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This ad on the New Jersey PATH train killed me today.

Jalen Brunson on a Just Salad ad in the New Jersey PATH and it says “We always knew” LOLZ

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Amazing!!! Rios made a mistake just like Romero did last night for #NYCFC! Columbus is not my team, but I love it when Messi loses! #ciaheartsfutbol

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I had 2 packs of halloumi in the fridge for summer salads but neglected to use them until now. It’s been raining outside so I used them to top pasta and marinara instead. I baked it until the halloumi was brown and had crispy bits. #ciacooksjerseycity

Pasta, marinara sauce, halloumi ready for the oven

Pasta, marinara sauce, halloumi out of the oven

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Santi telling the bully off. GO SANTI! #NYCFC #ciaheartsfutbol

Messi and Santi talking until the ref separated them

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Our dog, Boo Radley 👻💩 is into crossfit 🔊 One of my favorites about her is how she uses her paws to hold things; our previous Rottweiler, Atticus, did not ever do this #ciaheartsbooradley

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Braised short ribs in red wine, broth, and 2 heads of garlic. YUMMMM. #ciacooksjerseycity

Braised short ribs in red wine, broth, and 2 heads of garlic and some potatoes

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Bénie Traoré is #NYCFC ‘s new Mounsef Bakrar. I just want him to score so he can get his confidence. I feel so bad for him. 😣⚽️ #ciaheartsfutbol

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Player of the #NYCFC match: Agustín Ojeda ⚽️ #ciaheartsfutbol

Atlanta United’s stadium looks like a Cyber Truck. They’re playing #NYCFC tonight #ciaheartsfutbol ⚽️

Mercedes Benz Stadium in Georgia looks like a Cyber Truck

Behold the inside of my pancetta lard bread! #ciacooksjerseycity 🍞🥓

A hand holds a cross section of a freshly baked pancetta lard bread

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The weather is just going to be unpredictable like today here in Jersey City, NJ. What’s predictable is there will be freshly baked pancetta lard bread this afternoon. #ciacooksjerseycity

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I’m eating breakfast with my leg out and Boo Radley thought, Oh hey, let me put my 65lb body on your foot. LOLZ. #ciaheartsbooradley 👻💩

Rottweiler-Pit mix rescue dog on her human’s foot during breakfast

Cia @ciabernales.com · 25/09/2026

As of September 2026, #NYCFC has not been formally impacted in its operations by the recent independent commission verdict finding Manchester City guilty of the vast majority of its Premier League financial charges

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Jersey City, NJ sunset right now

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 25/09/2026

Book no.20 for 2026 💙📚 “The Disappearers” by Marlon James which I totally pre-ordered because of this NYTimes headline; I didn’t even read the article! (I try not to read reviews; sometimes I don’t even read the jacket!) So we’ll see! #ciaheartsbooks

“The Disappearers” by Marlon James #ciaheartsbooks

FICTION
This Masterpiece Is the Novel of the Decade, if Not the Century

Marlon James's story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalists banquet — and the Booker
Prize winner's finest book yet.

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 25/09/2026

Friday morning walk in the backyard, September 25, 2026 😀 We’ve had heat waves and rainstorms this summer, so these native flowers are later than usual: asters, sneezeweed, goldenrod. The bees are still loving our garden here in Jersey City, NJ! #ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 23/09/2026

I missed Boo Radley 👻💩 while I was away and I think she missed me too! #ciaheartsbooradley

Rottweiler Pit dog sitting and getting pets from me

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 22/09/2026

Back from Portugal 🇵🇹 and I caught up with the #NYCFC derby highlights and it didn’t seem that we were THAT bad? We had so many chances but Horvath was just a monster 😕 #ciaheartsfutbol ⚽️

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 21/09/2026

Day 4 in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹 Head and foot massage after morning yoga class; breakfast which included a homemade apple tart; then lunch of fried fish and carrot rice from a hole-in-a-wall spot; then pool and reading time with spritzes #ciaeatsportugal

Cia @ciabernales.com · 20/09/2026

Day 4 in Lagos, Portugal 🇵🇹 Traveled to see Ponta da Piedade and ate octopus, grilled sardines, and alentejo clams #ciaeatsportugal

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 19/09/2026

Day 3 in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹 Free day after morning yoga to wander around so I was at the market and then I had squid, then pool time, then octopus #ciaheartsyoga #ciaeatsportugal

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 19/09/2026

Day 2 in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹 Ria Formosa boat tour: oyster beds and oysters, caipirinhas, beach #ciaheartsyoga #ciaeatsportugal

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 18/09/2026

Day 2 in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹 yoga🧘🏽‍♀️ while the sun was rising, plus an incredible breakfast spread from Casa Amor #ciaheartsyoga #ciaeatsportugal

Olhão, Portugal sunrise during yoga class

Casa Amor breakfast spread in Olhão, Portugal

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Cia @ciabernales.com · 17/09/2026

Day 1 in Olhão, Portugal 🇵🇹 yoga 🧘🏽‍♀️ retreat #ciaheartsyoga But really here for the anchovies, their famous bluefin tuna, and some octopus #ciaeatsportugal

Bluefin tuna with black sesame seed crust

Cia @ciabernales.com · 16/09/2026

Gustavino-tiled vaulted ceiling: past (Old City Hall subway station) and present (Oyster Bar at Grand Central Terminal) #ciaheartsnyc

Gustavino-tiled vaulted ceiling: present (Oyster Bar at Grand Central Terminal)

PR was rejected immediately without any notes on how/what to change 😂

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Work: “You need to start using AI to create PRs and launch more features.” Engineer after I, as a product manager, did exactly just that: “Jesus, this changed 72 files it didn’t need to!” Me: 🙄

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Goodnight from our dog Boo Radley 👻💩 She’s a Rottweiler-Pit mix adopted from the Jersey City shelter #ciaheartsbooradley #dogsky www.petfinder.com/member/us/nj...

Rottweiler Pit rescue dog on her back with a chili toy nearby on a tiger print carpet

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Can’t deny him his $350,000 fee for that brace now. #NYCFC gets pushed down to no.8 😩 #ciaheartsfutbol

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Cavan Sullivan all cute with that backward curtsy goal LOLZ ⚽️ #ciaheartsfutbol

Very timely because the stupid Orange idiot is talking about Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland this weekend. Book no.19 for 2026 💙📚 Back to Patrick Radden Keefe after reading “London Falling” for “Say Nothing”. He really is one engaging writer. #ciaheartsbooks

Book no.19 for 2026 💙📚 “Say Nothing” by Patrick Radden Keefe on Kindle with Rottweiler-Pit dog blurry in the background

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WE GOT 3 POINTS!!!! I forgot how that feels like!!! #NYCFC #ciaheartsfutbol

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It’s cool to see Reid get minutes tonight even if it’s with another team! #NYCFC

Real Salt Lake playing well on their own so far 😡 I don’t know when #NYCFC will show up ⚽️ #ciaheartsfutbol

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I harvested some beet greens today from our backyard and sauteed them in anchovies and breadcrumbs; tossed that with bucatini #ciacooksjerseycity

Cia @ciabernales.com · 12/09/2026

I had so much fun last night at the Harry Styles show at MSG! 🥰🥰🥰 He puts on a really good live show. His female drummer was my favorite.

Cia @ciabernales.com · 12/09/2026

Saturday afternoon walk in the backyard, September 12, 2026 😀 Today’s small harvest: eggplants, carnival squash, more tomatoes born from the compost; there’s also chard that I might pick later for dinner #ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens

Cia @ciabernales.com · 10/09/2026

Whyyyyyy #NYCFC whyyyyyy always the last minute?! Whyyyyyyyyy ⚽️ #ciaheartsfutbol