Breakfast Clubbing #31

Week of 11.11.24: BC is ON in PDX, Philly, Wmsburg, CDMX, Hamptons, Miami, San Francisco, Vienna, Manhattan, DTBK, Cincy, Vegas, Amsterdam, Jersey, and LA(East)

Nov 11, 2024

Hi all,

Greeting from the pre-op holding room at NYU Langone’s orthopedic hospital; I’m getting hip #2 replaced this am. Fully bionic status unlocked after this.

That being the case, I’m attempting to post this entire newsletter from my phone, so excuse the oversights (like, I totally forgot to include BC Melbourne in last weeks dispatch - sorry, Celeste, Josh and Steph! ) and typos (self explanatory). I’m sure I’ll mess up/omit something today too. Make a note in the comments if so and I’ll adjust when the painkillers wear off….

Anyway, Victoria’s post last week stuck with me - she wrote, “I’m not sure of much right now. But one thing I am sure of is that coming together IRL with good people is tonic for the soul. There is so much power in community, conversation and… croissants. 🥐”

That’s the spirit, basically. Thanks for capturing it, Victoria. Next BC London is Thursday 5th December! (and see below for a report on last week’s London pop-up)

Meanwhile, across the North Sea, Sheila in Amsterdam wrote in to report with an update on BC AMS: “After experimenting in the last two times, I decided to

- keep it on Fridays

- run with our current community Shhh for more exposure

The next one will be this friday 15th from 8:30 at Uncommon Bar

(Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat 86H)”

And then further East, this Weds sees the debut of BC in Vienna, and closer to home - in Hudson NY. Info below as normal, starting with:

The Breakfast Club 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, November 12th

Portland, OR

Co-hosted by Scott Crane and Nina Sers
9a @ Proud Mary

Wednesday, November 13th

Hudson, New York

Co-Hosted by Peter Spear and Mark DePace
8:30a @ Kitty’s

Philly

Hosted by Julie Gerstein https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliegerstein
8:30a at The Wayward (1170 Ludlow St.)

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

San Francisco

Co-Hosted by Eve Lewis and Chris M. Gillespie
8:30am @ Terreene in the 1 Hotel

Thursday, November 14th

Vienna

Co-Hosted by Carla Moss
9a @ Cafe Francais, 1090

Manhattan

Co-Hosted by Heidi Hartwig
9am @ Eva’s Kitchen on Grand

Downtown Brooklyn

Co-Hosted by Jeff Weiner, Kat Popiel, & Tom McNeill from Patreon
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 8th:

Amsterdam

Co-Hosted by Sheila Guo
8:30 at Uncommon Bar (Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat 86H)

New Jersey (SOMa)

Co-Hosted by Evie Bear
9:15a @ Arties

Los Angeles (East Side)

Co-Hosted by Michael Miraflor, Isaac Bess and Sam Valenti
8:30am @ Friends & Family, Thai Town

Upcoming Breakfast Club Events

* Nov 19: Portland OR

*Nov 20th: Hamptons, Williamsburg, Miami, Mexico City, San Francisco

*Nov 21st: Manhattan, Downtown Brooklyn, Portland, ME, Las Vegas, Cincinnati

*Dec 5th: London

*Dec 11th: Milan

*Jan 22nd: Dubai

Breakfast Club Reports: Week of 4th November

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Breakfast Club Barcelona: Season One, Episode Two. (Showrunner: Ben Dietz)

Kevin wrote: Synopsis. Not all who wander are lost. This month, eleven wanderers spoke about: the election (why, of course), how hard it is to position your own offering versus how easy it is to do it for others, the baller move of ordering fries for breakfast, wondering when parents will stop asking “so, when are you going to move back home?”, the revival of supper clubs, retrieval augmented-generation tools, how AI might already be replacing jobs (language teacher, nutritional advisor, Marie Kondo) and using emojis in physical journals. Much more on the front table too, I'm sure.

Starring: Nicole Ingra, Priya Joi, Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, matteo loglio, Ariana Romano, Alessandra Pacheco, Syed Salman Ali, Sidra Salman, Kasia Kaminska (she/her), Kasia Zaniewska.

IMDb Rating: 9.2

And Syed added: Table two: AI — our friendly, slightly unnerving future. We wrestled with the big questions, the subtle biases, and every philosophical twist in between. Is it here to replace us, work with us, or just be that frenemy we can’t quite figure out right now? And, as conversations in the mornings tend to do, it wandered: AI’s quirks, the idea of training it with throwback personalities, maybe even taking it on a little time travel trip. And, of course, all this while Alessandra’s fries stared back at us, hopeful they’ll stay relevant for all the years to come.

Breakfast Club Mexico City Report, Post Election Special 11.6.24!

Per Steve’s post: NOT the election! // Ok, the election // Actually a lot about the election // Also: CDMX's night of museums // Cineteca Nacional // NY living vs CDMX living // the pains and pleasures of architecting content strategies // the challenges of directing actors // interactive museum installations // Syndi Lauper's farewell concert // the humidity of Mérida // how everybody calls the houses in Mérida "colonial" but my brother in christ 20th century homes can't be colonial, I think you mean Spanish- and Moroccan-inspired eclectic // how the Boy Scouts were founded as a pseudo-military organization and the Brownies were focused on domestic chores

Today we were a hungry and opinionated eleven—our biggest breakfast ever!— including Gemma Craven, Mark Holthusen, Maru M. Iglesias, Daniel Meyer, Sarah Clift, Mai Nguyen, Sav, Javier Aceves -baxter-, Flawer, and more!

We do this every Wednesday @ Lardo!

Know someone visiting or living in CDMX? Tag them in the comments, they're always welcome 🤗

Breakfast Club Williamsburg Report 11.6.24

Per my post: At my end we talked about the election (obvs), the weirdo Amazon Brian Williams background, the outlook for Black boys, being into politics, tending toward the negative, being at a loss for words, the prospect of RFK and Elon in actual government, whether any of its real, second and third order effects, voting against your own interests, Fox News Media owning first class screens, being a traditional liberal, the lesser of two evils, Joe Rogan, basking in sunshine cause Andrew Huberman says so, implications for immigrants, tendency toward rage vs toward indifference, maintaining an even keel, studying chi gong, gorgeous omelettes, the power of creativity in problem solving, the plight of rural white America, The Guardian propagating the term ‘chav’, watching the New York Marathon, the Onshoemaking machine, next level sneaker marketing, Yogi brand shoes, the quandary of cushioning versus performance designs, hip replacement, the spirit and connection of running culture. We didn't talk about David Lowery and the lyrics to Cracker's "Get Off This" but they're running through my head today....

The crew today was me, Ben Jenkins, Matthew Silver, Lauren Wallett, Randy Paul, Marc Weissman, Dan Barman, Zachary Mallard, Heidi Hartwig, Ben Jackson, Nick Bodor,Charles Bane III, Julie Stein, Kalil Greenberg, Christina Schlüter, Matthew Goldman, Jasmine Takanikos, Eason Yang, Jared Ray Johnson, Joel Linkewer, Nick Kassebaum, Carly Elkin, and Brianna Hawkins.

We do this every Wednesday at Le Crocodile Restaurant at 8:30. Everyone's invited, especially you. Come hang sometime. All the info's at https://lnkd.in/eyvtRq7Z, too - nearly 1400 of your peers get it every Monday from there.

Breakfast Club Miami Report 10.6.24

Per Jeff’s Post: Post-election Breakfast Club Miami: what a morning!

With positivity, we looked forward together bc that's what we do. We discussed the politics of the moment, starting a newsletter business, integrated marketing and more.

We were: Sarween Salih, Shawn K, Jesse Kirshbaum, Rachelle Elbaz, Steve Michaelsen, Mac Petrycki, Arnel San Pedro, MBA, Rene Pereda, Daniel Feldstein, Alina Suschencko, Justin Elliott, and me!

Breakfast Club Hamptons 11.6.24

Per Mike’s Post: Good crew, great chats. It was an absurdly beautiful day, so we hung out outside.

Thanks to co-host Adam Harris for making this happen again.

Find / build community everywhere you go. It's a good time. Makes life / instability, all that easier.

What we talked about:

- definitely not the election

- I can’t see anything

- Mindset

- We are privileged, not all are

- Yogic breathing

- Singing

- Ayahausca

Who attended?

- Mike Kilcoyne

- Amity Lucas

- Ryan Duff

Michael Friedler

Jonathan Shoemaker

Jim Porcarelli

Ruth G / Paula

Juliana + Gingy

Adam Harris

Good crew!

Thursday November 7th, 2024

Breakfast Club Dowtown Brooklyn 11.7.24

Per Jeff’s Post: Lovely group this AM for Breakfast Club. Yes, a little debriefing on the election, but more importantly stories about fun projects, tips for people moving to NY and trying to pick a neighborhood, celebrating wins for those supporting local artisans and more.

Thanks to ari levine for co-hosting this week.

Next week we are joined by co-host Tom McNeill. Join us Thursday @ 8:30AM at As You Are at Ace Hotel / Atelier Ace DTBK.

All the info lives at https://lnkd.in/eY3HzSdu and you can join the LinkedIn group here: https://lnkd.in/efH2ZKRT

cc/Seth Hillinger Karen Labuca Berton Ridley Julian Weller Nick Cogan Aaron Matys Trixie Ferguson Gray Peter Courtien ari levine Aviva Grinnell Christina Schlüter Jennifer Rusk 👩🏽‍💻Jasmine Hope Veridiano Mai Lê Hô Fiona Zeman

Breakfast Club Cincy: 11/07 post-election.

Per Theo’s post: We talked about the election (of course), elites, feelings, the common touch, bananas, the United Fruit Company, banana republics, the economy, men and misogyny, the price of a politician these days (cheap), the price of eggs, Elon, the trades, sugar highs, the dystopian advances in AI (esp Claude’s new AI computer program), lizard brains, and what the people really want.

Emmit Jones, Theo Erasmus, Calcagno Cullen, Erika NJ Allen, Edward Wright, Andrea Schenck, Sable Bender, John Zinsser and Rhys Watkins.

Friday Morning Melbourne Breakfast Club

Per Celeste’s post: shorter week here and the hot topics of the morning were fragrances, hours of power and work, tennis and the art of getting the tennis ball over the net, handwritten notes, the world at large and more.

Great coffee and conversation at The StandardX, Melbourne.

This morning's BC: hosted by Josh Gardiner and myself, and joined byCat Drysdale, Thihan C., Alice Kidman, Sonia Clarke, Idele, Casey Henderson, Anya Gully.

Artwork of the discussion today by Cat Drysdale.

cc: subscribe to Breakfast Clubbing and the Breakfast Club global domination by Ben Dietz to keep updated on the next Melbourne Breakfast Clubs.

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Breakfast Club x London Report 11.9.24

Per Amy’s Post: This Friday morning there were a lot of hugs, sparky conversations (that ran deep) and a palatable, buzzy JOY.

Pretty amazing for one hell of a week.

- Meeting strangers matter.

- Extending a welcome matters

- Being willing to push out of your comfort zone and come matters.

With gratitude for my co-host Emma Sexton

And Victoria Gates-Fleming & Aisha Al-Abdallah (the lovely duo who Breakfast Club x LDN monthly).

A special Brooklyn BC ambassador shoutout to Kat Popiel & Cheryl Miller Houser (she/her) who will always welcome you to sit beside them.

Thank you to all the lovelies for coming.

Ramona Daniel, Jialin Guo, Rhiannon Jones, Abi Malins, Tallulah Quatre, Yuebai L (Shuba L), Melanie Plank, James Walters, Hina Hussain, Depika Koria, Miranda Hazelwood, Rachitha Seneviratne, Laura Perryman, Sarah Hyndman, Natalie Moores, Natalia Talkowska, Mia Angelique Stevens, Cathy Ye, Claudia Remedios (wave if I missed adding you!)

And Ben Dietz (always for sparking this)

Next Up: Dubai on the 22nd of January

Ok - that’s it. You won’t see me this week, but I’ll be back on the 20th in Williamsburg- and the rest of the world will hold it down in the meantime.

And if not then, another week soon!

Ben