The Concierge created The August Pause and has spent each year encouraging everyone else to enjoy it while he remained faithfully occupied.

Then, in late July, he went to New York to meet Gabriela Moreno.

Soon after, word arrived that the Concierge would be taking August for himself.

All thirty-one days.

By the time August began, Gabriela had the Concierge’s keys.

They followed her through New York, appearing in photographs, films, and familiar places around the city.

Gabriela has always had an appetite for mischief.

By September, the Concierge had returned to Kas di Kos, while Gabriela remained pleasantly selective about the details.