Breakfast Clubbing #29
Week of 10.28.24: BC is ON in Paris, PDX, Wmsburg, CDMX, Hamptons, Miami, Manhattan, DTBK, Cincy, Vegas, Jersey, and San Francisco. Hudson and LA in the hopper, Seattle, Boston and Toronto soon come.
Hi all,
We’re hitting another Breakfast Club milestone this week with the launch of BC San Francisco, hosted by Eve Lewis and Chris M. Gillespie. Per Chris’s post: “Okay so the response to this has been soooomewhat overwhelming.
So many people are coming who I love and deeply respect that I’m now anxious not everyone is going to meet everyone who needs to meet everyone. Should we play musical chairs? Set some people on lazy Suzans?
Event people please send help.”
Ha- you and Eve will do fine, Chris - I’m sure of it. Just like I’m sure that our newest branch - Nov. 13th in Hudson, NY (the “Friendly City,” apparently - will do fine too, hosted by Peter Spear of That Business of Meaning and Mark DePace of Ghost Robot and The Friendly City Creative Club.
It’s a bit of a full circle moment since I heard about Peter’s newsletter from BC regular Zaira Stefani Vallejo, became a subscriber and a fan, and this week was featured as a guest. Check it out here if you have a second and let me know what you think. We talked about Breakfast Club as a ‘superformat’ - and how the weekly ritual embodies Open Space Technology. More on BC Hudson here:
Last thing before the week’s events: I’ve had inquiries from folks in Seattle, Boston and Toronto about kicking off there soon - so if you’ve got friends in those places, tell them to sign up for updates. AND I’m happy to say Camp Cultivate, postponed this month, has a new date in February in Mammoth CA - with the benefit of snow, this time. Flyer here. Hope some of you will join us!
Related to that: Bonus BC Friends Event this week
Here’s the ticket link: https://dice.fm/event/66f32f4f85bbf60001f3ebb8
And now…
The Breakfast 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.* Everyone is welcome to subscribe. Join the Linkedin group here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14449223/Breakfast Club Events This Week
Tuesday, October 29th
Paris
Co-hosted by Lisa Ono, Karla Rodríguez C. & Sara Garcia Delporte
9a @Kawa Coffee
Portland, OR
Co-hosted by Scott Crane and Nina Sers
9a @ Proud Mary
Wednesday, October 30th
Miami
Co-Hosted by Jeff Carvalho and Jesse Kirshbaum
8:30a @ Novella Cafe Social
Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
Hosted by me and a gang of regulars
8:30a @ Le Crocodile at The Wythe Hotel
The Hamptons
Co-hosted by Mike Kilcoyne
8:30a @ Tutto Cafe
Mexico City
Co-Hosted by Steve Bryant
8am @ Lardo
Thursday, October 31st
Manhattan
Co-Hosted by Heidi Hartwig
9am @ Eva’s Kitchen on Grand
Downtown Brooklyn
Co-Hosted by Jeff Weiner, Kat Popiel, & Martha M. Garcia
8:30am @ As You Are (in the Ace Hotel DTBK)
Cincinnati
Co-Hosted by Theo Erasmus and Emmit Jones (The Rare Beast)
8:30a @ Mom n Em Coffee
Las Vegas
Co-Hosted by Steph Balzer
8a @PublicUs
Friday, November 1st
New Jersey (SOMa)
Co-Hosted by Evie Bear
9:15a @ Arties
Upcoming Breakfast Club Events
* Nov 5th: Paris, Portland OR* Nov 6th: Barcelona, Williamsburg, Philly, Miami, Mexico City* Nov 7th: London, Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Cincinnati* November 9th: LA Eastside, LA Westside * November 13th: Philadelphia* November 14th: Vienna *November 21st: Portland, MEBreakfast Club Reports: Week of 20th October
Breakfast Club PDX - October 21, 2024
Per Nina’s post: “Fun crew this week, we laughed a lot thanks to Lainya Magaña's weekend visit to the Giant Pumpkin Regatta 🎃 Apparently a highlight of the Portland cultural calendar... We talked all the feelings we're having facing winter, the election and the new menu items at Proud Mary. I am grateful for the laughs after a brutal week of officially relocating to Portland (!)
Happy to see the lovely faces of Chelsea Place, Sara Ravid, Brittni Busch, Lena Fridman, Jake Terrell, shannon holt and missed our co-host Scott Crane.
We are at Proud Mary every Tuesday at 9am ☕
Breakfast Club Classic 10.23.24 Report: 3 year anniversary edition!
Per my post: At my table we talked about how Breakfast Club is like a motorcycle gang, international expansion, visiting from Copenhagen, getting haircuts in strange cities, boat shoe energy, LEISURE CENTER customizing SPERRYS, gift bracelets made by (our) kids, (or from Taylor Swift), lining up for bagels in London, Xavier Aaronson’s Bacon Egg and Cheese concession serving family at Noma, defending Joker Folie a Deux, movies being generally great right now, watching three+ movies a day, rates of inspiration absorption, making and playing video games, flying in from Singapore, moving to LA (but not driving or going to the beach) serendipitous meetings at The Hoxton, the history of BC Williamsburg, having a beatific glow, building a coherent social experience in the cloud (and corollaries IRL), Schrodingers Cat as a storytelling paradigm, the art of zine making, patriotic koalas, the menswear brand Fujito, Alex Mill, high-waisted pants, and a million other things.
The crew today was Lauren Wallett, Jillian Wolf, Amanda Dell, Eason Yang,
Keith Kawahata, Stacey Kawahata, Marina Garcia-Vasquez, Paula Herrera, Jared Ray Johnson, Julie Stein, Paul Greenberg, Radhika Malhan, Ruthie Darling, Natalie Gregory, Ben Jackson 💬, Dan Barman, Lavinia Bonne,
Charles Bane III, Marc Weissman, Sundi Brewer-Griffin, Ben Jenkins, Nick Bodor, Kalil Greenberg, Nimrah Khanyari, Eric Korsh, Nicolas BOICHIS, Elliot Aronow and Zachary Mallard.
We do this every Wednesday - come hang next time (or whichever Weds you want). Everyone's invited, especially you.
Subscribe for updates every Monday: https://lnkd.in/eZi3f42n
or, join the Linkedin gang: https://lnkd.in/eHAWrG6n
Breakfast Club CDMX report 10.23.24
Per Steve’s Post: “Being mugged by cops in Mexico! // Being mugged by cops in Bali // Being mugged by cops in Costa Rica on the only road to the airport, where they intentionally back up traffic so people will pay just to make their flight (diabolical!) // the Day of the graveyard alumbrada in San Andrés Mixquic (don't, tourists) // seeing La Llorana in Xochimilco (don't, uncomfortable) // face painting on Reforma (do it, enjoy it, be a kid again!) // the French doc series Deadliest Journeys on youtube and its Sorceror-like charms // the movie Terrifier 3 and the creative possibilities of liquid nitrogen // the job of foley artist: looks fun! // that one should abide by the three-strike rule for bro podcasts: stop listening if the host interviews Eric Weinstein, Jordan Peterson, or Graham Hancock // how walking without podcasts allows you the pleasure of thinking for yourself // how Mr. Beast's smile is very uncanny valley // how reaction shots rule the web, especially on youtube key art // the staunch and frankly right-minded refusal to watch any youtube vid if the thumbnail shows a dude like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Today we were a hungry and opinionated four, including Mark Holthusen, Daniel Meyer, and Maru M. Iglesias!
We do this every Wednesday @ Lardo!
Know someone visiting or living in CDMX? Tag them in the comments, they're always welcome 🤗
Breakfast Club Miami Report:
Per Craig G’s Whatsapp message:
“We had a some interesting topics…
Dating psychology and the removal of passive engagement on the apps
Lab diamonds: if you can’t tell, are they real?
The Future of Work: less time, greater output, higher income & more free time for play.
Jesse may still be recovering ;)”
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Breakfast Club Downtown Brooklyn Report 10.24.24
Per Kat’s Post: “Today’s Breakfast Club was hosted by Asmeret Berhe-Lumax + Yukari Pass from One Love Community Fridge, a Brooklyn based non-profit focused on eradicating food scarcity through the community fridge movement.
We talked about AI generators, tone as a key definer of good leadership, big conglomerates killing brands, the bohemian vibe of Dumbo way back when (did you now it was called Olympia?), vertical leads to build out niche communities, building teams inside big orgs, launching an agency of PMs for Brooklyn home renovations, the Barneys pop up, Halloween candy + the trick or treating circuit, THE ELECTION and more
Breakfast included Peter Gaston Thomas Murphy Aike Akhigbe Mi Lee Marina Garcia-Vasquez Jose Castillo Nick Cogan Melissa Mazenett Neil Bhay Travis Pomposello Jill Meisner Fiona Zeman - also ari levine stopped by!
Next week’s BC in Downtown Brooklyn will be hosted by Jeff Weiner & Martha M. Garcia
We’re here every Thursday at The Ace Hotel / Atelier Ace at As You Are at 8:30am or Ben Dietz at the OG Breakfast Club at The Whythe Hotel on Wednesdays at 8:30am. Everyones invited, no ice breakers or agenda.
All the info lives at https://lnkd.in/eyvtRq7Z and you can join the LinkedIn group here: https://lnkd.in/eHAWrG6n
Breakfast Club Cincy Report 24.10.24
Per Theo’s Post: “A spirited discussion about conscious capitalism, radio stations, urban hiking, permission to join, psychological safety, shifty mayors, fear and American society, community building, the best tacos, public bathrooms, the discomfort with the unhoused, the value of coffee, bath houses, kindness, the much-needed spiritual awakening, fitting in, the price of not fitting in, theatre as community builder, sandwiches and whether one can trust a restaurant named ‘Opal’.
Emmit Jones, Shailah Maynard, Jeni Barton, CYNTHIA MARSHALL, Calcagno Cullen, Sable Bender, Rhys Watkins, Vanny Mwamba, the novelist John Young.”
Breakfast Club Vegas 10.24.24 Report
Per Steph’s Post: No words for this morning's Vegas Breakfast Club other than wowww. By accident, we took a side hustle and fleshed out this incredible vision! (Like, changed a life.) While the explicit goal of Breakfast Industries isn't to talk shop, if it organically happens ...!!! It did today. It was the right combo of experience, wisdom, curiosity, and openness, and the right people sittin' around a table. Magical.
Thus, I will keep names and table topics private, but they were rich. You never know what can happen over breakfast. Hope to see you next week.
Vegas Breakfast Club 🍳
Every Thursday at 8a | PublicUs ☕
cc: Ben Dietz
ps shout out to all the crew at PublicUs. thanks for the coffee refiles and the hugs 🫶 love you guys
Breakfast Club Jersey 10.24.24 Report
per Evie’s Note: “Please lmk if you don’t actually need these updates but last week was great. About 13 people, Iain Thomas has been wonderful sharing the word too.
We talked about dads making friends, instagram Vs LinkedIn, T-shaped Vs Horizontal personal brand strategy, SF during the tech boom, SOMa being labeled as “Brooklyn West”.
I forgot to take a photo :(
[NO WORRIES, EVIE! - Ben]
That’s everything. See you for breakfast! And if not this week, another one soon.
Ben
Love this. People from Sydney here? how can I host one in Sydney?
Toronto! Let’s go!