WORK • Tuesday Routine
MATTHEW LEONE • chief marketing officer • Brown Harris Stevens
Neighborhood you work in: Midtown East
Neighborhood you live in: New Rochelle
It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
Tuesday mornings are busy at our office, with our team onsite and a steady stream of agents and executives coming through. Brown Harris Stevens is a hands-on, bespoke service company, readily available in person so agents can collaborate with us and our teams can work efficiently.
What’s on the agenda for today?
In the morning, we are shooting one of our 16 podcasts in our content studio, Studio 1873, where Vince Rocco will film his weekly podcast, the most widely watched in the residential real estate industry. I’ll then have our bi-monthly meeting with our strategists about new and upcoming launches, such as our new website and buyer’s collaboration tool launching in a few weeks. Later, I have a strategy meeting with our new recruit, Frederick Warburg Peters, to discuss enhancing his media exposure through his Forbes.com series, which we plan to turn into a webshow/podcast. I’ll end my day by heading home to join my wife and watch my son bat leadoff for his travel baseball team, and check in with my daughter about her first-ever job at a local racquet club.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
This Thursday, I have a work dinner at Hatsuhana in Midtown East, one of New York City’s longest-running sushi restaurants. It’s a classic with the freshest fish and most inventive omakase. This weekend, my goal is to arrive at either Burrata (Eastchester) or Maria (New Rochelle) for Italian, or go to another throwback restaurant with the best sushi in Westchester, Sushi Mike’s (Dobbs Ferry).
How about a little leisure or culture this week?
I’ll get a round of golf in at my home course, Pelham Country Club, then hopefully join family or friends for some pickleball or tennis. I’m really getting into racquet sports (again) since my wife started playing competitively (again). In the summer, Billy and Pete’s in Larchmont is a great spot for live music.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
A 100% waterproof outdoor television that allows us to watch Yankee games, movies, and tennis/golf on our new backyard deck.
What NYC store or service do you love to recommend?
I love supporting small businesses in NYC, and we recently launched a brand partnership with Old Yew Plant Shop, which in addition to performing great urban landscaping services also consults on plant design for the home, an incredible service when preparing a home for sale, or simply detoxifying your residence and improving the interior design immensely. Ask for August, he’s a good guy.
Where are you donating your time or money?
I donate a lot of my time to the Youth Baseball and Softball of New Rochelle, where I sit on the board, working to improve youth sports in one of the largest cities in New York.