free people press preview

1.30.2013


I've been crazy busy at work recently, and one of the reasons why is that we were planning our very first press preview! The event took place just last week at our NYC showroom. It went really well, and the setups looked amazing thanks to our wholesale visuals team. The days were long, but satisfying and fun. We were there in NYC for two days, so I also got to hop on over to Brooklyn and spend some time with my good friend Ariane. We went out to Public House for drinks & dinner then celebrated my friend/intern's 23rd birthday at midnight. It never fails to be a good time in the BK. Can't wait to go back next week!

hope

1.29.2013

Caught this Margaret Atwood excerpt the other day on NPR and had to go find it after. 
Never give up hope. It's why we fight for anything that is important.
--

popover recipe

1.27.2013

Often times at work I'm checking out blogs - looking into their follower counts, assessing their brand appropriateness, you know, the standard. A random day about a month ago, my eye was caught while doing so. Fluffy delicate popovers flowed over a basket while soft melty butter tauntingly rested beside it. It could safely have been called food porn. So hypnotized was I, that I immediately remember an unused gift card to Amazon. Right then and there, I went on to buy the first popover pan I saw. Back to work.

In classic Amazon fashion the pan arrived two days later (Prime!). I what? I bought a popover pan? I guess I had to make some.

For weeks I said I was going to make breakfast. There kept not being enough time, or not enough energy to run to the store for that last missing ingredient. When I finally got around to it, I did it right. I baked those babies golden, served them in a pretty arrangement, and doled out slabs of butter alongside local strawberry jam. It was the simplest, most self indulgent breakfast I've had in a long time. I think it might just be my stable from now on - whipping up popovers anytime I feel.  


Ingredients (makes a dozen):
1 1/4 Cups 2% Milk
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Tsp. Salt
1/2 Tsp. Baking Powder
3 Eggs

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450F and grease your pan
2. Sift together dry ingredients in a small bowl, set aside.
3. Heat milk for 2 min in the microwave.
4. Using a hand blender, whip your eggs until foamy, and then slowly add in milk, then dry ingredients.
5. Fill popover pan so that each cup is mostly full.
6. Bake at 450F for 20 minutes and then lower to 350F for another 20.
7. Eat warm with lots of butter and jelly