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About The Artist

Adjowah Brodie is the creative force behind The Weekend Store. Adjowah designs and creates her thoughtfully handmade line of recycled vintage accessories in her sunny Oakland studio while her lil pup Buck catches a tan on the back deck. In addition to creating beautiful jewels, Adjowah loves Swedish Fish and is a regional Trivial Pursuit Smackdown champion. In her past lives, Adjowah has been a Trotskyist revolutionary, a Co-op worker, a Special Ed assistant teacher and an advocate for battered women.

The Story Behind The Name

I chose “The Weekend Store” as the name for my business for a few reasons. When I lived in Burlington, Vermont many years ago, I had a friend who owned a store across Lake Champlain called The Store In Essex. When I first heard the name I thought it would be a simple little small town store, but when I actually visited it, I found the most exquisite, well edited collection of art & gifts in a beautifully decorated storefront. I loved the contrast between the store’s name and its actual appearance.

When I moved back to the Mission District in San Francisco after living in Vermont, I used to walk by this little antiques store on Valencia near 17th that was only open on the weekends. I’d peer through the windows, oohing and aahing at all the awesome stuff I saw inside, always so psyched for the weekend to come so I’d be able to go in and check out what they had.

I combined both elements of these two businesses that I admired, and came up with The Weekend Store.