In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on makers, store owners, food enthusiasts, do-gooders, connectors, online communities, renters, lenders and educators who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services. Bread Furst After turning 76 years, Mark Furstenberg opened a neighborhood bakery in the heart of Washington, D.C. At the ripe age of 50, Mark Furstenberg decided to switch careers entirely to become a professional baker. “I didn’t like what I was doing at the time, writing about other people’s experiences, ” he says of his previous career as a political speechwriter and journalist. “I wasn’t finished having experiences of my own.” Over the following quarter of a This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fifteen Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 19 Going Incognito We all secretly wonder what mischief we’d make if invisible: When our identity is hidden, everything seems possible. Arts & Culture Issue 19 The Best Policy Sometimes we talk to each other without feeling heard. Honesty—a most intimate interaction—can be just as thrilling as its more devious inverse.
Arts & Culture Issue 19 Going Incognito We all secretly wonder what mischief we’d make if invisible: When our identity is hidden, everything seems possible.
Arts & Culture Issue 19 The Best Policy Sometimes we talk to each other without feeling heard. Honesty—a most intimate interaction—can be just as thrilling as its more devious inverse.