Highbrow Hippie Blog

Like most of you reading this, I’ve been sheltering in place for the past 14 days. What started out as a sincere effort to do our part in flattening the curve quickly escalated into me becoming a teacher, short-order cook, dog walker, playmate, and mediocre housekeeper. All in addition to navigating the changes with our temporarily shuttered business that we launched 8 months ago to the day that we closed.  To say that this is an unsettling time is an...

My dear client of over 15 years McKenna recently shared this photo with me of her grandmother reading outside at our atelier while she waited for her, and it filled me with more joy than I can describe. 

If you have been following us on this blog for a while, you know that we have been working on finding a physical space for Highbrow Hippie for some time. After many ups and downs (read more about that here), we are happy to announce that we have finally found a space to launch Highbrow … Continue reading "Highbrow Hippie Defined"

Changes. Leaps of faith. And new beginnings....Today marked my last day working at 454North before I move to Venice full time in our new space! There’s a saying that goes “the greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said”, and when I started working at 454North, one of the first things I said in my interview was I hoped to one day launch Highbrow Hippie as a brand and open a space in Venice. And they were understanding since day one. They were also supportive when Myka and I were blindsided and had to recalibrate our entire business plan and start over. I will never forget it. 

The beginnings of Sunday supper. Inspired by the delicious Agrumi salad at our favorite neighborhood neighborhood Felix Trattoria.  Winter citrus salad w/ avocado, organic sunflower greens, micro arugula and pistachios. Olive oil, cracked pepper and Maldon salt to taste. So easy. So good!