BRIXTON, Maeve K

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Maeve Kerry Brixton is the twenty-two year old founder of Stay at Home Club, a apparel and accessories line run out out of New York City. Apart from being an entrepreneur, she works part time at Fetch, a coffee shop in Brooklyn. .................................................. Valentine's Day with Maeve Brixton - by C-Heads Magazine We're sitting in Maeve Brixton of Stay at Home Club's lush apartment in Brooklyn. It's 2PM on Valentine's Day and she's pulling the velvet curtains away from the windows, when she looks at me she rolls her eyes and says “boys.” Mae's walls are white and covered in art, there's beautiful splashes of oils and prints, then there's Mario. When she sees where my gaze is she grimaces, “boys.” Maeve is who she is on Instagram, but slightly more cluttered. Her doodles lay in heaps of paper, and her thick glasses rest on the top of her head. Her cheeks are rosier, her blonde hair is more frazzled, and her nails are chewed. She's different but in a good way, when I tell her this she grins. “People only show you what they want you to see, if I showed them my life at 6AM on a Tuesday I wouldn't have any followers. Or even 6PM. All they see is a snapshot of my day with a Valencia filter.” What is your 6AM? “Oh, you know. It's me getting annoyed at my boyfriend for leaving the milk out and trying to get my one eyebrow to look as good as the other.” And 6PM? “Failing a Pinterest recipe and begging for a turn on GTA.” Speaking of boyfriend, it's Valentine's Day and he's nowhere to be found. “He saw me cleaning and sensed company was coming, so he's run away. I think he went to this video game meet up, he's so obsessed it takes over our lives.” I'm guessing you don't feel the same? “No! I'm great at car games, like Mario Kart and Grand Theft Auto. I had to win him over some how. Ask me if I'm a fraud.” Are you? “I am.” Does your boyfriend plan on coming back to woo you? “We've been together for four years and Valentine's Day has never had much appeal for either of us. We might get take-out and eat more chocolate than usual. But who knows! Maybe I'll get flowers.” What is love? “Baby, don't hurt me.” Hilarious. But really? “You can define love how ever you want to. For some people it's complex and the greatest gesture. It's crepes at 7:02AM when the sun is a mix of tangerine and clementine, with a full string orchestra playing in the background and sheets with a four million thread count. For others, it's more simple. It's a cup of tea without having to ask.” Which is it for you? “The latter.” Your favourite love song? “I'm cheesy. It's 'I Can't Help Falling In Love With You' by Elvis. It reminds me of my parents.” The most romantic thing your boyfriend's ever done for you? “He had our initials monogrammed into a key and asked if I wanted to move in with him. I was living in Indiana at the time.” Your favourite rom com? “Does The Breakfast Club count?” Sure. And lastly, if you were a single girl on Valentine's, what would you be doing? "Probably the exact same thing I'm doing now." --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- I lost my parents when I was sixteen to a drunk driver, that was really hard to get over. I moved from Montreal, Quebec to Indiana to live with my aunt and in some ways I think a change of scenery was good. But for two years I dug myself into this depression, I lost so much weight that my doctor actually said if I continued on that route that it may effect my fertility in the future. That was such a wake up call for me. I also met my current boyfriend that year and he was such a saviour, we moved to New York together almost a year ago. I have my own business, an online shop called the Stay Home Club, we also host a few pop up shops. I'm really happy with where I am, four years ago I could have never imagined this. It really goes to show that bad days build better days. --------------------------------------------- Oscar went to Aruba for a wedding this week and I don't miss him. I don't miss him so much that I made work an excuse not to go, and now I'm sitting here freezing my ass off in New York while he's bronzing up on the beach. I feel like a giant weight has been lifted from my chest and I've been able to do all the things I've been putting off. I chucked those hideous checked pants he wears in the garbage this morning. Okay, maybe I miss him. I miss using him as a scapegoat. It's day two and that weight's on my chest again. I pretended I was drunk last night just so I could text him. "Heyyyy babee, I mis youu1", real drunk me is a spell check nazi. He ignored it and in morning I had to text him, "shit, too much to drink last night, that was meant for Oscar xx." C and O are so far from each other in the alphabet. Yesterday morning I reached new level of desperation and bought a cat. I never really seemed like a good idea, it just seemed like the best way to get his attention. My boyfriend doesn't want a cat, but I lied and said he did, I was going to surprise him. I did this thing where I pretended I was his girlfriend, made him hold my hand while I talked like a total Valley girl to the receptionist and called him my Honey Boo Boo. I'm an asshole. I also Wikipedia'd Deadpool and suggested we call the cat Copy, I'm so embarrassing. It's day five and Curt is on my couch with Copy on his chest playing video games. I couldn't get the tv working (I unplugged it) and now he's stuck here. We've ordered pizza, it's below freezing out. I don't see the night ending soon and that weight is off my chest. Oscar comes home today and we're having a surprise party of three. Four if you count the cat. I've decorated the apartment to the nines, there's cake and balloons. The weight's on my chest again. --------------------------------------------- Likes the smell of cigars, peonies, illustrations, anthony gerace, lilac, nude nailpolish, skinny jeans, high heels, straight hair, tattoos, lcd soundsystem, peppermint, indian food, black coffee, garlic, being bundled up, keeping a journal, attention, love, breakfast food, babies, opinionated people, yoga, NARS, cocktails Dislikes letting people down, the colours orange & yellow, OBEY, commercials, sports games, games in general, heartbreak, humidity, long travel days, Indiana, roses, licorice, being cooped up, clubbing, kanye west, the kardashians, top 100 hits, feeling bloated

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