Breakfast Clubbing #32
Week of 11.18.24: BC is ON in PDX, Wmsburg, CDMX, Hamptons, Miami, San Francisco, Manhattan, DTBK, Cincy, Vegas and Jersey
Hi all,
Back to the world. Let me say, if you’ve been holding off on that potentially tranformative medical procedure (or, job change / relationship status update / therapy session, etc), STOP.
Go do the thing. Soooo much better. I’m proof. Back on my feet a week after a total hip replacement (with a little assistance from a cane given to me by BC regular
, no less). You can too. Try it and find out.Apropos: I’ll be back at the table in Williamsburg on Weds. I was bummed to miss the proceedings last week - but I loved BC Melbourne co-host Steph Clarke’s post after joining both Brooklyn editions last week:
“Two breakfast clubs in one week, ft conversations about…
💬 The optimum length and consistency of a chip (fry)
💬 The litmus test for what makes a ‘real’ DJ
💬 The desire for a podcast that talks about infrastructure projects that reach a point where it’s just too hard and everyone gives up
💬 The design decisions and geographic constraints of various cities
💬 Encouraging people to take mass transit
💬 The amount of work required on a project before someone buys the project
💬 Is Ben becoming a human version of The Ship of Theseus (or Trigger’s broom, for the Brits)
💬 How a high salary and a lofty job title don’t correlate to intelligence
💬 How many films you can watch on different length flights
💬 Creating cultural experiences and the balance of brand vs experience
💬 The best music podcasts (and how some podcast content keeps you listening for 200 episodes, even when the hosts are monotone bores)
💬 The most interesting spaces we’ve seen bands in
💬 Finding different ways to describe the work you do
💬 Moving out of the city and the 2-3 year “reckoning” that happens
💬 Ideas that start as jokes until someone makes it real
💬 Opening quirky shops with friends
💬 Losing your travel friends
💬 How finding friends you can travel with is a very hard and special thing
I love that when I come to a city as wild and (in)famously inhospitable as New York, I always know that on a Wednesday and Thursday morning there will be an space at these tables with interesting, curious, funny people who are just there for great conversations with other people.
Ben Dietz, we missed you this week, but the way that these groups happen (all around the world) both with and without you, is such a testament to the ease and intent that is Breakfast Club.
The best.”
Thanks, Steph! Missed you, too. I love the thought of Breakfast Club as a global “no-membership” club where people bounce around freely and find like minds everywhere they go (with Amy Daroukakis as an archetype). To wit. See the very exciting first-time BC Dubai announcement below
Lastly before the events of this week and last - anyone going to Miami Art Week in December? BC Miami is going to have a special edition in conjunction with Scope Art Fair, and out-of-town BC’ers are invited to join. Give
(or me) a shout if so.And this is a perfect throw to:
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 19th
Portland, OR
Co-hosted by Scott Crane and Nina Sers
9a @ Proud Mary
Wednesday, November 20th
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 21st
Manhattan
Co-Hosted by Heidi Hartwig
9am @ Eva’s Kitchen on Grand
Downtown Brooklyn
Co-Hosted by Jeff Weiner, Kat Popiel, & Joyce de Lemos
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 22nd
New Jersey (SOMa)
Co-Hosted by Evie Bear
9:15a @ Arties
Upcoming Breakfast Club Events
Per Amy’s Post: Breakfast Club x Dubai
Breakfast Club x Dubai
Per Amy’s Post: “Join my co-host, Chirag Khushalani and me for a brain dance.
No matter the location, the Breakfast Club’s ethos is rooted in the magic of in-person moments - varied voices AND an open table, where anyone is welcome to join.
“Everyone is invited, especially you” - Ben Dietz
Will we see you there? Wave if you're up for it and/or know someone in Dubai who should come? Please tag them.
Time: 9:30 am-11:00 am
Date: Friday the 22nd of November
Location: Splendour Fields - The Park JLT
Hope to see you, yes you.
* Nov 26: Portland OR*Nov 27th: Hamptons, Williamsburg, Miami, Mexico City, San Francisco*Nov 28th: TBD (Thanksgiving!) *Dec 5th: London *Dec 6th: AmsterdamDec 11th: MilanDec 13th: LA (West)*Jan 22nd: DubaiBreakfast Club Reports: Week of 11th November
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Breakfast Club Vienna 13.11.24
Per Carla’s Post: We kicked off the Breakfast Club event series in Vienna today, with a lovely crowd and tons of inspiring conversations.
Thanks for joining Sergiu Ardelean, Jörg Fessler, Ioana Carp, Tamara Kramer, Laura M. Pana, Astrid Reiter, Alina Schartner, Patrik Suenwoldt, Jake Moss and Margot Heinrici!!
We started off complaining (as you do in Vienna) about the current slowness in so many businesses, moved on to US election and American culture, Halloween parties, Krampus traditions, community living, parenting, A.I. (taking our jobs), networking events, entering a period of change and how to deal with it, cheese :D and much more.
We'll definitely get together more regularly and the guest list is open. I'll be hosting the December edition and announcing a time and a place here - looking forward to future connections. Everyone's invited, especially you.
If you want to stay in the loop and find out about Breakfast Clubs happening around the world, join the global newsletter here https://lnkd.in/djN6Ut2p
Breakfast Club Hudson 11.13.24
Notes from the inaugural Breakfast Club Hudson.
Wednesday, November 13th at Kitty’s by the train station.
We had a great crew show up on a chilly morning.
People drove the country miles to get here, representing Kingston, Athens, Ghent, Saugerties, and Bethlehem (a small Albany suburb).
Many thanks to co-host Mark DePace.
And, to the pioneers Cat Tyc, Britt Zuckerman, Marc Scrivo, Nathan Woodhull, Edward Morris, Ivy Dane, Thatcher Keats, Sean Biederman, Michael Clarke, Emily Ree, Kennedy Davey, Anna Xiques, Kate U., Jack Dylan, Jonathan Bush, Alexandre Petraglia, Tim Pugh, Karl Frederick, Patrick Brodeur, Alison Jesinkey, Daniela Araya, Bharat Ayyar, Jorge Pardo, Daron Hollowell, Eric David Johnson.
We will be doing it again December 11th at 8:30a.
Many thanks to the great folks from Kitty’s for hosting.
📸 > Alexandre Petraglia
Thank you to Ben Dietz and all the other Breakfast Clubs:
Breakfast Club 11.13.24 Report
Leave to the day I'm laid up recovering from hip replacement to see BC at Le Crocodile Restaurant visited by co-hosts from Portland, Paris and Melbourne - truly a global gang today. I have no idea what was discussed but per a note from OG BC'er Nick Bodor the gang today was him, Eric Korsh, Gab Ginsberg, Michele Martin (of BC Portland, ME), Jasmine Takanikos, Abby Beaudin,Lavinia Bonne, Charles Bane III, Sundi Brewer-Griffin,
Julian Weller, Duncan Harriss, Leann Abad, Steph Clarke (of BC Melbourne), Donalee Curtis, Marc Weissman, Jack Downs, Marissa Dubin, Vita Haas, Lisa Ono (of BC Paris), Dan Burt and Ishita Sharma.
Bummed as I am to have missed it, we do this every Wednesday, so there's always next week to look forward to. Come hang sometime - everyone's invited, especially you. The Breakfast Clubbing newsletter (https://lnkd.in/eyvtRq7Z) has the details every Monday. Or, join the group here: https://lnkd.in/eHAWrG6n
Breakfast Club Hamptons 11.13.24
Per Mike’s Post: I think the best way to learn whether or not something is working is by stepping away from it, and letting someone else take the wheel.
And in the case of Breakfast Club Hamptons, Adam Harris has been crushing. It.
And it's only been growing. Especially in the off-season.
Topics:
Side hustles
Pastries
Lost spaces
Mike’s gregarious nature (our faithful leader)
Attendees:@Adam Harris, Adam Donald, Ryan Duff, Amity Lucas, Jim Porcarelli, richard gurst (first time!), Phillip Lehans, Amy, Paula, Ruth, Bill Delano, Daryl
ps follow us on Instagram: https://lnkd.in/e_wtWCWA
Breakfast Club SF 11.13
Per Eve’s Post: We dropped in and it was bliss. This week's overheard topics: Urbanism TikTok, NDAs are overused and perhaps not real, Nigerian fashion, beauty as a value proposition, missing serendipity, co-living vs. co-housing, future of community based resources, the lost art of EQ among marketers, alternative business models/Jay Standish's book, "Assets in Common: stories of business and community leaders remaking the economy from the ground up", the internal work of personal style, our TED talk topics: urbanism and walkability, writing is thinking, expressive energetics, space for play in the Global South, the danger of setting goals, and much more.
Thank you to this weeks crew- Beth Cichon, Monica Cichon, Heavenly Johnson, Ocean MacAdams, Chris M. Gillespie, Uzodinma M., and me.
See you next week! xx
(Wednesday's @ 8:30am, Terrene in 1 Hotel SF: 8 Mission St.)
Breakfast Club Miami 11/13/24
No recap but look at this gang!
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Breakfast Club DTBK 11/14/24
Per Jeff’s Post: Coffee and conversation was had by all. We discussed future of the EV market, finders fees, how many movies one can realistically watch on flights between NY and Australia, pop up music performances and much more...
Join us every Thursday. All are welcome, especially you.
Eric Korsh Caroline Giegerich Aaron Matys Matt McDonagh Steph Clarke Christine Y. Nick Cogan Peter Gaston Ben Hudson Rami Metal
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Breakfast Club Manhattan 11/14/24
Per Heidi’s Post: Coffee and conversation were in full swing. We discussed cake from Claud on 10th st, Hemingway's shortest novel, Chefs in The City show on insta, zine-creation, Sade's new track, PBS Deadlock, Motorcycle meets ups, and more...
Join us every Thursday 9am, on the Lower East Side.
Eva's Kitchen on Grand St. All are welcome, especially you.
Charles Bane III, Lucie Kim, Nick Bodor, @chriskentis, @beaniebarnes, @alexcorporan, Matt Lenski Ivan Bess, Shadi Perez, #spiegelridemore, #chokra Wen-Jay Ying
𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽- 𝟭𝟭/𝟭𝟰
Per the Rare Beast’s post: A consensus of political respite this week inspired by that famous Soul II Soul song...
The insanely great sound of the Wilson Audio Specialties, Inc. Puppy speakers and Krell amplifiers. The Japanese Kissaten and the rise of listening bars. public records. Ojas and NNN sound. The art and future of bespoke logistics. Open source AI and the clear and present dangers of releasing tech products into the wild without regulation. Making more of what you want to see in the world. Marilynn Robinson , Jonathan Haidt, and Center for Humane Technology. New community spaces. Building an impromptu Rube Goldberg machine with your kid. The Edges of Ailey exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Custom built guitars. The need for new cultural cults.
At the table this week... Jeff Kobberdahl Edward Wright Rhys Watkins, Matt and Emmit Jones. #breakfastclubcincy
Breakfast Club Amsterdam Report 11.15.23
Per Stella’s post in the BC Substack Chat (join, btw!): Lovely time. We talked about freelancing ups and downs, trying Scaniverse, new york life in pandemic, sound-proof interior tricks, recent gallery shows and etc.
Breakfast Club LA (East Side) Report 11.15.23
Per Michael’s post: Shout out to all the great folks who made it out to Breakfast Club East Side LA™️ this morning.
There’s nothing more refreshing and motivating than meeting URL connections IRL, and trading stories and info on what everyone is working on and excited about. I think we might start doing it more frequently than 1x / month.
Kish Patel Lauren Wallett Hogan L. Lisa Bryan Dustin Beatty Brennen Schlueter Will Abramson Nate Schlimme and anyone who came through that I missed.
Breakfast Club SoMA 11.15.24
Per Evie’s note: “It’s been a wild few weeks for me, but we’ve been enjoying the weekly meet-ups and today’s was a super fun one.
Great turn out, lots of good topics and a lovely diverse group of friendly folk.
We talked about parenting twins, back-to-office mandates, retirement, and “roasting”, Martha Stewart’s doc anyone? We learned that bands of a certain early 2000’s era has an official name (can’t remember it but do remember it was depressing). It was a great morning and folks are enjoying it immensely. Lots of good value.
Photo here.
Talk soon x
That’s it for this week. Come to breakfast. If not this week, another one soon.
Everyone’s invited, especially you!
Ben
What’s up dude!