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Great design isn’t just about how a space looks—it’s about how it lives.

At Avery Johnson Design, they approach every project as a story waiting to be told. Through a collaborative, detail-driven process, they craft interiors that feel layered, meaningful, and effortlessly refined—spaces that not only impress, but truly belong to you.

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Upcoming Events

Test your knowledge, enjoy live music 🎵, and help dogs in need 🐾. Join Peace4Paws for Trivia Night at 7pm, with live music – A Decades Concert –  starting at 5:15pm. Two great events all for our pups in need! 

Your ticket supports their mission to rescue dogs and provide critical medical care. Come together with fellow animal lovers for a relaxed night of questions, tunes, and community.

Steve Ortiz, Awesome Car Guy!

It was not Steve’s lifelong dream to be selling cars. He wanted to be an actor. He did study acting a little, but then life interfered and Steve had to get serious. FYI, he did not just want to act, he wanted to be in film. 

Fate definitely had other plans. Steve was delivering auto parts and one day the axle on his car broke. No car, no delivering! While looking for a different way to make some money he saw an ad for a car salesperson.

Kismet! Steve is a gifted salesperson. 

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Recent Articles

Chit from Chat

How I Got Better at Baseball (Even When I Wanted to Quit)

At the beginning of the season, I was the relief pitcher. But I didn’t feel like one. I felt like a disaster. My pitching was terrible. My accuracy was all over the place—balls flying high, wide, and bouncing in front of the plate. I knew I needed to work on it, so I practiced constantly. I threw pitch after pitch after pitch. I stayed late after team practice. I asked my dad to help. I even watched YouTube videos on pitching mechanics. But no matter what I did, I wasn’t getting better.

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Random Thoughts

The Weather and AI

I read today that Microsoft is working on using its AI to forecast the weather. What’s the big deal, I randomly thought. It’s already there. I use Chatgpt as my

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Chit from Chat

Balancing Sports, School, and Sanity

If you’ve ever tried to balance school and sports, you know it’s not easy. Now imagine doing that with three sports—football, wrestling, and baseball—and still trying to keep your grades up, hang out with friends, and not completely lose your mind. That’s basically been my life the last couple years, and now that high school is coming up, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I’m gonna survive all of it.

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Random Thoughts

A Word About Thought Questions

My whole educational life, I wanted to understand Einstein’s relativity and quantum physics. I never had the time because my education always interfered – a common sarcastic complaint. Trying to understand Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Shrodinger and all those guys was, and is still a chore. Whenever there’s a discussion about those two subjects, it always has to be a book. The concepts are so counter-intuitive that the only way to explain them is with the history of discovery.

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Chit from Chat

I’m Graduating Middle School or Whatever

So, middle school is weeks away from being over. It’s a strange feeling—not super emotional or anything dramatic—but just weird knowing I won’t be back in that building next year. High school is up next, and even though I’m not exactly jumping for joy, I guess I’m ready for whatever’s coming.

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Random Thoughts

Dick Tracy et al

Whenever my son Peter has to go for a long ride alone in his car, he asks me to keep him company. I usually go with him. It always turns out to be an adventure. One of the reasons is that we always talk or fight about something bizarre.

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Arts and Entertainment

Nr. 24 (2024)

Nr. 24 (2024), directed by John Andreas Andersen, is a gripping biographical war drama that chronicles the life of Gunnar Sønsteby, Norway’s most decorated World War II hero.

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Arts and Entertainment

Museums of Bergen County: A little History

When you are in the mood to learn something new, see something beautiful, you can do that right here in Bergen County. No subways involved. But there could be the NJ turnpike which for some , is more terrifying. In any case, these are worth the trip

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Random Thoughts

A Musical Legacy

I love J.S. Bach’s Cantata #54. Widerstehe doch der Suende. Translated it means something like “Stand firm against sin.”  It’s for an alto voice. I read that the late Canadian

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Lifestyle

Avery Johnson Interior Design

Avery had an extremely successful career at Barney’s.  He was the  personal shopper to very famous entertainers, athletes, musicians  and people of wealth . He had THE Book, as they say.

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Travel

Chicago, Maybe Even Better

Chicago, Chicago, a beautiful city, one of the greatest cities in America to just keep eating some of the best food anywhere. But there is another Chicago, sections of the city that just have the vibes you might be looking for, interesting people, great ethnic restaurants, and coffee shops that you wish were in your neighborhood.  Sections like Rogers Park, Evanston, Andersonville and Edgewater are four of our favorites.

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