Breakfast Clubbing #13
B-day week, London is now recurring, Ladies Who Strategize are co-hosting, and Milano makes it official. Plus BK, CDMX, LDN, EH, LV and DTBK editions.
Hi all,
Breakfast Club Classic in Williamsburg falls on my birthday this week, so that’s kind of fun. As BC-related presents I woke up today to Charla’s post announcing BC Milano, Lauren’s post about BC London’s rapid-fire return on Wednesday after a big turnout last week (on Election Day, no less), Kim’s announcement of a forthcoming BC x Ladies Who Strategize crossover and to Steph’s newsletter this morning about “Breakfast With Strangers” - which I think really captures the spirit of this whole endeavor in pursuit of serendipity.
It’s been said that you can’t manufacture inspirado, but you can definitely introduce yourself to somebody over beignets (or bunuelos?!) and make connection. Have a read here:
And then proceed to all the BC activity this week.
Breakfast Club’s Esprit de Corps:
Everyone’s invited - especially you.
Feel free to share, bring friends, colleagues, family, anyone.
No agenda, no required buy-in, no RSVP. And no pitches.
Everyone pays their own way.
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Breakfast Club Events this Week:
Tuesday, July 9:
Portland, OR
Co-hosted by Scott Crane
9a @ Proud Mary
Wednesday, July 10:
London
Co-hosted by Lauren Wallett and Victoria Gates-Fleming
9a @ Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Rd (upstairs in the cafeteria)
Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
8:30a @ Le Crocodile at The Wythe Hotel
Easthampton
Co-hosted by Mike Kilcoyne
8:30a @ Tutto Cafe
Mexico City
Co-hosted by Steve Bryant
8am @ Lardo
Thursday, July 11th:
Downtown Brooklyn
Co-hosted by Kat Popiel, Jeff Weiner and Joe Fucigna
8:30am @ As You Are
Las Vegas
Co-Hosted by Steph Balzer
8a @PublicUs
Breakfast Club Events Upcoming:
July 16: Portland, OR
July 17: London, Williamsburg, Easthampton, Mexico City
July 18: Downtown Brooklyn, Las Vegas
July 19: Brighton, England
July 24: Milan, London,Williamsburg, Easthampton, Mexico City
July 25: Downtown Brooklyn, Las Vegas
August 1: Manhattan
October 14-17: Camp Cultivate: Mammoth, CA
Last Week Briefly:
Breakfast Club Classic 7.3.24 Report
Disappearing citibikes, NYC regulations, Sarah Jessica Parker interceding in local politics, Miami as a bad place to bike, growing up in traffic, spatial awareness as a learned cultural behavior, etiquette in Japan, ceremony and ritual, the physics of sledding, Greenpointers, traffic sources, incomprehensible bureaucracy, decisions made in a vacuum, NIMBYism, the BQE battle of Brooklyn Heights, the benefits of authoritarian decision making (at times), the 32 Million people in Chongching, cities looking like "Inception," "The Bear," ultimate frisbee festivals, hand-making paper, the true value of time, human labor and commodity goods, the discordant effect of scale economics and inflation over time, the cost of milk, padel vs pickleball vs tennis, swimming in the city, joining a country club, adult sports camps, queuing for court time, badminton as rebellion, sitting in the literal hot seat, plant death, Jane Jacobs and the value of vibrant environments at street level, dog birthday parties, Roaring Kitty and the Chewy bet, Loved Ones Coffee and starting a coffee brand, non-alcoholic Guinness , the fall of rise of Boisson, Billy McFarland and grifters in general. Trump shoes and the dupe economy, the "Scamfluencers" podcast, How Long Gone, Will Guidara and "Unreasonable Hospitality," among other things.
The sweet 16 was Fernando Music, Zaira Stefani Vallejo, Aviya Landesberg, Olivia Burca, Eric Korsh, Zachary Mallard, Zane Posen and his Loved Ones Coffee , Leann Abad, Darren Teruel, Paula Herrera, Dan Barman, Karen Labuca, Ian Edgar, Bridget Russo, Joel Linkewer and me.
Breakfast Club Hamptons 7.3.24 Report
We had some West Coast guests in Emily Grigg / Diego A. Rodriguez C., and all the coolest cats. We talked about...
- from tech sales to art
- 1934 Leica cameras
- Polaroids are for nerds
- How to be a creative
- Best part about living in the Hamptons
- Heart surgery and waiting
- Non-tech / low tech
- How ppl met
- Selling art / believing in yourself
- The great fall of democracy
- Lawn parties
- Working in NYC and living in Hamptons
Featuring... Lauralee Kelly / Jonathan Shoemaker / Phillip Lehans
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Breakfast Club London 7.4.24 Report
Breakfast Club London: The who needs to sit edition. Thank you to the epic Steph Clarke & Sarah Hyndman for co-hosting, and the lovely curious crew of minds who came together.
Thank you for coming!
Kitty Newman, Rachitha Seneviratne, Ruth Hoyal, Hemal Vasavada Gill, Jonny Almario, Lauren Dark, Catherine Baldwin, Zahra Ali, James Walters, Shane Hatton, Peter Mandeno (PhD), Maria Muñoz Muñoz, Shreya Sharma, Kate Munro, Ben Davis, Julia Errens, Aisha Al-Abdallah, Kelly Irving, Cathia R.
Ben Dietz London is cooking up yet again.
🌊🦀⚓️ Next up Brighton on the 19th of July!
Breakfast Club Vegas 7.4.24 Report
July 4 crew included Teller Junak, Jessica Oreck, and Cate Weeks.
We talked about the heat (tablestakes), virtual putt-putt golf, poetry workshops, cold eggs (the worst!), yoga toes, getting rid of clothes, getting other people’s mail, strategies for voting for judges, building community in Vegas, vintage shopping in Vegas, vintage shopping in Fort Collins, phantom nostalgia, the emotional appeal of Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum, the Office of Collecting & Design, being stationed in Germany, keeping track of past addresses, keeping track of international travel, packing well as a super power, high-end rubber cement, the temperament of Shiba Inus, the future of New Orleans Square, the Sin City Coffin Dancers, The Composers Room, Pasabocas Columbian Bakery, and beignets v. buñuelos.
OK- that’s all for this week. If you’ve gotten this far, take a second more and share Breakfast Clubbing with someone you think would dig it.
And I’ll see you at Breakfast sometime. If not this week, another time soon.