First time I was ever stopped on the street
It can feel weird to be on video all the time. It’s not something I ever did before. None of us at Grommet have. However, I’ve…
Real Deal Road Trip No. 4: Wellesley Marketplace
Wellesley Marketplace, Welleseley, Massachussetts I surrounded myself in handcrafts at the Wellesley Marketplace. Yum. I love chatting with people to find out how they make the…
Yep. Pretty much one-stop shopping.
I have absolutely no objectivity on this topic, but I think Daily Grommet pretty much covers any gift need. We are fast and furiously assembling 21…
Best quote of the day
I was at the Wellesley Holiday Marketplace today. One unexpectedly exciting takeaway from the outing was not a physical object. It was something a stranger said…
Real Deal Road Trip No. 3: Nesting on Main
Nesting on Maine. Concord, Massachusetts Four years ago, as my boys were getting older and Christmas morning was losing some sparkle, I had a brainstorm. I…
Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis
When we lived in Ireland, the secondary school system had a brilliant sophomore year program called “Transition Year.” Tenth grade was only 50% academic. The rest…
Real Deal Road Trip No. 2 — Maria’s Tree
I’m in New York. Last night I took a little field trip to see the tree in Rockefeller Center. Why? I loved that it came from…
Real Deal Road Trip No. 1: Dave’s Fresh Pasta
At Grommet we get to give a name and face to businesses that would otherwise likely be depersonalized in a “normal” commerce experience. As a companion…
Five examples why “discount culture” is killing our economy
Everyone loves a good deal, right? What’s wrong with that? Alas, if you care about fostering real product innovation, if you care about building vibrant American…
The top four things I learned in the time elapsed between these two photos.
This is me and Joanne, sometime in 2008, a couple months before our Daily Grommet launch. This is the two of us, last week, a little…
Jules Pieri 