Fred has this recurring fantasy where he flies home for the holidays, pulls up to his childhood home, and fishes his bags out of the trunk amidst a light snowfall. The warm glow in each window a flickering neon "vacancy" sign after a long stretch of flight delays. Floating into his old room, it's exactly how he left it in 1999. The plastic trophies, acoustic guitars, foosball table, love notes, and trading cards—all waiting for him like old friends. Here, the 17 year-old him never ages, immune to the years, months, and days. Weezer's Blue Album is on compact disc while My So-Called Life reruns (he secretly wanted to be Jordan Catalano) flicker on his television. Time just…stands....
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Makins Hats was started by Marsha Akins in 1974 in her one-room, 4th floor walk-up in New York's East Village. Using a Jiffy Steamer, she molded the raw hat bodies over her own specially designed wood blocks and then baked the hats dry in the apartment oven before trimming them. Now, more than 40 years later, Makins still makes all of their hats the old fashioned way...by hand. Under the new ownership of Satya Twena (a new near and dear friend), Makins Hats still takes great pride in their craft and hard work, making the finest handmade hats in New York...
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