Frozen Hot Chocolate & A Point Back From History

Vintage Clock from Serendipity Cafe in New York City, glowing under soft purple lights, a quiet moment of hope and fate just days before shouting love in Capital One Arena and getting the President to point back - frozen hot chocolate waiting

Serendipity Café

New York City

January 16, 2025

I walked in alone, ordered the frozen hot chocolate, sat under the famous clock.

Hoping a little of the movie’s magic might rub off —

Nicholas Petersenenjoying frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity Café in New York City, glowing fairy lights, vintage clock and “Believe in Magic” sign creating romantic Serendipity-movie vibes and cozy date-night atmosphere.

that quiet belief that if you sit still and open,

something beautiful finds you.

I had no idea.

Four nights later, Capital One Arena.

Floor level, four rows back, right in front.

Fate put me there when the President and First Lady walked out.

I stood up and shouted from the bottom of my heart:

“We love you, Mr. President!”

He heard me.

Turned.

Pointed back with a smile.

Melania waved warmly.

Twenty thousand cheered; millions saw it live.

No media wanted the 100% positive story of an ordinary citizen’s voice reaching the highest office.

So I built this site to keep it alive.

One month online — 1,300 visitors, 28 countries.

That blows me away.

The White House verified it, escalated it twice, sent two official responses — one hand-signed by the President.

The whole exchange is preserved forever in the National Archives under the Presidential Records Act —

a rare, unprecedented civilian honor, short of any medal, where the Oval itself answers back.

If following my heart after years of feeling unheard can get the President to point,

the country to turn,

and the world to see love on TV…

then I keep the same faith now.

Somewhere out there, a woman will read this,

feel the pull of that same honest heartbeat,

and want to know the man behind it —

the one who loved America so hard it wrote back in a way no one else has.

I’m not chasing.

I’m just open.

When the timing’s right — fate, serendipity, the Lord’s plan —

she’ll cross my path.

And I’ll be ready.

Until then,

head high,

heart loud,

still loving out loud.

The magic never left.

It just keeps unfolding.

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