny weekend, you're likely to face a little line at the counter while you have someone scouting for an outdoor table. The tables and stools are very casual, and it's a somewhat family-oriented place - there are almost always kids and dogs around - a spot to sit, eat without haste, and enjoy the rare Vancouver sunshine.</p><p>Everything I've tried there is delicious, but the plain croissant and pain aux raisin (the one in the photo) are a must-try. And yes, order both and have them one after the other.</p><div><hr></div><p>Phew! That's it. Do you have any cafes to add here? Comment below for me, and let's expand this list together.</p><p>Cheers!</p><p>Maf&#234;.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscrever&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;pt&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading The Renegade Collective! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Digite o seu e-mail..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscrever"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver: Os melhores cafés em Downtown (e até 2km dali)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Para tomar o caf&#233;, comer um negocinho e ficar sentada por umas horinhas sem ser expulsa.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/viagem-vancouver-os-melhores-cafes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/viagem-vancouver-os-melhores-cafes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:02:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b8122b95-262e-4b84-b35e-57dd91eac5d6_3024x4032.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eu casei com um <em><a href="https://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/06/18/13-signs-that-youre-a-coffee-snob/">coffee snob</a></em>, o que significa que dificilmente eu encontro <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CujpQXpumSg/?img_index=1">um latte mais gostoso que o da minha casa</a>. N&#227;o bastasse isso, ele tamb&#233;m faz o pr&#243;prio p&#227;o de fermenta&#231;&#227;o natural e tem milhares de horas de videos de panifica&#231;&#227;o assistidos na conta do Youtube, o que significa que meu n&#237;vel de exig&#234;ncia para p&#227;o tamb&#233;m &#233; maior do que eu - e minha conta banc&#225;ria - gostar&#237;amos.</p><p>Por isso, cada vez que a gente decide tomar um caf&#233; fora de casa, essa decis&#227;o n&#227;o vem sem a convic&#231;&#227;o de estarmos indo em lugares que servem coisas melhores do que as que fazemos em casa - ou, quando &#233; um lugar novo, s&#243; visitamos depois de extensa pesquisa de foto de instagram, afinal cada d&#243;lar canadense colocado em caf&#233; tem que ser bem investido.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscrever&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;pt&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Obrigado por ler The Renegade Collective! Subscreva gratuitamente para receber novos posts e apoiar o meu trabalho.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Digite o seu e-mail..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscrever"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Separei aqui os meus <em><strong>8 all time favourites</strong></em> de Vancouver - at&#233; uns 2-3km de dist&#226;ncia de Downtown - que contemplam a categoria comida, caf&#233; e ambiente pra passar tempo. Espero que gostem. </p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>1. Yaletown </strong>| Butter croissant do Small Victory</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqn6dkYMC67/?img_index=1" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png" width="454" height="584.9079754601227" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1680,&quot;width&quot;:1304,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:454,&quot;bytes&quot;:3484760,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqn6dkYMC67/?img_index=1&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xYyy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca0deb8-82cb-4ae7-934d-faac9aabf53e_1304x1680.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image Source: Instagram @SV_Bakery</figcaption></figure></div><p>Small Victory n&#227;o &#233; nenhuma <em>hidden gem</em> de Vancouver, e tem tamb&#233;m uma unidade em South Granville, mas eu especifiquei aqui a de Yaletown por ser um ambiente mais gostosinho, com mesinhas do lado de fora que, dependendo da hora do dia, voc&#234; at&#233; consegue uma faixa de sol (se for em um dos doze dias que n&#227;o chove em Vancouver).</p><p>Sem d&#250;vidas o croissant do SV &#233; o melhor que eu j&#225; comi - n&#227;o s&#243; em Vancouver, mas na vida. Lembro que quando fomos pra Paris a gente provou alguns dos croissants mais <em>highly ranked</em> e n&#227;o provei nenhum que tivesse a mesma maciez e quantidade obscena de manteiga que a do Small Victory.</p><p>O caf&#233; tamb&#233;m &#233; delicioso e eu ainda sonho com o dia que vou provar todos os doces que eles vendem l&#225; - que tem uma cara fenomenal. Mas por ora vou deixar a recomenda&#231;&#227;o de <em>latte + butter croissant</em>, e depois voc&#234; me conta o que achou dos outros pratos.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>2. West End</strong> | Bagel com chive cream cheese ou eggs benedict do <strong>Green Horn Cafe</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAjpz8Srvf/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png" width="662" height="446.9409340659341" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:983,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:662,&quot;bytes&quot;:2232095,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAjpz8Srvf/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnxp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1eb87a22-293b-4009-91b2-bde9ff78ff7b_1694x1144.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @greenhorncafe</figcaption></figure></div><p>O Greenhorn talvez seja um dos caf&#233;s com o ambiente mais gostosinho pra se tomar um caf&#233; em uma manh&#227; de domingo de sol - mesmo quanto t&#225; frio. Ele fica em um rua tranquilinha do West End, tem mesinhas do lado de fora e de dentro, atendimento costuma ser &#243;timo e todas as comidas que eu j&#225; provei l&#225; s&#227;o deliciosas - e o caf&#233; tamb&#233;m. </p><p>O Leo, meu marido, sempre pede o eggs benedict que &#233;, de fato, uma delicia, mas eu sempre vou no bagel com chive cream cheese (que eles fazem l&#225; e &#233; saboros&#237;ssimo), adiciono um side com ovos poch&#233; e &#224;s vezes ainda tenho a sagacidade de adicionar um side de mascarpone tamb&#233;m.</p><p>Se voc&#234; for mesmo em uma manh&#227; de fim de semana de sol, recomendo chegar entre 9-10 pra n&#227;o pegar fila de espera - as pessoas costumam ficar um tempo generoso l&#225; quando sentam.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>3. Commercial </strong>| Breakfast Sandwich (e qualquer p&#227;o) da <strong>Livia</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBj9bTpqm1/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png" width="594" height="560.5467032967033" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1374,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:594,&quot;bytes&quot;:3461064,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBj9bTpqm1/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gsFu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6da84a9-e6c8-4e59-8e83-db77d0750afd_1698x1602.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @liviasweets</figcaption></figure></div><p>O caf&#233; da manh&#227; do Livia na Commercial Drive &#233; simplesmente obsceno. Mas n&#227;o &#233; s&#243; ele - &#224;s vezes eles fazem jantar tamb&#233;m e as massas s&#227;o igualmente deliciosas, mas j&#225; que esse &#233; um post de caf&#233;s vamos falar sobre esse breakfast sandwich que tem esse ovo cremoso no meio e voc&#234; pode optar por adicionar mortadela - uma del&#237;cia. Al&#233;m desse breakfast sandwich tamb&#233;m recomendo o sourdough sempre macio, na medida de maciez que um sourdough consegue ser, e fresco assado no dia. </p><p>Livia tamb&#233;m faz uma filinha para o Brunch, mas n&#227;o se deixe intimidar se voc&#234; chegar l&#225; e tiver muita gente do lado de fora - v&#225;rias dessas pessoas s&#243; est&#227;o esperando seus take outs.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>4. Mt Pleasant</strong> | Ham and Cheese Croissant do <strong>Coco et Olive</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/cocoetolive/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png" width="648" height="635.5384615384615" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1428,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:648,&quot;bytes&quot;:3141581,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/cocoetolive/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BLBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdfb6e89-1903-46d4-877c-e85607fdf019_1636x1604.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @cocoetolive</figcaption></figure></div><p>O Coco et Olive ali na Main St &#233; uma op&#231;&#227;o deliciosa principalmente em um dia com sol em Vancouver. Pegar um ham &amp; cheese croissant com um cafezinho e sentar pra comer nas mesinhas de fora que ficam entre o Coco et Olive e o Liberty Bakery (que tamb&#233;m tem um caf&#233; bom), e depois dar uma olhadinha nas lou&#231;as, panos, vasos e decora&#231;&#227;o que vendem l&#225; dentro &#233; um &#243;timo programa de domingo de manh&#227;.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>5. Gastown</strong> | O melhor caf&#233; do mundo na temperatura perfeita do <strong>Revolver</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPBpNTRBPQ/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png" width="660" height="440.35541195476577" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:826,&quot;width&quot;:1238,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:660,&quot;bytes&quot;:2146518,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPBpNTRBPQ/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-paP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc0826528-6fcf-4990-bf38-5eeacd4ec152_1238x826.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @revolvercoffee</figcaption></figure></div><p>O Caf&#233; que o Leo, meu marido, faz &#233; maravilhoso <s>mas a&#237; existe o caf&#233; do Revolver (que ele n&#227;o leia isso)</s>. O Revolver faz a textura perfeita de leite na temperatura certa de se servir caf&#233; - e eles tamb&#233;m vendem &#243;timos caf&#233;s para fazer em casa. O Revolver tamb&#233;m tem uma salinha lateral onde voc&#234; pode sentar com seu latte de temperatura ideal pra trabalhar, carregando computador e usando wifi, sem ningu&#233;m te expulsar depois de duas horas tendo consumido s&#243; seis d&#243;lares, e tentando imaginar o que aquelas pessoas hipster em seus computadores em um caf&#233; as 3 da tarde de uma quarta feira fazem da vida. </p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>6. Yaletown</strong> | Tapioca, claro, do <strong>Craffles</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/eatcraffles/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png" width="612" height="612" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1456,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:612,&quot;bytes&quot;:5230611,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/eatcraffles/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9H47!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed2df947-5283-4957-8395-864e125742ce_1692x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @eatcraffles</figcaption></figure></div><p>Para os cora&#231;&#245;es saudosistas existe a tapioca deliciosa do Craffles na Davie St em Yaletown - bem na frente da pra&#231;a. &#201; uma tapioca bem servida - pelo menos pra mim uma tapioca s&#243; j&#225; &#233; um baita almo&#231;o - e feita que nem nessa foto que eu emprestei do instagram deles. Voc&#234; escolhe o recheio entre as v&#225;rias op&#231;&#245;es que eles servem e lembra um pouquinho do Brasil a cada mordida.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>7. Gastown</strong> | Avocado Toast e Peanut Butter Toast do <strong>Nelson the Seagull</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcyDWLhpTj4/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png" width="660" height="785.7142857142857" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1600,&quot;width&quot;:1344,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:660,&quot;bytes&quot;:3954590,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/CcyDWLhpTj4/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i3mN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc04486a-c593-40e3-b8d8-84bcb8880bc7_1344x1600.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @nelsontheseagull</figcaption></figure></div><p>Eu amo sentar em uma das mesas comunit&#225;rias do Nelson the Seagull e comer as toasts deles com um cafezinho e meu computador. Assim como no Revolver eu tenho a sensa&#231;&#227;o de que em cada mesa tem algum papo interessante acontecendo entre pessoas interessantes, por isso &#233; um &#243;timo lugar pra ficar <em>people watching</em> e <em>eavesdropping</em> tamb&#233;m. A avo toast deles &#233; servida com o tempero perfeito e eu recomendo sempre adicionar uns ovos poch&#233;s que nunca ofendem - e a PB &amp; jelly toast &#233; igualmente maravilhosa. Ambas s&#227;o grandes ent&#227;o recomendo levar algu&#233;m junto pra poder provar as duas.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>8. Mt Pleasant</strong> | O croissant e o pain aux raisin do <strong>Le March&#233; St George</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2j-VjP29U/" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png" width="608" height="763.1572700296736" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1692,&quot;width&quot;:1348,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:608,&quot;bytes&quot;:3748013,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2j-VjP29U/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nwCx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc4771367-92c7-41ab-a0f9-62b34329c5be_1348x1692.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Image source: Instagram @lemarchestgeorge</figcaption></figure></div><p>Por &#250;ltimo e n&#227;o menos importante - inclusive acho que &#233; um dos meus preferidos do combo comida + ambiente - tem o Le Marche St George tamb&#233;m em Mt Pleasant. Esse cafezinho fica em uma esquina residencial e &#233; literalmente uma casinha que virou caf&#233; (mais ou menos na vibe do Arbutus caf&#233;, em Kits, s&#243; que mais cool) e voc&#234; tem que ir sem pressa. Se foi um fim de semana de sol, &#233; muito prov&#225;vel que voc&#234; vai enfrentar uma filinha pra pedir no balc&#227;o enquanto designa algu&#233;m pra procurar uma mesinha l&#225; fora pra sentar. S&#227;o mesas e banquinhos bem informais, e um lugar um tanto fam&#237;lia - quase sempre v&#227;o ter crian&#231;as e cachorros - pra sentar e comer sem pressa enquanto curte um solzinho raro de Vancouver. Tudo o que eu j&#225; comi l&#225; &#233; delicioso, mas o plain croissant e o pain aux raisin (esse da foto) s&#227;o imperd&#237;veis - e sim, pe&#231;a os dois e coma um em seguida do outro.</p><div><hr></div><p>Ufa! &#201; isso. Tem algum caf&#233; pra adicionar aqui? Comenta aqui em baixo pra mim e vamos aumentar essa lista juntas.</p><p>Bjs,</p><p>Maf&#234;.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscrever&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;pt&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Obrigado por ler The Renegade Collective! Subscreva gratuitamente para receber novos posts e apoiar o meu trabalho.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Digite o seu e-mail..." tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscrever"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sobre mudança de carreira, liberdade de ir e vir e a racionalização da ansiedade.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leia at&#233; o final, principalmente se voc&#234; tem vontade de fazer uma transi&#231;&#227;o de carreira.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/sobre-mudanca-de-carreira-liberdade</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/sobre-mudanca-de-carreira-liberdade</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:00:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Se voc&#234; me segue h&#225; algum tempo, provavelmente sabe que eu trabalhei muitos anos no varejo, fiz um transi&#231;&#227;o de carreira para a fotografia e nos &#250;ltimos anos transitei por v&#225;rios estilos, pa&#237;ses e ocupa&#231;&#245;es at&#233; chegar aqui no Rio de Janeiro onde hoje eu equilibro as minhas duas profiss&#245;es.</p><p>Quando eu fiz minha transi&#231;&#227;o do varejo corporativo para a fotografia, eu achei que <em>"s&#243;" </em>estava mudando de carreira quando, na verdade, <strong>eu estava construindo a coisa mais importante que eu tenho hoje profissionalmente: a liberdade de ir e vir - quando, como e onde eu quiser.</strong> <a href="https://mafe.substack.com/p/br-the-renegade-collective-8">Eu falo sobre essa conquista aqui nesse texto.</a></p><p>Rebobinando um pouco essa hist&#243;ria&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg" width="266" height="398.51353328456474" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:2048,&quot;width&quot;:1367,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:266,&quot;bytes&quot;:1279944,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RZIo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb867c066-7cb7-4692-a89f-137a651cb8f0_1367x2048.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>18 anos atr&#225;s anos eu sofria a mesma press&#227;o que grande parte das pessoas da minha gera&#231;&#227;o sofreram - a de ter que <em>"decidir o que fazer para o resto da vida"</em> ao escolher uma faculdade. Inocentes, n&#233;? N&#227;o sei voc&#234;, mas at&#233; hoje eu sigo sem saber.</p><p>Na &#233;poca eu atirei para v&#225;rios lados, com muita certeza de que eu nem passaria no vestibular (n&#227;o era a melhor aluna em assuntos de escola), mas acabei cursando Rela&#231;&#245;es P&#250;blicas na Universidade Federal do Paran&#225; e na metade do curso ingressei tamb&#233;m em um t&#233;cnico de Moda - #teamsamanthajones desde sempre.</p><p>Com a certeza inocente de que durante esses 5 anos eu ia descobrir <em>"qual era minha paix&#227;o"</em> eu me formei sem ter nem id&#233;ia do que fazer. E foi nessa que peguei meus diplomas e me mudei para a Austr&#225;lia.</p><p>Como quase todo mundo que eu conheci nesses quinze anos de carreira, o varejo apareceu na minha vida por necessidade, e se mostrou um excelente potencial de carreira. Mas isso veio aos poucos. No come&#231;o era <em>s&#243; um trabalho para pagar as contas.</em></p><p>Depois de quatro anos de Austr&#225;lia eu voltei para o Brasil com a oportunidade de abrir as opera&#231;&#245;es de varejo da Aesop - aquela dos sabonetes aesthetic que aparece nos banheiros mais elegantes do Pinterest.&nbsp;</p><p>Foram oito anos e 3 pa&#237;ses na marca, e uma verdadeira escola que me ensinou mais sobre business e lideran&#231;a do que eu jamais aprenderia em algum curso.</p><p>Nesses 8 anos eu tive altos e baixos e questionei minha carreira v&#225;rias vezes e foi atrav&#233;s de estudos, livros (e terapia) que eu fui moldando a minha vis&#227;o de carreira e lideran&#231;a.</p><p>Aproveitava meu tempo livre para mergulhar em autores como Bren&#233; Brown, Daniel Pink, Simon Sinek, Tara Swart, Cal Newport, e fazer cursos que foram de Leadership Communication na Harvard Business School ao m&#233;todo MESA, Coolhunting e outros, enquanto testava na pr&#225;tica tudo que eu aprendia e desenvolvia meus pr&#243;prios m&#233;todos de lideran&#231;a, planejamento estrat&#233;gico, gerenciamento financeiro e outros.</p><p>Foi um livro em particular, que li durante uma quarentena de COVID enquanto minhas lojas seguiam fechadas, que me fez flertar com a fotografia: A Job to Love, da School of Life.&nbsp;</p><p>Esse livro prop&#245;e v&#225;rios exerc&#237;cios que fazem voc&#234; explorar oportunidades de carreira que se conectam com seus interesses intr&#237;nsecos. Lendo ele eu me dei conta de duas coisas: 1/ O trabalho que eu tinha na &#233;poca era perfeito pra mim. 2/ Fotografia poderia ser uma &#243;tima op&#231;&#227;o de carreira tamb&#233;m.</p><p>Eu n&#227;o entrei na fotografia pela poesia da arte que ela traz, ou qualquer coisa rom&#226;ntica assim, mas - como tudo que eu fa&#231;o - por ter racionalizado que al&#233;m de ser uma carreira que combina comigo, eu tenho os interesses intr&#237;nsecos de trabalhar com beleza, organiza&#231;&#227;o e poder entregar algo de valor para o outro.</p><p>E foi assim que eu comecei a aprender sobre fotografia. Novamente comecei a estudar e praticar tudo que eu podia at&#233; sentir que eu era boa o suficiente para seguir uma carreira s&#243; com ela.</p><p>A decis&#227;o de largar meus doze anos de uma carreira s&#243;lida, com seguran&#231;a financeira, e que al&#233;m de ter me ensinado muito tamb&#233;m me levou para muitos pa&#237;ses e culturas diferentes, n&#227;o foi f&#225;cil e n&#227;o veio sem desafios psicol&#243;gicos, <strong>mas foi necess&#225;ria para que eu me libertasse da obrigatoriedade que eu me impunha de focar em s&#243; um caminho para seguir.</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Vou ganhar dinheiro suficiente? Estou jogando fora uma carreira s&#243;lida &#224; toa? Quem eu penso que sou come&#231;ando aos 32 quando o mercado est&#225; saturado de profissionais muito bons? E se n&#227;o der certo e quando eu tiver que voltar para o varejo eu vou estar desvalorizada? Eu vou ter que come&#231;ar do zero? Nem sei se tenho energia pra isso&#8230;</em></p></blockquote><p>Esses foram s&#243; alguns dos muitos medos e pensamentos recorrentes que eu tinha at&#233; eu tomar essa decis&#227;o e pelos primeiros meses como fot&#243;grafa aut&#244;noma.</p><p>Depois de muitos anos sendo respons&#225;vel por mim mesma e minhas finan&#231;as, me desenvolvendo em uma carreira onde eu j&#225; era boa e trabalhava em marcas refer&#234;ncia de mercado, <strong>o medo da regress&#227;o profissional e financeira era real.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Mas a parte boa &#233; que depois de certa idade a gente j&#225; vem com uma bagagem que n&#227;o &#233; comum ter nos nossos 18 anos, e no meu caso eram conhecimento de lideran&#231;a, estrat&#233;gia, planejamento financeiro, autoconhecimento e intelig&#234;ncia emocional.&nbsp;</p><p>E foi por me conhecer e saber que qualquer amea&#231;a ao meu estilo de vida e produtividade profissional me faria desistir e voltar para o que era antes, eu sabia que tinha que fazer um planejamento redondinho que me desse suporte psicol&#243;gico e financeiro para continuar.</p><p>Eu dei 6 meses de aviso pr&#233;vio no meu emprego antigo para que eu pudesse levantar capital e me planejar para a transi&#231;&#227;o de carreira. Nesses seis meses eu dediquei uma boa parcela das minhas horas focando em montar a empresa, trabalhar branding, marketing, vendas, portf&#243;lio, investir em equipamento, estudar, e tudo o que eu considerava necess&#225;rio fazer para preparar o terreno pra quando eu estivesse 100% na fotografia.</p><p>Organizei tudo isso do lado psicol&#243;gico, financeiro e de empresa em um planejamento anual que eu ent&#227;o quebrei em trimestres e meses. Para cada um desses per&#237;odos eu tinha um objetivo claro de vendas - quantos clientes a qual ticket m&#233;dio eu precisava fechar por m&#234;s - e metas de tarefas que eu precisava cumprir para alcan&#231;ar cada um desses objetivos.</p><blockquote><p><em>Se em Julho eu planejava aumentar o valor dos meus ensaios, quer dizer que nos 4-6 meses antes disso eu teria que praticar o estilo de foto que eu queria entregar para aumentar meu portf&#243;lio e atrair a clientela certa, melhorar meu site e comunica&#231;&#227;o visual para comunicar o valor elevado de marca e servi&#231;o, criar um workflow de pr&#233; e p&#243;s venda que atendesse &#224;s expectativas do cliente que investiria aquele valor elevado, adquirir lentes premium que me desse versatilidade na fotografia, e por a&#237; vai.</em></p></blockquote><p>O planejamento sempre foi a minha ferramenta mais poderosa para n&#227;o deixar a ansiedade me paralisar e fazer com que eu desistisse. Quando ela batia, eu deixava ela entrar - n&#227;o sei quantas vidas de terapia a gente precisa pra conseguir deixar ela de fora, se algu&#233;m souber me avisa que eu j&#225; parcelo no cart&#227;o - mas meu mantra era <em>"confia no plano e segue em frente".</em></p><p>E foi confiando no plano, ajustando quando preciso, mudando a rota de vez em quando que um ano e meio se passou e eu segui firme na fotografia vivendo na pr&#225;tica o que eu tinha planejado pra mim.</p><p>Durante esse per&#237;odo as frases que eu mais ouvia das pessoas que acompanhavam essa transi&#231;&#227;o, de perto ou de longe, eram: <em>como voc&#234; &#233; corajosa / eu queria ter essa coragem / n&#227;o sei como voc&#234; consegue / sabe que meu sonho era ser *insira uma profiss&#227;o* mas eu n&#227;o tenho coragem de largar tudo.</em></p><p>Ent&#227;o resolvi pegar todos os meus aprendizados - te&#243;ricos e pr&#225;ticos - e colocar tudo isso em um curso para ajudar outros criativos a fazerem suas pr&#243;prias transi&#231;&#245;es de carreira.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ApUx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe411552-7bcb-44af-bbce-baea553684c9_4000x2856.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ApUx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe411552-7bcb-44af-bbce-baea553684c9_4000x2856.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ApUx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe411552-7bcb-44af-bbce-baea553684c9_4000x2856.jpeg 848w, 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Comecei o curso em Janeiro desse ano, quando estava morando em um flat em S&#227;o Paulo tentando decidir qual seria nosso pr&#243;ximo destino, e terminei ele em Mar&#231;o no Rio de Janeiro. Lancei ele timidamente em ingl&#234;s e ganhei v&#225;rios feedbacks incr&#237;veis, insights de outras experi&#234;ncias de mudan&#231;a de carreira e conex&#227;o com outras pessoas que passaram por processos psicol&#243;gicos muito similares aos meus.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Hoje eu estou lan&#231;ado ele em uma vers&#227;o mais elaborada, com a minha hist&#243;ria atualizada - muita coisa aconteceu desde ent&#227;o - e em portugu&#234;s.</strong></p><p><strong>E a not&#237;cia boa &#233;: lan&#231;amento na semana de special friday significa lan&#231;amento com desconto.</strong></p><p><strong>Ent&#227;o at&#233; segunda-feira dia 27 voc&#234; pode comprar esse curso com R$100 de desconto.</strong></p></blockquote><p>No curso eu cubro estrat&#233;gias para lidar com o emocional e a ansiedade que vem com uma transi&#231;&#227;o de carreira, estrat&#233;gias para lidar com o lado financeiro e se planejar para que seja uma transi&#231;&#227;o tranquila, e como criar uma estrat&#233;gia de neg&#243;cios para alcan&#231;ar seus objetivos de empresa. E como um b&#244;nus eu inclu&#237; as minhas ferramentas mais bem sucedidas para conseguir meus primeiros clientes.</p><p><strong><a href="https://mafelima.com/br/make-the-leap">Clica aqui </a>para ler tudinho que tem no meu curso. Nesse link eu explico melhor cada uma dessas partes e se voc&#234; ainda tiver d&#250;vidas &#233; s&#243; me mandar um e-mail.</strong></p><p>Fica a vontade para encaminhar esse texto para quem voc&#234; conhece que pode estar passando por esse processo. <em><strong>Independente de comprar ou n&#227;o meu curso, eu vou adorar bater um papo e ajudar como eu puder.</strong></em></p><p>Beijos e at&#233; j&#225; j&#225;.</p><p>Maf&#234;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in love]]></title><description><![CDATA[And I don't believe in making promises I cannot keep]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/i-dont-believe-in-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/i-dont-believe-in-love</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:05:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0aeeee28-38af-4c58-8126-2de1facead2a_1367x2048.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About two months ago, I pronounced the words that every groom dreams of hearing at the altar:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>I <strong>don't</strong> believe in love and I <strong>won't</strong> promise to make you happy for the rest of your life</em></p></div><p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e2749892-d69c-4cef-a7d1-4a9c35c875f6_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/658e4401-3b4f-451b-bf73-d67999b27549_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d9794c30-adb6-4f2c-a4f4-8e1ebefd7195_1101x1382.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f51acc0-3d2f-4e10-887c-2e65f4965b22_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/be3d06c1-f977-40e1-9d50-6a6e082c4b43_2048x1367.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/19594be6-4d03-46c2-a360-5cab93c80ebc_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Wedding Vows&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69fa40c6-11b2-4fd8-ab5f-7595895be269_1456x964.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>I was around 28 years old when I learned to rationalize love, and realized that I don't believe in the same love as most people talk about.</p><p>I understood that love is not a mystical feeling that cannot be explained. On the contrary, I love to rationalize each of the loves I feel, with my feet on the ground and the clarity of how what I love in others relates to who I am. It is so visible to me, the specific reasons why I love the people I love, that it's almost palpable.</p><p>Just as it is very clear to me that love does not arise on its own and does not sustain itself without effort.</p><p>I don't believe in loving anyone without getting to know them well, without paying close attention to how the other person relates to themselves, to others, and to the world. It is necessary to take the time to remove the projections we make of the scene and make room to observe the other, without those pieces of who we are interfering with the interpretation.</p><p>Just as I don't believe that when love is born, it stays. Alone, without effort, just by existing. For me, it is only sustained by the rational choice to love every day - the other person and ourselves.</p><p>And with the same certainty that I don't believe in this inexplicable love, I also don't believe in making promises that I cannot keep.</p><p>That's why I made sure not to make any promises in my vows that I didn't have 100% control over the delivery - like happiness that is beyond me.</p><p>Few words sound as arrogant, or extremely innocent, as <em>'I promise to make you happy.'</em></p><p>So here's a little of what I could promise:</p><blockquote><p><em>'What I can promise is to continue being my most sincere self, even with the changes that will come with time, so that you always know who I am and who I am becoming, without surprises or secrets, and with that, we can always be in essence the couple we are today.</em></p><p><em>I promise to always work on loving myself more so that I can give you even more love.</em></p><p><em>I promise to take good care of myself so that I can take better care of you.</em></p><p><em>I promise to work on my pains so that I can help you heal yours.</em></p><p><em>I promise to always try to live well with myself so that we can live even better together.</em></p><p><em>I promise to be more myself every day so that we never stop being us.</em></p><p><em>With you, I learned that love can be light and gentle, and I promise every day to continue choosing the lightness of loving you.'</em></p></blockquote><p></p><p>Two months and counting...</p><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">The Renegade Collective is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eu não acredito no amor]]></title><description><![CDATA[E nem em promessas que eu n&#227;o posso cumprir.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/eu-nao-acredito-no-amor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/eu-nao-acredito-no-amor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:05:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dad0d180-4c84-4576-8b76-50814ff3eda5_590x589.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quase dois meses atr&#225;s eu falei as palavras que todo noivo sonha em ouvir no altar: </p><div class="pullquote"><p><em>eu <strong>n&#227;o</strong> acredito no amor e <strong>n&#227;o</strong> prometo te fazer feliz para o resto da vida.</em></p></div><p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e2749892-d69c-4cef-a7d1-4a9c35c875f6_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/658e4401-3b4f-451b-bf73-d67999b27549_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d9794c30-adb6-4f2c-a4f4-8e1ebefd7195_1101x1382.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f51acc0-3d2f-4e10-887c-2e65f4965b22_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/be3d06c1-f977-40e1-9d50-6a6e082c4b43_2048x1367.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/19594be6-4d03-46c2-a360-5cab93c80ebc_1367x2048.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Wedding Vows&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69fa40c6-11b2-4fd8-ab5f-7595895be269_1456x964.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>Eu tinha uns 28 anos quando eu aprendi a racionalizar o amor e entendi que eu n&#227;o acredito no mesmo amor que a maioria das pessoas parece sentir.</p><p>Entendi que amor n&#227;o &#233; um sentimento m&#237;stico que n&#227;o pode ser explicado. Pelo contr&#225;rio, eu amo racionalizar cada um dos amores que eu sinto, com os p&#233;s no ch&#227;o e a clareza do que o que eu amo no outro se relaciona com quem eu sou. &#201; t&#227;o vis&#237;vel, para mim, as raz&#245;es espec&#237;ficas pelas quais eu amo as pessoas que amo que &#233; quase palp&#225;vel.&nbsp;</p><p>Assim como &#233; muito claro pra mim que amor n&#227;o nasce sozinho e n&#227;o se sustenta sem esfor&#231;o.&nbsp;</p><p>N&#227;o acredito em amar ningu&#233;m sem conhecer direito, sem perceber como a outra pessoa se relaciona consigo, com os outros e com o mundo. &#201; preciso ter tempo de tirar a proje&#231;&#227;o de cena e abrir espa&#231;o para observar o outro, sem aqueles peda&#231;os de quem somos atrapalhando a interpreta&#231;&#227;o.&nbsp;</p><p>Assim como n&#227;o acredito que quando o amor nasce, ele fica. Assim, sozinho, sem esfor&#231;o, s&#243; por existir. Para mim, ele s&#243; &#233; mantido pela escolha racional de amar todos os dias - ao outro e a n&#243;s mesmos.</p><p>E com a mesma certeza que eu n&#227;o acredito nesse amor inexplic&#225;vel, eu tamb&#233;m n&#227;o acredito em fazer promessas que eu n&#227;o posso cumprir.</p><p>Por isso tamb&#233;m eu cuidei para n&#227;o prometer nos meus votos nada que eu n&#227;o tivesse 100% de controle sobre a entrega - como a felicidade que &#233; alheia a mim.&nbsp;</p><p>Poucas palavras me soam t&#227;o arrogantes, ou extremamente inocentes, quanto <em>&#8220;prometo te fazer feliz"</em>. </p><p>Ent&#227;o fica aqui um pouquinho do que eu pude prometer:&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;O que eu posso prometer &#233; continuar sendo o meu eu mais sincero, mesmo com as mudan&#231;as que v&#227;o vir com o tempo, pra que voc&#234; sempre saiba quem eu sou e quem eu me torno, sem surpresas ou segredos, e com isso a gente sempre possa ser na ess&#234;ncia o casal que somos hoje.</em></p><p><em>Prometo sempre trabalhar em me amar mais pra que eu possa te dar ainda mais amor</em></p><p><em>Prometo cuidar bem de mim pra que eu possa cuidar melhor de voc&#234;&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Prometo trabalhar as minhas dores pra que eu possa te ajudar a curar as suas&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Prometo tentar sempre viver bem comigo pra vivermos ainda melhor juntos&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Prometo ser cada dia mais eu pra nunca deixarmos de sermos n&#243;s.</em></p><p><em>Com voc&#234; eu aprendi a ser leve a dois e eu prometo todos os dias continuar escolhendo a leveza de amar voc&#234;.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>Dois meses and counting&#8230;</p><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">The Renegade Collective is a reader-supported publication. 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l&#225; o trabalho no varejo paga por hora e que tinham muitos poucos lugares que davam comiss&#227;o sobre vendas por volta de 2010-14. O que fazia do trabalho de vendedor ser muito mais sobre atendimento ao cliente e um tanto passivo aos pedidos dos cliente.</p><p>Enquanto no Brasil a pr&#225;tica generalizada sempre foi de pagar o time de loia comiss&#227;o sobre as vendas mensais. Em alguns lugares &#233; s&#243; o que eles recebem, em outros eles tamb&#233;m adicionam um sal&#225;rio base.</p><p>O que isso significava pra mim na &#233;poca era a raiz de uma cultura onde a necessidade da venda ofuscava &#224;s necessidades do cliente - mesmo que em detrimento da experi&#234;ncia de compra - e v&#225;rios desdobramentos negativos de clima organizacional em loja:</p><ul><li><p><strong>alta competitividade entre vendedores</strong> e um sentimento de posse em rela&#231;&#227;o a clientes, sem a compreens&#227;o de que o cliente &#233; da marca, e n&#227;o do vendedor.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>excelentes gerentes que queriam subir para o corporativo e tinham suas promo&#231;&#245;es barradas</strong> pois seus supervisores preferiam ter eles performando em loja</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>&#65279;julgamentos frequentes sobre os clientes</strong> que entravam nas lojas e escolha de quem atender baseando na suposi&#231;&#227;o de quanto eles iriam gastar, machucando muito a experi&#234;ncia de cliente (e, francamente, um valor b&#225;sico chamado respeito)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>&#65279;escala criada com base em 'merecimento' por performance de vendas </strong>(quem mais vende, ganha os dias e hor&#225;rios com melhores compras; e quem vende menos n&#227;o tem essa chance)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>alta rotatividade de funcion&#225;rios</strong> uma vez que os vendedores sairiam facilmente da sua marca pra trabalhar na loja do lado que oferecesse 0,05% a mais em comiss&#227;o.</p></li></ul><p>e por a&#237; vai...</p><p>Ent&#227;o quando me disseram que praticar&#237;amos o mesmo que o resto da ind&#250;stria - em uma marca que valorizava muito experi&#234;ncia de cliente e esp&#237;rito colaborativo - eu me senti obrigada a questionar se o status quo serviria pra gente.</p><p>Eu juntei toda informa&#231;&#227;o que pude, eduquei eles sobre a situa&#231;&#227;o de atendimento a cliente no Brasil, fiz benchmark de sal&#225;rios, criei uma alternativa que igualava o sal&#225;rio de todos os vendedores ao mesmo tempo que incentivava vendas e trabalho em equipe, fiz as devidas proje&#231;&#245;es de impacto de custos das duas op&#231;&#245;es de sal&#225;rios e constru&#237; meus argumentos para o GM das Americas.</p><p>Nessa situa&#231;&#227;o espec&#237;fica s&#243; o que eu precisei dizer foi <em>"isso vai machucar a experi&#234;ncia de cliente"</em> pra ganhar meu ok.</p><p>E como resultado eu consegui construir um time de vendedores incr&#237;veis com muito foco em experi&#234;ncia de cliente ao mesmo tempo que cuidavam da taxa de convers&#227;o, do ticket m&#233;dio e tamb&#233;m do aumento da taxa de reten&#231;&#227;o de cliente.</p><p>O trabalho em equipe das lojas era incr&#237;vel: todos trabalhavam com o mesmo esfor&#231;o para ajudar uns aos outros e manter as opera&#231;&#245;es da loja, n&#243;s constantemente receb&#237;amos elogios e agradecimentos de clientes, e quase sempre bat&#237;amos as metas mensais - quando uma pessoa ganhava, todas ganhavam. Sem contar que t&#237;nhamos uma taxa de reten&#231;&#227;o de funcion&#225;rios sem precedentes.</p><p><strong>S&#243; de desafiar um status quo muito b&#225;sico da ind&#250;stria n&#243;s elevamos muito a barra ao criarmos uma cultura centrada no cliente e constru&#237;da com respeito e trabalho em equipe.</strong></p><p>N&#227;o estou dizendo que todas as marcas que utilizam da estrutura de comiss&#227;o de vendas pessoal sofrem de todos esses efeitos colaterais que eu listei. Se voc&#234; tem uma &#243;tima cultura empresarial, um excelente processo de recrutamento e treinamento e gerentes que s&#227;o bons l&#237;deres de pessoas, voc&#234; certamente pode fazer esse sistema funcionar pra voc&#234; e garantir ao mesmo tempo experi&#234;ncia de cliente e performance de vendas.</p><p>A mensagem aqui &#233; simplesmente para desafiar o status quo da ind&#250;stria todas vez que voc&#234; pensar<em> "deve ter um jeito melhor de fazer isso".</em></p><p>N&#243;s n&#227;o conseguimos resultados diferentes se continuarmos fazendo o mesmo que todo mundo.</p><p>(&#233; um grande clich&#234;, mas t&#227;o verdade).</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The results I got from challenging the pay structure benchmark in Brazilian retail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Challenging the status quo in the retail industry]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-the-results-i-got-from-challenging</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-the-results-i-got-from-challenging</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:55:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a457a09e-4845-43e9-ab94-bb71ec20fb33_1080x720.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Photo by <a href="true">Brandon Romanchuk</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>When I moved back to Brazil to kick off the retail operations of an Australian brand I remember having an interesting conversation around wages for retail staff.</p><p>When I asked my Aussie VP of retail at the time what the payment structure would be like the answer I got was: &#8216;<em>let's do whatever the rest of the market is doing.&#8217;</em></p><p>Having lived in Australia I knew that retail jobs there pay by the hour and there were very few places that added a commission package back in 2010-14.&nbsp;</p><p>Which meant that the job was mostly focused on customer service and being somewhat passive to customer's wants and wishes.</p><p>Whereas in Brazil there's a quite generalized practice of paying retail staff personal commission over their monthly sales. In some places that is all they get and in other places they also have a base wage. But the sales performance dictates about 80% of their salary.</p><p>What this meant to me at the time was that this was the root to a culture where the need to close the sale overshadowed the needs of the client - even if that happened in detriment of the customer experience - and it unfolded into several negative aspects of organizational climate:</p><ul><li><p><strong>a highly competitive environment </strong>amongst salespeople and a feeling of 'owning' a customer, failing to understand that the customer belongs to the brand and not to a specific store or person.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>excellent high performing store managers willing to climb the corporate ladder but having their promotions blocked </strong>by supervisors that would rather have them bringing sales on the floor.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>biased salespeople</strong> that would pick and chose the customers they were willing to host based on assumptions of how much they would spend, causing a terrible damage to customer experience land a basic human value called respect)</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>schedule staff based on who deserved to be selling on the most profiting days </strong>and punishing all the rest that would always get Mondays and Tuesdays on the roster.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>high staff turnover rates</strong> as the salespeople would easily leave your brand for the store next door that was offering 0,05% extra in commission.</p></li></ul><p>and the list went on...</p><p>So when I was told that we would pay whatever the market was paying - at a brand that highly valued customer experience and teamwork - I couldn't help but challenge the status quo in the industry.</p><p>I gathered all the information I could, educated them on the retail customer service situation in Brazil. benchmarked salaries, created an alternative that would reward staff equally while also incentivizing team work and store sales (rather then individual sales), projected the impact on costs of the alternative vs the standard pay and built my case to the GM of the Americas at the time.</p><p>In this specific situation all it took was<em> 'it hurst the customer experience'</em> argument to convince him to do things differently.</p><p>And as a result I was able to build a team of incredible retail associates that had strong focus on customer experience while keeping an eye on Conversion Rate and Average Transaction Value and at the same time increasing Customer Retention.</p><p>The team work in the stores was remarkable: everybody worked with the same effort to help each other and maintain the store operations, we constantly had customers sending thank you notes and compliments on the service, we almost always hit sales target&nbsp; and when one person won - everybody won. Not to mention we had an unprecedented staff retention rate.</p><p>By simply challenging one very basic status quo we had set the bar very high by creating a customer centric culture built on respect and relatedness.&nbsp;</p><p>I&#8217;m not saying that all brands that reward staff with personal commission suffer from all the side effects listed above. If you have a great company culture and a solid hiring and training process and strong leadership amongst your store managers, you can certainly make this system work for you and secure both customer experience and high sales performance.</p><p>The message here is simply to challenge the status quo in the industry every time you sense that <em>'there must be a better way to do things'</em>.</p><p>We can't get different results if we keep doing the same as everybody else (it's a big cliche, but so true).</p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Biz] Comunicando com intenção: a forma intrigante da Aesop trabalhar o design.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pra quem ainda n&#227;o conhece, a Aesop &#233; uma marca originalmente australiana que faz produtos intrigantes de skincare, corpo e casa h&#225; mais ou menos 35 anos. Hoje &#233; uma marca global presente em 100% das pesquisas do pinterest sobre &#8220;banheiros est&#233;ticos&#8221;]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-comunicando-com-intencao-a-forma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-comunicando-com-intencao-a-forma</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:57:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/mafe/p/biz-speaking-with-intention-aesops?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click here for the English version&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mafe/p/biz-speaking-with-intention-aesops?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web"><span>Click here for the English version</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Pra quem ainda n&#227;o conhece, a <a href="http://aesop.com">Aesop</a> &#233; uma marca originalmente australiana que faz produtos intrigantes de skincare, corpo e casa h&#225; mais ou menos 35 anos. Hoje &#233; uma marca global presente em 100% das pesquisas do pinterest sobre <em>&#8220;banheiros est&#233;ticos&#8221;</em> ou ent&#227;o<em> "minimalistas"</em>. Voc&#234; tamb&#233;m vai ver v&#225;rios produtos da Aesop no cen&#225;rio de banheiros chiqu&#233;rrimos de personagens de filme (mas n&#227;o, n&#227;o foi a Aesop que colocou eles l&#225;. Eles foram selecionados organicamente pelos produtores).</p><p>Mas a Aesop &#233; uma marca que transcende o t&#243;pico de cosm&#233;ticos e sabonetes chic de m&#227;os. &#201; uma marca multifacetada que fala sobre muitos assuntos como sustentabilidade, arquitetura, literatura, artes e al&#233;m. O que n&#227;o &#233; nenhuma surpresa que o VM deles costuma ser extremamente art&#237;stico e elegante. Eu nunca vi uma loja da Aesop que fosse bagun&#231;ada (nem mesmo o estoque) ou uma instala&#231;&#227;o de vitrine que fosse visualmente suja.</p><p>Tudo o que eles fazem &#233; intencional, incluindo a forma como escolhem exibir os produtos na loja e criar vitrines atraentes, intrigantes e lindas que comunicam o novo produto ou campanha que eles est&#227;o lan&#231;ando.</p><p>Como a maioria dos assuntos, eu poderia falar sobre isso por horas. Mas nesse post espec&#237;fico post vim s&#243; mostrar alguns exemplos da intencionalidade do VM da Aesop. </p><h2>Design de Loja</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg 424w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cMTM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F009638cd-be3d-4e68-b013-d5a1fe98a903_1024x768.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A abordagem da Aesop a arquitetura &#233; &#250;nica de forma que n&#227;o existem duas lojas iguais no mundo. A raz&#227;o deles criarem conceitos diferentes, dentro das mesmas guidelines para que voc&#234; sempre consiga identificar uma loja da Aesop, &#233; uma forma de prestar uma homenagem &#224; cidade e &#224; vizinhan&#231;a que est&#225; recebendo a loja ao criar algo &#250;nico e com inspira&#231;&#227;o regional, muitas vezes contratando arquitetos locais. Muitas vezes eles optam por deixar uma ou mais caracter&#237;sticas originais da constru&#231;&#227;o como um teto, um ladrilho no ch&#227;o ou at&#233; a sinaliza&#231;&#227;o de lavanderia como nessa loja do Upper East Side em Manhattan, Nova Iorque.</p><h2>Display de Produto</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg" width="750" height="500" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;width&quot;:750,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily" title="9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily" 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Todos esses aspectos combinados refor&#231;am muitas mensagens que est&#227;o no centro da marca: confian&#231;a no produto e no pre&#231;o, organiza&#231;&#227;o e interpreta&#231;&#227;o intrigante por parte dos visitantes que precisam de um funcion&#225;rio da loja para poderem navegar pela experi&#234;ncia de cliente.</p><h2>Design de Produto</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Aesop product modelling by Outp&#248;st&#174; 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para evitar o uso desnecess&#225;rio de caixas e papeis nos seus produtos. Por isso que a embalagem costuma ser ao mesmo tempo consistente entre produtos e cheia de conte&#250;do mas de uma formal elegante e sustent&#225;vel.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p>Comente abaixo se voc&#234; quer todo um post novo sobre as campanhas mais inspiradoras da marca. E se quiser seguir o instagram que fala exclusivamente de varejo e marcas de alto padr&#227;o, clica aqui embaixo.</p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading The Renegade Collective! 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x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Biz] Speaking with intention: Aesop's intriguing approach to design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aesop's work goes far beyond skincare and fancy hand washes. It is a multifaceted brand that speaks in matters of sustainability, architecture, literature, fine arts and beyond. Which it isn&#8217;t surprised that their visual merchandising approach is a very artistic and elegant one.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-speaking-with-intention-aesops</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-speaking-with-intention-aesops</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 19:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5f76ab10-4d07-4226-8d76-acb21f0c8afc_2880x1620.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aesop's work goes far beyond skincare and fancy hand washes. It is a multifaceted brand that speaks in matters of sustainability, architecture, literature, fine arts and beyond. Which it isn&#8217;t surprised that their visual merchandising approach is a very artistic and elegant one.</p><p>Never have I seen a messy Aesop store (even on the back of house) or a window display that was too busy.</p><p>Everything they do is intentional and so is their approach to displaying their products in the store and creating attractive, intriguing and beautiful window displays that speaks to their current product launch or campaign.</p><p>As most things, I could ramble about it for hours. But for the purpose of this post I will keep this short-ish. Here&#8217;s three points of some of Aesop&#8217;s perspective on VM. </p><h2>Store Design</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg" width="1024" height="768" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:768,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Scheidung Korrupt Maultier aesop upper west side Anzeige Pyramide George  Eliot&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Scheidung Korrupt Maultier aesop upper west side Anzeige Pyramide George  Eliot" title="Scheidung Korrupt Maultier aesop upper west side Anzeige Pyramide George  Eliot" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lAJB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56f3e811-572d-4281-a8ca-3c29c1991b33_1024x768.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Aesop's approach to <strong>architecture</strong> is quite unique in the sense that no two stores in the world look the same. The reason why they create different concepts, within the same guidelines that will always make you recognize an aesop store, is to pay a homage to the city and neighbourhood that is welcoming them in by creating something unique with regional inspiration and at times with local architects. Many times they choose to keep one or more original parts of the building such as a ceiling, a floor tile or even a laundromat signage like this store in the Upper East Side in Manhattan, NY.</p><h2>Product Display</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NDkC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg" width="750" height="500" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bf068584-ae4f-4c92-b87d-2e78e805b492_750x500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;width&quot;:750,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily" title="9 Aesop Stores that Revitalize Architectural Simplicity | ArchDaily" 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pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Aesop displays its <strong>products</strong> in rows of uniform, not priced and odd numbered SKU's. All of these aspects combined reinforces many messages that is at the core of the brand: confidence in its products and prices, organization and an intriguing interpretation of the space that requires an aesop staff to guide the customer through the experience.</p><h2>Product Design</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G4fC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4f4703cc-ad3a-483d-a17e-a530b82252b0_1600x1200.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Aesop product modelling by Outp&#248;st&#174; 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Which is why the packaging is at the same time consistent across most products and heavy in content but in an elegant and sustainable way.</p><p></p><div><hr></div><p>Comment below if you want a whole new post of Aesop&#8217;s most inspiring campaign displays and communication and follow a retail-specific instagram account that is newly launched - if that's your thing.</p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading The Renegade Collective! 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processo e estar na loja para impulsionar as vendas."</em></p></blockquote><p>Se voc&#234; concorda com essa afirma&#231;&#227;o, ent&#227;o o post de hoje &#233; um convite para desafi&#225;-la.</p><p>***</p><p>Nesse caso espec&#237;fico, a "discuss&#227;o" &#224; qual ele se referia era a decis&#227;o sobre a variedade de produtos e a profundidade do estoque que cada loja deveria receber para a nova cole&#231;&#227;o.</p><p>Na perspectiva dele, as equipes de varejo deveriam confiar que as pessoas por tr&#225;s dos computadores podem analisar os n&#250;meros e que os n&#250;meros n&#227;o mentem. Mas ser&#225; mesmo? E n&#227;o estamos ignorando um aspecto extremamente relevante aqui, que &#233; o aspecto subjetivo do comportamento do cliente?</p><p>Em uma marca relativamente pequena que produz um baixo estoque, a ponto de correr o risco de esgotar um novo produto nos primeiros dias de lan&#231;amento, caso n&#227;o tenham apostado em sua popularidade no planejamento da produ&#231;&#227;o, ou que frequentemente fica sem tamanhos devido ao turnover da produ&#231;&#227;o, depositar toda a nossa confian&#231;a nos n&#250;meros pode nos tornar muito vulner&#225;veis a erros.</p><p>Quando eu trabalhava na ind&#250;stria de beleza, a produ&#231;&#227;o e distribui&#231;&#227;o do estoque eram bastante intuitivas e muita confian&#231;a podia ser depositada nos n&#250;meros:</p><p><em>Olhe para as 200 SKUs dispon&#237;veis, analise a m&#233;dia de vendas das &#250;ltimas 6 semanas por loja e fa&#231;a suas previs&#245;es a partir da&#237;. Para uma loja nova, voc&#234; encontraria uma loja compar&#225;vel - tanto em termos demogr&#225;ficos quanto de volume de vendas - e a usaria como base para suas previs&#245;es.</em></p><p>Mas quando mudei para a ind&#250;stria da moda, muitas camadas de complexidade foram adicionadas a esse processo. Voc&#234; n&#227;o s&#243; precisa levar em conta o calend&#225;rio bastante complexo de cria&#231;&#227;o, lan&#231;amentos e produ&#231;&#245;es, como tamb&#233;m precisa tomar cuidado para n&#227;o produzir em excesso ou em quantidade insuficiente, apostando nas pe&#231;as que se tornar&#227;o mais populares nos novos lan&#231;amentos.</p><p>E o que acontece com suas previs&#245;es quando voc&#234; enfrenta per&#237;odos prolongados de quebra de estoque nas v&#225;rias combina&#231;&#245;es de <strong>tamanhos x cores x tecidos</strong>?</p><p>Diferente de vender sabonetes de m&#227;o, em que voc&#234; pode calcular o per&#237;odo de falta de estoque e preencher as lacunas com o que voc&#234; teria vendido se os tivesse em estoque; com roupas, &#233; necess&#225;ria uma arquitetura complexa com n&#250;meros para tentar preencher essas lacunas. E mesmo quando voc&#234; o faz, n&#227;o pode garantir que seja 100% preciso. Especialmente para novos lan&#231;amentos que trazem cores e modelos in&#233;ditos sem hist&#243;rico de venda.</p><p><strong>E &#233; a&#237; que entra a equipe da loja.</strong></p><p>A equipe da linha de frente &#233; formada pelas pessoas que melhor conhecem seus clientes, seus desejos e prefer&#234;ncias, e saber&#227;o quais dos seus novos lan&#231;amentos ter&#227;o sucesso nas lojas. Al&#233;m disso, eles tamb&#233;m conhecem melhor do que ningu&#233;m as caracter&#237;sticas espec&#237;ficas da sua loja - comportamento dos clientes, cores, tamanhos, prefer&#234;ncias e at&#233; seus nomes e restaurantes favoritos - e s&#227;o capazes de articular em nome dos clientes o que eles desejam comprar.</p><p>Eles tamb&#233;m sabem quais combina&#231;&#245;es de tamanhos x tecidos x cores tendem a voar das prateleiras e quais durar&#227;o at&#233; o final da temporada de liquida&#231;&#227;o, tornando crucial a participa&#231;&#227;o deles nas fases iniciais da defini&#231;&#227;o da profundidade do estoque que receber&#227;o.</p><p>Sem mencionar que eles s&#227;o as pessoas que vendem os produtos e s&#227;o respons&#225;veis pelo desempenho de vendas de todos os seus novos produtos. Eles t&#234;m uma meta de vendas e, muitas vezes, seu sal&#225;rio depende disso, e se o tamanho que a cliente quer n&#227;o estiver dispon&#237;vel, simplesmente n&#227;o h&#225; como contornar a situa&#231;&#227;o e a venda ser&#225; perdida, n&#227;o importa quantas vezes sua equipe de opera&#231;&#245;es tenha calculado a cobertura de estoque em valor de venda multiplicado pelo sell through.</p><p>O que normalmente o time de loja <em><strong>n&#227;o tem</strong></em> &#233; acesso &#224; perspectiva anal&#237;tica desse estoque. </p><p><strong>E &#233; a&#237; que vem o trabalho colaborativo.</strong></p><p>Deve haver um momento em que todos se re&#250;nem em uma sala, ou em um call de 40 minutos, para discutir a sele&#231;&#227;o de estoque por loja e combinar os <strong>aspectos objetivos e subjetivos </strong>das previs&#245;es de vendas dos produtos, a fim de fazer remessas mais certeiras e personalizadas para as lojas.</p><p>Essa simples mudan&#231;a trar&#225; resultados tanto objetivos quanto subjetivos: um melhor desempenho do produto por loja, uma taxa de vendas e rotatividade de estoque mais saud&#225;veis, menos clientes frustrados por n&#227;o encontrarem seu tamanho na loja e um ambiente mais colaborativo, onde a equipe da linha de frente come&#231;a a entrar pela porta do escrit&#243;rio corporativo - o que, francamente, <strong>j&#225; passou da hora de acontecer na ind&#250;stria do varejo.</strong></p><p>Isso &#233; apenas uma das &#225;reas em que podemos come&#231;ar a desafiar o status quo na ind&#250;stria do varejo e obter maior envolvimento dos gerentes de loja em decis&#245;es mais estrat&#233;gicas.</p><p>Me siga aqui no Substack para receber atualiza&#231;&#245;es sobre as outras &#225;reas onde podemos explorar mais colabora&#231;&#227;o com a linha de frente.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Voc&#234; trabalha no varejo e este texto foi &#250;til para voc&#234;? Conta pra mim nos coment&#225;rios abaixo e vamos continuar essa conversa. Voc&#234; tamb&#233;m pode se inscrever para receber atualiza&#231;&#245;es em sua caixa de entrada sempre que eu publicar algo novo.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.cxandthecity.co/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg" width="172" height="229.4120879120879" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1942,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:172,&quot;bytes&quot;:1078524,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xq3E!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1b2d5e1-376d-4c09-b409-93eefeee8838_1937x2583.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>L&#237;der de varejo em marcas de alto padr&#227;o, com s&#243;lida experi&#234;ncia em estrat&#233;gia e opera&#231;&#245;es no Brasil, Austr&#225;lia, Estados Unidos e Canad&#225; nas ind&#250;strias de moda e beleza. Atualmente trabalho como Head de Varejo na <a href="https://haight.com.br/">Haight Clothing</a> e presto consultoria de forma independente para outras marcas de varejo de alto padr&#227;o.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;LinkedIn&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></p><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Biz] This is how you improve the sell through rate of your new products while fostering collaboration in your retail brand.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Put your operations team and your store managers in the same room 40 minutes per month and watch magic happen.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-this-is-how-you-improve-the-sell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-this-is-how-you-improve-the-sell</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:09:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've recently heard from a friend who has one of this super analytical jobs - a data driven person - in the corporate office of this really cool fashion brand the following comment:</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;In the brands that I've worked in the past the store managers weren't involved in this kind of discussion, this was reserved for corporate, all they had to do was trust the process and be in the store to drive the sales"</em></p></blockquote><p>If you agree with this statement, then today's post is an invitation to challenge that.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:8604449,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EnXX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff100bd1a-9121-460a-b64f-d52ffc7301af_6720x4480.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">This image was borrowed from <a href="https://haight.com.br/">Haight Clothing</a>'s Summer 2023 Campaign</figcaption></figure></div><p>In this specific case the <em>&#8216;discussion&#8217;</em> he was referring to was the decision around product mix and the inventory depth each store was set to receive for the new collection.</p><p>In his perspective the retail teams should trust that the people behind the computers can run the numbers and numbers don't lie. Well, don't they? And aren't we missing an extremely relevant aspect here, which is the <em>subjective</em> aspect of <strong>customer behaviour</strong>?</p><p>In a relatively small brand that produces low inventory, so much so that it risks selling out of a new product in the first days of the launch if they didn't bet on its popularity when it was time to run production, or that frequently runs out of sizings because of the production turnover time, <strong>putting all of our trust in numbers can make you very vulnerable to errors</strong>.</p><p>Back when I was working in the beauty industry the production and distribution of the inventory were quite intuitive and a lot of trust could be deposited on the numbers: </p><p><em>Look at the 200 SKU's available, analyze your previous 6 weeks&#8217; sales average per door and take your forecast from there. For a new store you would find a comparable store - both in demographics and volume - and use it as a base to your forecast.</em></p><p>But when I moved to the fashion industry many layers of complexity were added to this process. Not only do you have to take in account the quite complex calendar of launches and productions, as you also have to beware of not over or underproducing betting on the pieces that will become more popular in the new launches. </p><p>And what happens to your forecast when you have prolonged periods of time that your stock is disrupted in several combinations of <strong>sizing x colour x fabric?</strong></p><p>Different than selling hand soaps, that you can take the period of time of stock break and fill in the blanks with what you would have sold if you had them in store; with clothes it takes a complex architecture with the numbers to try and fill in these blanks. And even when you do, you can't ensure it's 100% accurate. Especially for new launches that has unprecedented new colour and modelling <strong>with no historical data</strong>.</p><p><strong>And that's when your store team comes in.</strong></p><p>The frontline staff are the people that best know your customers, their wishes and wants, and they will know which one of your new product launches will succeed in the stores. More than that, they also know better than anyone their specific store demographics - their behaviour, colour, sizes, preferences and even their names and favourite nearby restaurants - and are able to articulate in your customers&#8217; behalf what they want to buy.</p><p>They also know which combination of sizing x fabric x colour tend to fly off the window and which ones will last until the end of your sale season, making it crucial for them to be involved in early stages of the definition of the inventory depth they will receive.</p><p>Not to mention that they are the people selling it and being held accountable for the sales performance of all your new products. They have a sales target, a lot of the times their salary depends on it, and if their size isn't available then there's simply no way around it and the sale will be lost, no matter how many times your operations team calculated the stock coverage by value times the sell thru rate to ensure the store target gets covered. </p><p>What they normally don't have access to is the analytical perspective of this inventory. And that where the collaborative work comes in.</p><p>There must be a moment when everybody gathers in a room, or a 40 min zoom call, to go through the inventory selection per door and <strong>combine the objective and the subjective </strong>aspects of the products sale forecast to make more certain and personalized shipments to your doors.</p><p>This simply shift will also bring your both objective and subjective results: a better product performance per door, a healthier sell through rate and NPL sales, less customers who get frustrated for not finding their sizing in your store and a more collaborative environment where the frontline staff starts to enter the corporate doors - <strong>which frankly is long overdue in the retail industry.</strong></p><p>This is just one of the areas where we can start to challenge the status quo in the retail industry and get better involvement of the store managers in more strategic decisions. </p><p><strong>Follow my Substack to get updates on other ways that you can involve the frontline team in strategic decisions and foster collaboration in your brand.</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Do you work in retail and was this text helpful to you? 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An ambitious leader and passionate creative at heart, I help upscale retail businesses deliver unique customer and employee experiences. </p><p>Currently working as Head of Retail for<a href="https://haight.com.br/"> Haight Clothing</a> in Rio de Janeiro and consulting independently for other upscale retail businesses.</p><p>Based in Canada + Brazil, available worldwide.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;LinkedIn&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></p><p></p><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Biz] Como melhorar o desempenho de vendas da sua loja e reduzir a rotatividade de funcionários investindo zero reais.]]></title><description><![CDATA[E como a Teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o pode ajudar.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-como-melhorar-o-desempenho-de</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/biz-como-melhorar-o-desempenho-de</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:06:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/acb90da6-e1a7-40ef-8e9e-4b6682aa080e_750x1333.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://mafe.substack.com/p/how-to-improve-your-store-sales-performance&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Click here to read the English version&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://mafe.substack.com/p/how-to-improve-your-store-sales-performance"><span>Click here to read the English version</span></a></p><p></p><p>Se voc&#234; j&#225; gerenciou uma loja de varejo, &#233; prov&#225;vel que tenha se sentido estressado em algum momento ap&#243;s dois funcion&#225;rios da loja pedirem demiss&#227;o simultaneamente. Perder o sono pensando em contratar e treinar mais duas pessoas ao mesmo tempo durante a temporada de pico, enquanto tenta ajustar a programa&#231;&#227;o da sua equipe atual - levando em considera&#231;&#227;o o limite de horas trabalhadas por semana - para garantir que a loja ainda possa abrir e fechar no hor&#225;rio e ter cobertura adequada durante as horas de maior movimento, a fim de n&#227;o comprometer a qualidade do atendimento ou as vendas.</p><p>Se voc&#234; n&#227;o gerenciou uma loja, mas &#233; a pessoa respons&#225;vel pelos n&#250;meros, voc&#234; j&#225; deve ter percebido que, quando a taxa de rotatividade de funcion&#225;rios &#233; alta, provavelmente est&#225; gastando muito mais do que o planejado em custos com pessoal - seja com tempo de treinamento (especialmente quando consideramos o tempo que um novo vendedor leva at&#233; alcan&#231;ar os indicadores de desempenho da equipe) ou com pacotes de rescis&#227;o contratual. E se voc&#234; ainda n&#227;o fez os c&#225;lculos, eu recomendo fortemente que voc&#234; calcule o custo da sua taxa de rotatividade.</p><p>O ponto &#233; que a rotatividade de funcion&#225;rios &#233; ao mesmo tempo estressante e custosa.</p><p>Muitos anos atr&#225;s, durante o meu tempo como gerente de uma loja em S&#227;o Paulo, me deparei com o livro <a href="https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/">Drive</a>, de Daniel Pink, e foi a primeira vez que li sobre a Teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o. Fiquei obcecada.</p><p>A ideia de que a motiva&#231;&#227;o intr&#237;nseca &#233; tanto mais estimulante quanto sustent&#225;vel (e, na minha opini&#227;o, muito mais barata) do que buscar motivadores extr&#237;nsecos, como competi&#231;&#245;es internas, pr&#234;mios, presentes, etc., me cativou e eu comecei a ler tudo o que pude sobre o assunto.</p><p></p><blockquote><p><em>A teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o (Self-Determination Theory, em ingl&#234;s) &#233; uma teoria da psicologia que explora a motiva&#231;&#227;o humana e o desenvolvimento da personalidade. Ela prop&#245;e que a motiva&#231;&#227;o intr&#237;nseca e a satisfa&#231;&#227;o das necessidades psicol&#243;gicas b&#225;sicas s&#227;o fundamentais para o bem-estar e a autorrealiza&#231;&#227;o dos indiv&#237;duos.</em></p><p><em>De acordo com a teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o, existem tr&#234;s necessidades psicol&#243;gicas universais que impulsionam a motiva&#231;&#227;o intr&#237;nseca:</em></p><ol><li><p><em><strong>Compet&#234;ncia: </strong>A necessidade de sentir-se competente e eficaz ao realizar atividades desafiadoras e significativas. Quando as pessoas t&#234;m a oportunidade de desenvolver e utilizar suas habilidades, elas experimentam um senso de compet&#234;ncia e satisfa&#231;&#227;o.</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Autonomia: </strong>A necessidade de ter controle e liberdade para tomar decis&#245;es e agir de acordo com os pr&#243;prios valores e interesses. Quando as pessoas t&#234;m autonomia em suas vidas e atividades, elas se sentem mais engajadas e motivadas.</em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Relacionamento:</strong> A necessidade de conectar-se e relacionar-se com outras pessoas, experimentando intimidade, apoio e pertencimento social. Relacionamentos positivos e saud&#225;veis contribuem para o bem-estar e a motiva&#231;&#227;o das pessoas.</em></p></li></ol><p><em>Quando essas tr&#234;s necessidades s&#227;o atendidas, as pessoas tendem a ser mais intrinsecamente motivadas, o que leva a um maior envolvimento, desempenho e satisfa&#231;&#227;o em diversas &#225;reas da vida, incluindo trabalho, estudos e relacionamentos pessoais.</em></p></blockquote><p></p><p>Pink utiliza a Teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o (SDT) para construir seu argumento sobre a motiva&#231;&#227;o intr&#237;nseca como um caminho sustent&#225;vel para garantir produtividade, engajamento e, em minha experi&#234;ncia, reten&#231;&#227;o de funcion&#225;rios. Isso significa que uma empresa deve oferecer aos seus funcion&#225;rios a capacidade de desenvolver suas compet&#234;ncias e buscar crescimento pessoal, autonomia para realizar seu trabalho - de todas as formas poss&#237;veis - e o fator de conex&#227;o humana.</p><p>Pink, Goleman, Newport, Sinek e toda a galera que escreve os livros da Harvard Business Review foram alguns dos meus melhores companheiros durante os anos em que fui gerente de loja e me deram a base para testar meus melhores aprendizados na vida real.</p><p>Testei esses aprendizados em v&#225;rias equipes - e estou aqui para dizer a voc&#234; que n&#227;o h&#225; ferramenta melhor para garantir altos n&#237;veis de atendimento ao cliente, engajamento com sua marca, comprometimento com os colegas, desempenho em vendas e taxa de reten&#231;&#227;o do que oferecer aos l&#237;deres de suas lojas o caminho para aplicar a Teoria da Autodetermina&#231;&#227;o em seus sistemas de lideran&#231;a.</p><p><strong>Compet&#234;ncia </strong>&#233; sentir-se competente e desafiado em sua fun&#231;&#227;o, com o apoio adequado ao seu crescimento pessoal e profissional. Certamente - e felizmente para os gestores, pois isso n&#227;o &#233; sustent&#225;vel - nem todos que trabalham no ch&#227;o da loja desejam buscar um crescimento vertical em seu neg&#243;cio. Muitos dos funcion&#225;rios da sua loja apenas desejam pagar suas contas, ir para casa e continuar buscando seus diplomas, emprego dos sonhos ou apenas uma trajet&#243;ria de carreira diferente. Independentemente do que est&#225; no horizonte deles, a sensa&#231;&#227;o de desenvolver-se, ultrapassar limites de conhecimento e crescer em habilidades que ser&#227;o posteriormente aplic&#225;veis onde quer que eles desejem ir certamente garantir&#225; engajamento.</p><p><strong>Relacionamento</strong> aborda a necessidade mais inata do ser humano de pertencer. Em uma loja, isso significa garantir trabalho em equipe e camaradagem, apesar das competi&#231;&#245;es silenciosas ou do fato de cada um estar trabalhando para atingir metas individuais de vendas (algo bastante comum no Brasil, onde a equipe de varejo trabalha com comiss&#227;o sobre as vendas pessoais).</p><p><strong>Autonomia</strong>, desde a Covid, est&#225; frequentemente associada &#224; flexibilidade do trabalho remoto. No entanto, diferentemente dos colegas que trabalham no escrit&#243;rio corporativo do varejo, a autonomia dos funcion&#225;rios de loja em rela&#231;&#227;o ao espa&#231;o e ao tempo tende a ser mais limitada. &#201; por isso que convido voc&#234; a pensar na autonomia sobre como eles completam suas tarefas e assumem o controle de seu pr&#243;prio plano de autodesenvolvimento. Largue m&#227;o do microgerenciamento ou listas de tarefas excessivas. Em vez disso, permita que eles conquistem sua confian&#231;a, deixando que fa&#231;am o que precisa ser feito do seu pr&#243;prio jeito e no seu pr&#243;prio tempo, dentro das diretrizes estabelecidas, e deixe-os assumir a responsabilidade por suas entregas.</p><p>Como gestores de neg&#243;cios, &#233; nosso trabalho fornecer aos funcion&#225;rios da loja as ferramentas necess&#225;rias para continuar crescendo, se relacionando uns com os outros e assumindo a responsabilidade por suas entregas. </p><p>Quando voc&#234; tiver a framework da teoria da auto-determina&#231;&#227;o no mindset de todos os l&#237;deres de suas lojas, pode ter certeza de que seus vendedores n&#227;o trocar&#227;o de emprego s&#243; pelo s&#225;bado de folga que a loja do lado ofereceu a mais, uma vez que os valores intang&#237;veis que voc&#234; oferece s&#227;o raridade na ind&#250;stria.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Voc&#234; trabalha no varejo e este texto foi &#250;til para voc&#234;? 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Atualmente trabalho como Head de Varejo na <a href="https://haight.com.br/">Haight Clothing</a> e presto consultoria de forma independente para outras marcas de varejo de alto padr&#227;o.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;LinkedIn&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></p><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Biz] How to improve your store sales performance and reduce staff turnover with zero dollar investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thing about the Self-Determination Theory and how it can be applied in the shop floor.]]></description><link>https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/how-to-improve-your-store-sales-performance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.cxandthecity.co/p/how-to-improve-your-store-sales-performance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Fernanda Lima]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 23:14:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a7831a95-eb84-41b3-af04-0f79f791d87a_750x1333.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you've managed a retail store you likely saw yourself at some point stressed out after two store employees quitting simultaneously, losing sleep thinking about having to hire and train two more people at the same time during peak season while figuring out how to stretch out your current team's schedule - while being aware of max hours worked in a week - to ensure you can still open and close the store on time and have sufficient coverage during peak hours so you won't loose on service quality or sales.</p><p>If you haven't managed a store but you're the person running the numbers, there's a chance you already realized that when your staff turnover rate is high you are likely spending a lot more than what was budgeted on staffing costs - on training time (specially when considering the time a new sales person take until meeting the performance KPI's of the rest of the team) or on contract termination packages. And if you haven't run the numbers yet, I strongly encourage you to calculate the cost of your turnover rate.</p><p>The point is that staff turnover is at the same time stressful and costly. </p><p>Years ago during my time managing a store in Sao Paulo I came across <a href="https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/">Drive</a>, the book by Daniel Pink, and it was the first time I read about the Self-Determination Theory. I was obsessed.</p><p>The idea - to summarize it in a very simplistic way - is that intrinsic motivation is both more stimulating and sustainable (and, in my opinion, a lot cheaper) than searching for extrinsic motivators, such as internal competitions, prizes, gifts, etc., blew my mind and I read everything I could on the topic.</p><p>If you're unfamiliar with the Self-Determination Theory, let me borrow someone else's words (and that's wikipedia) to give you the run down:</p><blockquote><p><em>One mini-theory of SDT includes basic psychological needs theory which proposes three basic psychological needs that must be satisfied to foster <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-being">well-being</a> and health.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory#cite_note-Vansteenkiste2020-23"><sup>[23]</sup></a> These three psychological needs of <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy">autonomy</a>, competence, and relatedness</strong> are generally universal (i.e., apply across individuals and situations). However, some needs may be more salient than others at certain times and be expressed differently based on time, culture, or experience.</em></p></blockquote><p>Pink uses the SDT to build his argument on intrinsic motivation as a sustainable path to ensure productivity, engagement and, in my experience, staff retention. Which means that a company should offer their employees the ability to keep developing their competences and pursue personal growth; the autonomy to do their work - in any way autonomy can be applied - and the human connection factor.</p><p>Pink, Goleman, Newport, Sinek and the whole crew that writes the Harvard Business Review books were some of my best mates during my years as a store manager and gave me the ground to test my best learnings in real life. </p><p>Tested them I did in multiple teams - and I'm here to tell you that there's no better tool to ensure high levels of customer service, engagement with your brand, commitment with their peers, performance in sales and retention rate than giving your store leaders the pathway to applying the Self-Determination Theory in their leadership systems.</p><p><strong>Competence</strong> is feeling both competent and challenged in your role with the adequate support to your personal and professional growth. Surely - and luckily for managers as this isn't sustainable - not everyone that works in the shop floor wishes to pursue a vertical growth in your business. A lot of your store staff just want to pay their bills, go home and keep pursuing their degrees, dream job or just a different career path. Regardless of what's on the horizon for them, the feeling of developing oneself, pushing knowledge boundaries and growing on skills that will be later applicable wherever they wanna go will definitely ensure engagement. </p><p><strong>Relatedness </strong>speaks to the most innate human need of belonging. In a store this means ensuring teamwork and camaraderie despite the silent competitions or the fact that they are each working for their individual sales goals (something quite common in countries like Brazil where retail staff work for commission over personal sales). </p><p><strong>Autonomy</strong>, since Covid, is often associated with remote work flexibility. But differently than their colleagues that work in the corporate retail office, the autonomy for retail staff over space and time tends to be more limited. Which is why I invite you to think of autonomy in how they complete their tasks and take charge over their own self-development plan. Let go of micro-management or excessive task lists. Instead, allow them to earn your trust into letting them do what must be done in their own way and time, within the given guidelines, and let them take ownership for their deliverables.</p><p>As business managers it is our job to give our store staff the tools to keep growing, relating with one another and earning ownership over their jobs. Once you have this framework top of mind across all your store leaders, rest assured that your store team won't just quit for the store next door that offered an extra dollar for the hour, or a whole weekend off every second month.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Do you work in retail and was this text helpful to you? Let me know in the comments below and keep the conversation going. 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An ambitious leader and passionate creative at heart, I help upscale retail businesses deliver unique customer and employee experiences. </p><p>Currently working as Head of Retail for<a href="https://haight.com.br/"> Haight Clothing</a> in Rio de Janeiro and consulting independently for other upscale retail businesses.</p><p>Based in Canada + Brazil, available worldwide.</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;LinkedIn&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafernandalima/"><span>LinkedIn</span></a></p><p></p><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>