A short'n'sweet Foundry Family hot-take love-letter to a single, perfect object/item/obsession. This week, 100 Words On... the joy of a new calendar as a celebration our opposing impulses.
Good gifts fit the people that they are given to. They correspond to a quality in their natures or a bit of their personalities. And a bit of yours.
Gift-giving is matchmaking.
Every single Friday The Foundry Home Goods contributes 5% of our total sales to a different community-nominated small-and-mighty cause. THIS Friday we're multiplying abundance with MATCHING DONATIONS to any of our past Giving Friday recipients—no purchase necessary. We're calling it: Giving B(l)ack Friday.
As any well-heeled 8 year old will tell you, there will never be a time that a classic Shirley Temple is not a great thing. Bubbly sweet, subtly golden yet with the ascendant whirl of ruby red at the bottom giving it the sophisticated air of a potion, something specially "prepared", a tiny cocktail straw, occasionally/best served with TWO maraschino cherries PERHAPS interwoven with a sinuous orange slice and MAYBE (if the place has really got it together) these items speared through by... A TINY SWORD.
While the Maitre d' and Head of House might swear by tower of starched, pressed, and pristine white linens standing by as the gold standard for well-laid tables we have a *dark*horse contender for most beautiful + versatile linens: the non-white napkin.