all things underthings • Manchester Vermont
The second in a series of chapters about the life of Minnie Griswold. Lauren and I were supposed to drive up to Middlebury together yesterday for the Vermont Folklife Center opening reception of “Up Home,” the photo exhibition of the works of Neil and Susanne Rappaport that were taken in the home I now own. […]
It’s time for another episode of “Tales from the Bra Shop.” We sure do love you! Hardware: A woman stacks three bras on the counter and tells us her husband asks her all the time why she needs so many bras. She responds by asking him why he needs so many tools. He moves on. […]
We have lots and lots and lots of bras at JOY. Nothing can bring this point home more than last week when we scanned our inventory. We have THOUSANDS of bras. Each one of these bras is chosen for specific reasons and hoping to fill a distinct need. We took a break from our tedious inventory […]
When Hadley came through the door a couple of weeks ago that connects the JOY stockroom to Farm Store and asked if I’d like to be the first one to try out her “Dinnerbox” idea, I immediately said, “Sure.” It was about 4:30 at in the afternoon and I of course had absolutely no […]
An Open Letter to Megan Grassell at Yellowberry Company From: Joy Slusarek at JOY all things underthings April 11, 2014 Dear Megan, About an hour ago yet another person forwarded me a link about you and Yellowberry. (I think this makes about 10 people who have done that) I think you and I are on […]
I made the realization last night that my life has been incredible for one year straight. This revelation has hit me in a powerful way and I just want to keep it going. How do I know it’s been a year? All I did was look back to appointments and notes in my 2013 Day […]
5 Thoughts About the Richard Sherman Interview 1. I had no idea who Richard Sherman was until this morning when a friend on Facebook posted, “Worst post-game interview I have ever seen in my life. I hope there are repercussions for that.” Reading this post prompted to me to read the comments…and that’s where I […]
The third in the series, “Five Bras That Fit: Five Fittings That Touched My Soul This Year.” You Gotta Start Somewhere She came in and walked right up to me and said, “I’m looking for a sports bra.” In we went into the dressing room where I asked the question I ask many women first off, […]
I’m writing this at 8:06 PM the night before my first day off from the shop. I need it…I’m tired, my brain is fried, and my house is a total mess. I’m not kidding. I just remembered someplace that I was supposed to be at 5, I entirely forgot a conversation that I had with […]
