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JENNIE LENNICK • Jenny Lemons
WORK • Friday Routine
JENNIE LENNICK • founder & creative director • Jenny Lemons
Neighborhood you work and live in: Excelsior
It’s Friday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
Since I work from home, I’ll make breakfast and coffee, and come down to my office, where I’ll start plugging away. I usually start with emails and check in on my team (all women). When I’m designing, I’ll spend a lot of time on my iPad drawing. We have anywhere from six to eight collections a year for our accessories and lifestyle brand, plus I do a lot of custom work for corporate clients — some of it’s really fun and weird, like making a Swedish fish–shaped hair claw for BonBon.
Once I’ve designed them, I go through my library of acetate plates. All of my hair clips are made from cellulose acetate, which is a plant-based alternative to plastic that’s more environmentally friendly. That’s the fun part, where I match my colors to all of these crazy acetates. Some are marbled, sparkly, clear, or whatever.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
My book club is coming over tonight, which I’m very excited about. We’re a group of women who work in the arts and arts administration. I’m going to pick up pizzas from Delfina. We went there last week and were like, “We need to go back again.” Even just their Margherita is so good. I love their pastas, too. I had a really delicious pesto, and a really good non-alcoholic cocktail, a grapefruit shrub thing.
How about a little leisure or culture?
When we were living in Bernal Glen, we would walk every Saturday to the Noe Valley Farmers Market. That’s our family activity. Unfortunately, now that we’re in Excelsior, it’s a little too far to walk, but this weekend that was my daughter’s request. We love getting Buen Comer there, and we always get the same thing — the desayuno typico with eggs and tomatoes, and the cheese enchiladas with salsa verde. I accidentally ordered it one time, and it’s incredible.
Any weekend getaways?
We were supposed to go to Indian Springs for my babymoon, but we had to leave because of the fires. Which is ironic, because when I was pregnant with my daughter in 2020, we went camping in Mendocino Grove, and had to be evacuated because that was the day that sky turned orange. So I’m just not going to try to go on any more babymoons. But I really like going to Calistoga. I love the hot springs. I find it really relaxing. It’s only an hour and a half away, but it feels transported.
What was your last great vacation?
We went to Mexico City last year. We loved it so much that I’ve been practicing Spanish every day since. We went to Pujol, of course, and that was the best meal I’ve ever had in my life. We rented a beautiful house in Roma Norte with my in-laws. I love strolling around Condesa and Roma Norte. Any taqueria has the best taco, and there’s a lot of art and fashion. We went to this place called Mooni that’s an art gallery and clothing store, and it was super cute.
What store or service do you always recommend?
I love craft fairs. I’ve been showing at West Coast Craft for eight years or something like that. Also, of course, Renegade Craft. I haven’t done Renegade that much this year with my pregnancy, so I’ve been going to when they’re in town, and it’s so fun to support small makers. I’ll get little nut butters or jams, candles, and clothes. At the last Renegade, Gravel & Gold was having a sample sale, and I scored a really cool jacket.
Where are you donating your time or money?
I was a board member at Root Division, and I usually donate for their auctions. They provide below market rate studio spaces for emerging artists in exchange for work hours. The work hours will be something like teaching art to kids or adults, curating shows, helping with facilities management, or bartending at an opening. Right after graduate school, that’s where I had my first studio, and also where Jenny Lemons had its first show.