Morgan Riddle On Life In NYC, Breakup Advice & Her Wellness Rituals

Morgan Riddle is a pro at speaking her life into existence. As a teenager living in St. Paul, Minnesota, she had a specific plan: Move to New York, adopt a tiny dog, and spend the mornings going to Pilates and nights out in the city with friends. “I always had such a clear vision,” she tells me, sipping orange wine outside Sartiano’s restaurant at the Mercer Hotel in SoHo, Manhattan, with her newly adopted Chihuahua, Bagel, curled up on her lap. Now 29, Riddle is the embodiment of everything her younger self wanted. “Now I'm so confident that I am going to stick to that path, and I'm convinced that I can have this vision of the life I imagined for myself when I was 13 years old. I won't compromise on it.”

I’m having a very New York afternoon with Riddle — pedicures at The Shade NYC (complete with leg massages and a face mask), a walk with Bagel through the neighborhood, and a glass of wine at a chic outdoor spot where we narrowly dodge a summer storm. The sports and fashion creator has been living here since March, when she packed up her li...