If we aren’t going to be seeing Jessica behind the counter at Homespun anymore, where is she?

Jessica, who sold Homespun to a carefully selected new owner who you can read about here, took a moment out of her retired life to answer our burning questions:

Where are you now?

I am sitting in my house in Beacon at 9 am with no phone calls from work, no shifts to cover, no orders to put in and no fires to put out and I am loving it!

What are your days looking like?

I've been walking everyday and brushing up on my Spanish using our library's online language classes - check them out!

Also, Chris and I are going traveling soon and we are busy packing up our house and dealing with all the stuff we have accumulated. (Really, how many cookbooks do you need???)

What do you eat if you’re not at Homespun? Do you cook Homespun at home?

Okay, first, when you own a restaurant, you end up eating restaurant food all the time! Because there’s a lot of leftovers or a lot of takeout, you get tired of being around food. It's a pleasure to cook at home although the cleaning up part is a drag. We eat simply which was the basis for Homespun from the beginning.

The first week I was retired, I baked bread and made a great chocolate halvah babka ... but it’s not as much fun if you aren't getting positive customer feedback!!

My favorite lunch now is rice cakes with tahini, sharp cheddar, tomato and sprouts ... it is a crumbly, delicious mess.

I don’t miss the work, but I do miss my staff and being such a part of the neighborhood - but it was a good run. I did what I set out to do which was to make community.

Thanks for asking,
Jess

xoxo