jicc logo
  • Design
  • Before & Afters
  • About
  • Press
  • Services
  • A Little Bit About Us

    tara-and-percy

    Jersey Ice Cream Co was founded in the summer of 2010. Two kids in love found an old embossing stamp at a flea market, dreamed up a design empire, and then set to work trying to create it. Today Tara Mangini and Percy Bright spend their time moving house to house, job to job, leaving beautiful homes in their wake. They believe in craftsmanship, timelessness, and leaving things better than they found them. They do not make ice cream, but will happily have some if you’re offering.

    Jerseyicecreamco@gmail.com

Desk for One

July 19, 2012 by Tara Mangini Leave a Comment

Dear rainy Thursday plus working at home for too many days straight,

You’re the worst. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for a place to be at 9am tomorrow.

It’s so nice to be in charge of your own time, until that actually happens and even though there is stuff that has to get done, you are a total pushover of a boss and can’t seem to get your “employee” to be very productive.

“Hey, there’s a ton of work to get done, but you know, take your time. Do it when you’re ready. Why don’t you look around on Spotify for a bit until you find just the right music to suit your mood?”

Why aren’t there places where people all go to get things done? They could all show up at the same time and dress to impress each other, and talk about problems they are running into. There’d be a little teasing and goofing around, but they’d be in an environment dedicated to actually getting things done. Maybe they could even grab lunch together to decompress a little. Grab a 2:30 coffee. The possibilities are endless! At the end of the day, when they know that nothing else is going be accomplished, everybody closes their laptops, gives one of those swift dusting of the hands motions, and says “Alright, that’s it for today. Anybody want to go to happy hour?”

Oh, if only if only if only.

Filed Under: new york, ramblings

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sign Up for Our Newsletter:

Copyright © 2025 · Jersey Ice Cream Co. · All Rights Reserved. · Site by Inbound Found · Branding by Bueno