Tony, Lynn, and Mia
By Tara Ryazansky Photos by Max Ryazansky
A Downtown Vibe Lynn Hazan might be best known as Chicpea around Jersey City, but in her downtown apartment, she’s mom to 9-year-old Mia and soon-tobe wife to fiancé Tony Bush. The trio invited Jersey City Magazine over to show us their place. “I’ve never done a house tour before,” Hazan says as she welcomes us into her bright kitchen. The two-bedroom apartment has an open floor plan that leads into a comfortable living space. She isn’t new to the building. Hazan lived downstairs in a smaller place with Mia for years. Then, around a year ago when her lease was up and she was getting serious with Bush, the couple decided to move in together. “We went to see a few apartments and this one was perfect,” Hazan says.
Even though the new place was just an elevator ride away, the move wasn’t as easy as one would think. “It made it harder in a lot of ways simply because we didn’t have to pack everything properly and put it in a truck and move once,” Bush says. He recalls bringing items up by the armful. “It became more drawn out.” But now they’re mostly settled in, though Bush, who works in NYC real estate, has a few DIY projects on the agenda. He wallpapered the bathroom and, next, he will build some Lego displays to showcase the Harry Potter sets he creates with Mia. “When we moved in together I didn’t want for it to be just my stuff and my aesthetic,” Hazan says that the pair picked some new furniture together and always work on customizing their space. “The most recent addition is Tony’s little studio. It’s his music area where he gets in the zone.” Bush was in a band called Scenes From A Movie that played Warped Tour years ago. He and his former bandmate still release music under that name.
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