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From Living In A Homeless Shelter To Making $4 Million A Year: How Samantha Franz Built A Sweatsuit Empire
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By Samii Ryan
As Americans have traded cubicles for couches and suits for sweats, Samantha Franz’s business has been booming. The 29-year-old founder and CEO of sweatsuit brand By Samii Ryan made $4 million in revenue in 2020, up 650% from 2019, thanks, in part, to stay-at-home orders and a laundry list of celebrity clients including Addison Rae Easterling, Hailey Bieber and Lil Nas X. She’s capitalized on pandemic-era nostalgia with her ’90s-inspired apparel, becoming a near-millionaire in the process, but she’s not wistful for her own childhood.
On the other hand, beer surely will put the buzz back into your Valentine’s Day.
From chocolate porters to coffee ales, here’s a roundup of 10 beers all made in the Keystone state to warm the hearts of you and your sweetie come Feb. 14.
Wanderlust Chocolate Porter, Barley Creek Brewing Company, Tannersville
One of the Pocono-based brewery’s seasonal highlights, this dark brown beer from Barley Creek has hints of roasted coffee, notes of smoke and the taste of chocolate reminiscent of a heart-shaped box of the good stuff.
Info: 1774 Sullivan Trail, 570-629-9399, Barleycreek.com
Stegmaier Winter Warmer, The Lion Brewery, Wilkes-Barre
Dec. 31—Across the commonwealth, 33 restaurants have been ordered to close for defying Gov. Tom Wolf s latest COVID-19 mitigation orders, yet some, including two in Monroe County, are staying open
It has been just about a week since Gov. Tom Wolf issued his order to shut down indoor dining across the commonwealth, and the impact on industry workers is already palpable, especially in light of the rapidly approaching holidays.
Wolfâs directive, one of several mitigation efforts put into effect Dec. 12, dealt a substantial blow to the already heavily impacted world of restaurants and bars in Pennsylvania. While outdoor dining, food and alcohol takeout still are permitted, thousands of servers, hosts and hostesses, bartenders and other employees have found themselves unemployed or severely underemployed.
Dustie Heller has been a server at Barley Creek Brewing Company in Tannersville for four years, and usually makes what she considers a great income. Now, she works only about a quarter of the hours she previously did.
It has been just about a week since Gov. Tom Wolf issued his order to shut down indoor dining across the commonwealth, and the impact on industry workers is already palpable, especially in light of the rapidly-approaching holidays.
Wolf’s directive, one of several mitigation efforts put into effect on Dec. 12, dealt a substantial blow to the already heavily impacted world of restaurants and bars in Pennsylvania. While outdoor dining, food and alcohol takeout still are permitted, thousands of servers, hosts and hostesses, bartenders and other employees have found themselves unemployed or severely underemployed.
Dustie Heller has been a server at Barley Creek Brewing Company in Tannersville for four years, and usually makes what she considers a great income. Now, she works only about a quarter of the hours she previously did.