Our T-shirts have arrived!!

Although Rue is smiling ultra-uncomfortably, our *brand-new* t-shirts are actually ultra-comfortable....the American Apparel cotton/poly blend. We're selling them for $20 and have unisex sizes S, M, L and XL.

For this, many thanks to awesome UT Austin art professor Jason Urban, who sketched the yellow pop on the design at left. We saw this incredible t-shirt he did for Threadless, and asked him to work with us, and to our great delight, he agreed!!

Many thanks to Brooklyn screenprinter Crown Prints for their good work, too. Next stop: tote bags?

People's Pops (TM) No-Fail Diet

My cousin recently saw this picture in Julia Moskin's recent New York Times story on shave ice and told me, basically, to stop, sit down and eat a sandwich.

It's true. While I haven't exactly been mistaken for Kate Moss yet, I am definitely channeling a Giada-big head in the pic. And yesterday when I left my apartment in a big rush (as usual) I had to make a U-turn a minute later to change my pants, which were literally falling off my hips.

In fact, we've all lost weight, partially because we're racking our brains over what the hell to do this winter. So that's why we have decided to market, once the ice pop season ends, the People's Pops No-Fail Diet (TM). It goes like this:

1. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
2. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
3. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
4. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
5. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
6. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
7. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
8. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
9. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
10. Forget to eat.
    

Between freezers on the fritz, vans on the fritz, and employees on the fritz....as David put it in a text message last night, "We're really pioneering new ways to lose money."

It's okay, New York City. We've still got the essentials: two arms, two legs and a nicely toned set of asses from all the heavy lifting. And as Joel responded to David's text last night, "I like making lifelong friends the hard way."

Awww.

German tourist: Felted a People's Pop at Home

We get some pretty far-out emails, but this one took the cake. It was from a nice woman named Anna Franziska, and its entire contents are in the subject line above. Attached was this picture:


What could be a better thing to find in your inbox on a Sunday morning??

Thanks Anna Franziska! You made our day!

We're in Whole Foods!!

Okay, truth: we're in one Whole Foods (in the gelato case of the one on 97th and Columbus).

But still!

It may have taken three years, but we finally feel like this:



Flavors this week:

• Rhubarb & Mint
• Strawberry - Basil
• Plum & Sour Cherry

Joel will be in the shop doing a little demo tomorrow from 4-8 pm. Upper West popsi-fans, go in and high-five him! He will be wearing Hammer pants!!

HOW PSYCHED ARE WE????