The Tory Burch dress uses shisha mirrored embroidery, which originated in South Asia in the 17th century. I love Tory's revitalized brand and design approach from the last few years, but if you want to support South Asian designers who have been using this approach in contemporary styles, try abacaxi: https://www.abacaxi-nyc.com/shop/shisha-baby-tee
A book tour really is one of the best places to make friends in the wild. Lots of solo people with shared interests and often some downtime to mingle. I went to a talk with the Malai ice cream owner for her new book and it was such a good crowd
The Food52 acquisition of Schoolhouse was disappointing--the lead times have gotten longer and prices have gotten higher. About a decade ago, there was a Schoolhouse store and cafe abutting the factory in an industrial part of Portland. An old friend and I spent a summer drawing and eating sandwiches and dreaming about furniture at that cafe.
Their acquisition of Dansk was similarly disappointing. They took a bunch of orders from small shops earlier in the year, then an email went out about a month ago to wholesale partners saying they are essentially shutting down that division and wouldn’t be shipping the orders or taking any new ones in the future, reasons given included “overall lack of margin and viability” and “significant staff changes and shifts in business strategy.”
Food52 built much of their massive online shop using drop shipping, essentially relying on the smaller producers to house their inventory and ship it for them (great for your margins when you’re not the one who has to pay for warehouse space and staffing). Now that they’ve acquired two companies with in-house shipping it seems like they did not have their shit together enough to handle it. I think unfortunately we are going to see the prices keep going up while the service keeps dropping off with both brands. They’re already struggling to meet deadlines and fill orders, less staff certainly isn’t going to help them fix that.
I saw Amanda Hesser's huge sub list on her substack and assume that she either got it slotted in to some F52/Schoolhouse emails to encourage them to sign up or just pulled the entire list. She's not nearly a big enough name to pull in that kind of subscriber number basically from the jump.
"Flex" is my new favorite word, courtesy of Feed Me.
Flex= a power move combined with the literary term "a knight's move" coined by Nabokov to describe an unexpected successful shift in a book's plot in reference to chess.
-i dont know what a cum town is other than my hotel room after a wedding but do (beautiful) women really crush on extreme betas like this guy?
-i'd like to hear more about this girl's "best friend" door man in surf lodge. my guess is he's her coke "dealer" and there's some benefits. doubt a gay guy works the door.
-what defines "old guys", asking for a friend. over 40? over 50? bald? dressed like shit? fat?
-bring back that super tight rose colored dress all the babes wore back in 2015
I can jump in here, have done Surf enough times to know the situation. It means guys in their 40s (of which I am one). Prime age there is 26-36. If you’re age 40+ at Surf, bottle or not, you’re effectively an “old guy”. Deck’s going to skew older due to pricing (#tagyoursponsor). The bottle is the price of admission. There aren’t enough people in their 50s there to bother including them in a characterization of the weekend… but 40s absolutely. You can be well dressed with a full head of hair, no one is fooled… if you’re partying at Surf “old guy” is the bucket you fall into.
Surf Lodge revenue composition is more progressive than the U.S. tax code. A few of the people generate a disproportionate amount of the revenue. The share house proletariat of Montauk are gonna hate but the institutions need them...
I think you're projecting. If you're in good shape, have hair, dress like it's 2025 not 2012, and have (real) fun, there's no 26 yr old who considers you an "old guy". in fact, they consider you for an afterparty. i know form experience..
Such a good idea getting an MC personality to raise the bar for the usual author/audience press tour. I see some authors nail out these book tours with 6-8 stops in 10 days, I imagine that can wear on the average person’s energy instantly.
The Tory Burch dress uses shisha mirrored embroidery, which originated in South Asia in the 17th century. I love Tory's revitalized brand and design approach from the last few years, but if you want to support South Asian designers who have been using this approach in contemporary styles, try abacaxi: https://www.abacaxi-nyc.com/shop/shisha-baby-tee
I LOVE
Was about to say, 1st the "scandinavian scarf" then discovering mirror work 😹
A book tour really is one of the best places to make friends in the wild. Lots of solo people with shared interests and often some downtime to mingle. I went to a talk with the Malai ice cream owner for her new book and it was such a good crowd
Excellent point, especially when there’s time to drink and hang afterwards
The Food52 acquisition of Schoolhouse was disappointing--the lead times have gotten longer and prices have gotten higher. About a decade ago, there was a Schoolhouse store and cafe abutting the factory in an industrial part of Portland. An old friend and I spent a summer drawing and eating sandwiches and dreaming about furniture at that cafe.
Ugh, it's such a bummer of a story. Just total flatlining culturally and financially after getting a massive investment.
Their acquisition of Dansk was similarly disappointing. They took a bunch of orders from small shops earlier in the year, then an email went out about a month ago to wholesale partners saying they are essentially shutting down that division and wouldn’t be shipping the orders or taking any new ones in the future, reasons given included “overall lack of margin and viability” and “significant staff changes and shifts in business strategy.”
Food52 built much of their massive online shop using drop shipping, essentially relying on the smaller producers to house their inventory and ship it for them (great for your margins when you’re not the one who has to pay for warehouse space and staffing). Now that they’ve acquired two companies with in-house shipping it seems like they did not have their shit together enough to handle it. I think unfortunately we are going to see the prices keep going up while the service keeps dropping off with both brands. They’re already struggling to meet deadlines and fill orders, less staff certainly isn’t going to help them fix that.
I saw Amanda Hesser's huge sub list on her substack and assume that she either got it slotted in to some F52/Schoolhouse emails to encourage them to sign up or just pulled the entire list. She's not nearly a big enough name to pull in that kind of subscriber number basically from the jump.
Yeah I'm assuming she either got the signoff from the team to do that, or she somehow owned the list contractually
Can confirm she definitely sent Substack invites to the full Food52 email list (I was on it.)
did she send an email inviting you to subscribe/opt-in or was it an auto-subscribe kind of thing?
Opt-in invite.
wow, so 700K opted in! fascinating
oooh contractual list ownership i didn't even think of that.
"Flex" is my new favorite word, courtesy of Feed Me.
Flex= a power move combined with the literary term "a knight's move" coined by Nabokov to describe an unexpected successful shift in a book's plot in reference to chess.
David you have so much to flex about
-i dont know what a cum town is other than my hotel room after a wedding but do (beautiful) women really crush on extreme betas like this guy?
-i'd like to hear more about this girl's "best friend" door man in surf lodge. my guess is he's her coke "dealer" and there's some benefits. doubt a gay guy works the door.
-what defines "old guys", asking for a friend. over 40? over 50? bald? dressed like shit? fat?
-bring back that super tight rose colored dress all the babes wore back in 2015
I feel like you need to channel whatever energy you have while writing these comments into a movie script. I'll ask my source the follow-up questions
I can jump in here, have done Surf enough times to know the situation. It means guys in their 40s (of which I am one). Prime age there is 26-36. If you’re age 40+ at Surf, bottle or not, you’re effectively an “old guy”. Deck’s going to skew older due to pricing (#tagyoursponsor). The bottle is the price of admission. There aren’t enough people in their 50s there to bother including them in a characterization of the weekend… but 40s absolutely. You can be well dressed with a full head of hair, no one is fooled… if you’re partying at Surf “old guy” is the bucket you fall into.
She literally said “40+ bald guys” lol, nailed it
Surf Lodge revenue composition is more progressive than the U.S. tax code. A few of the people generate a disproportionate amount of the revenue. The share house proletariat of Montauk are gonna hate but the institutions need them...
I think you're projecting. If you're in good shape, have hair, dress like it's 2025 not 2012, and have (real) fun, there's no 26 yr old who considers you an "old guy". in fact, they consider you for an afterparty. i know form experience..
flattery will get you everywhere my queen
Just in time for my book tour! Thank you
Such a good idea getting an MC personality to raise the bar for the usual author/audience press tour. I see some authors nail out these book tours with 6-8 stops in 10 days, I imagine that can wear on the average person’s energy instantly.
And then e.l.f. said I'm buying that to Rhode.
By the time things have been labeled as “cool” it’s almost like it’s over and only basic people are engaging for example Le Labo .