The PinTrill Founders’ U.S. Road Trip Diary
*This* is the life, guys.
If you've read our interview with PINTRILL co-founder Jordan Roschwalb, you know he's living a dream very specific to this generation. He quit a corporate gig at Mercedes (ballsy move: check) to go on and start his own pin company (esoteric, very specific interest: check), which now has it’s own store front, a booming business (success: check) and also involves regular road trips (travel perks: check) all over the place to source vintage pins. So when fellow co-founder Doni Gitlin asked if we wanted in on a peek at their camera roll from their most recent road trip at our five year anniversary party, our answer was a resounding yes.
As Gitlin told us, “We love the National Park Service, so knowing that it was their centennial, we knew we wanted to involve ourselves somehow and bring more awareness to the parks and their importance. We teamed up with Levi's and Cadillac on the trip, and drove cross country from Brooklyn to San Francisco stopping at many many parks in between.” Told ya they were living the dream. But why national parks? “Pins are a big part of the parks, as each gift shop has so many pins that are unique to each park. We wanted to not only be able to collect pins and patches from each park to create a one-of-a-kind pinned and patched up Levi's jacket, but create our own pin set and bring our version of the park gift shops to our followers.” Fittingly, their collection, named 'The Trill Trip' consisted of limited edition pins that were released as they hit up new stops to get everyone in on the trip, in addition to giving out pins to park go-ers as they went. Take a peek for yourself below (and BTW—we accept no responsibility if you feel a sudden urge to, say, not show up to work ever again, all in the name of your own passion project).
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“Every woman needs a robe.” - JR... Read More

“Jealousy, Envy and Greed. My friend snagged this and I... Read More

“These jackets are amazing because you can find them all... Read More

“I’m pretty much a meat and potatoes kinda guy, so... Read More

“Days on the road are about two things: sunrises and... Read More

“Sometimes you just need to remember where you are.” -... Read More

“First park! Gettysburg National Military Park, posing with Honest Abe.”... Read More

“Stop at Chick Fil A, of course, for lunch! This... Read More

“I think this was the park where we visited Abe... Read More

"National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This was place... Read More

“My lunch at the museum. These fries were UNREAL.” -... Read More

“Standing in between where the sinkhole happened. The story about... Read More

“Lost River Cave! This cave is awesome; we took a... Read More

“Literally chasing this rainbow. It was with us for... Read More

“A road trip across America wouldn't be a road trip... Read More

“Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system (known) in... Read More

“Badlands National Park! It was windy AF here. This park... Read More

“MOUNT RUSHMORE. I couldn't even believe that it was... Read More

“We drove 30 minutes out of the way to... Read More

“If you are driving through South Dakota, I highly recommend... Read More

“The first Quizno's is in Denver, Colorado!” - DG... Read More

“Great Sand Dunes National Park, also one of my favorites!... Read More

“Garden of the Gods is amazing during sunrise. The... Read More

“Lol @ No Whiner Diner. This place was pretty good,... Read More

“White Sands! Different from Great Sand Dunes. Also really beautiful.”... Read More

”Carlsbad Caverns. Really different from Mammoth Cave—both are incredible and... Read More

“This is a restaurant in Albuquerque called Mary & Tito's.... Read More

“HBD NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE!! August 25th was their 100th birthday.... Read More

"[These are the] cliff dwellings. This is Spruce Tree House... Read More

“Horseshoe Bend! Photos actually don't do this justice. The... Read More

“Monument Valley, not a National Park. This is Navajo land... Read More

“Totem poles! Jordan and I gathered rocks to make... Read More

“Lower Antelope Canyon. On our last road trip we visited... Read More

“When driving to the Northern Rim of the Grand... Read More

“Unreal sunset while driving to the Northern Rim.” -... Read More

“Hanging out at Northern Rim. This part of the Grand... Read More

“Death Valley! I cannot remember what this outlook is called,... Read More

“Not kidding about the heat, someone actually fried an egg... Read More

“At Badwater Basin in Death Valley waiting for the sunset.... Read More

“Mono Lake. This lake is near Yosemite National Park. It's... Read More

“A lot of this hotel [Ahwahnee Hotel] decor was the... Read More

“Me and Jordan at our Levi's giveaway in SF. We... Read More

“Before heading back to NYC, we had to drop our... Read More
