Breakfast Clubbing #86
Week of Jan 5th, 2026: BC is ON in BC is ON in PDX, Williamsburg, Miami, Hamptons, SF, London, DTBK, Manhattan, Cincy, Seattle, LA (East), Vegas, Biarritz, Amsterdam and SOMa! f
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 need to RSVP. And no pitches.
* Everyone pays their own way.
Hi all,
Back and booming for 2026. After a few weeks off I’m skipping the recaps for this edition; only looking forward for 2026.
To that end, loved the sentiment of Carly Rhodes’s post today. To wit:
What I hope for 2026 = MORE IN PERSON! Events. Activities. Meetings. Studios. Coffees. Panels. Walks. Shoots. Activations. Lunches. All of it. Idea exchanges, community building, client relationships, referral networks, team bonding, creativity, creation... all is made infinitely better in person.
IRL FTW FRFR is right. But you’ll never know if you don’t join sometime. So… do!
A few notes for this week: Manhattan is on hiatus while its home gets a refresh. LA (East) is back on. Vegas has special CES edition. Seattle’s celebrating a year of BC with this edition. BC Happy Hour returns to NYC next week (along with BC Philly).
And I’ll be back with recaps, reflections and plans next week too.
Meantime, see you at Breakfast!
Ben
Breakfast Clubbing This Week:
BC is ON in PDX, Biarritz, Lugano, Milan, Williamsburg, Toronto, Miami, Hamptons, SF, Perth, DTBK, DC, Manhattan, Boston, Cincy, Panama City, Rome, SOMa, and LA West
THE DETAILS:
Tuesday, January 6th
Portland, OR
Co-hosted by Nina Sers & Chelsea Place
8:30a @ Proud Mary
Wednesday, January 7th
Williamsburg
Co-Hosted by me and a gang of regulars
8:30am @ Le Crocodile
The Hamptons
Co-hosted by Adam Harris and Ryan Duffy
8:30a @ Tutto Cafe
Miami
Co-hosted by Jeff Carvalho and Jesse Kirshbaum
9a @ Novela Cafe Social
Mexico City
Co-Hosted by Steve Bryant
8:30am @ Mendl
San Francisco
Co-Hosted by Magali Charmot
8:30am @ Tereene at One Hotel
Thursday, January 8th
London
Co-hosted by Ramona Daniel and Victoria Gates-Fleming
9:30am @ Foyle’s Cafe, Charing Cross
Downtown Brooklyn
Co-hosted by Kat Popiel and Lynn Juang
8:30am @ Ace Hotel Downtown Brooklyn (Lobby)
Cincinnati
Co-Hosted by Theo Erasmus and Emmit Jones
8:30am @ Mom and Em Coffee.
Seattle
Co-hosted by Mike Burlin and David Rosenberg
8:30am @ Glo’s Cafe (Capitol Hill)
Los Angeles (East Side)
Co-hosted by Jasmine Takanikos, Willie Mack, Sarah Campbell & Marjory Garrison
8:30am @ LAMILL Silverlake
Las Vegas (CES Special)
Co-Hosted by Steph Balzer and Anita Schillhorn van Veen
9:30a @ Bar Centro
Friday, January 9th
Amsterdam
Co-Hosted by Sheila Guo
8:30a @ Uncommon Bar
Biarritz
Co-Hosted by Maggie Spicer
9a @ Cafe Spok
New Jersey (SOMa)
Co-Hosted by James Friedman
9:15a @ Arties
Breakfast Club Takes Place Around the World:
Weekly:
Portland, OR [Tuesday]
Mexico City [Wednesday]
Williamsburg Brooklyn [Wednesday]
Miami [Wednesday]
The Hamptons [Wednesday]
San Francisco [Wednesday]
Downtown Brooklyn [Thursdays]
Manhattan [Thursdays] - ON HIATUS
SOMa, NJ [Fridays] Bi-Weekly:
Washington, DC [Thursdays]
Copenhagen [Thursdays]
Amsterdam [Fridays]Monthly:
Barcelona [First Wednesdays]
Kingston NY [First Wednesdays]
London[First Thursday]
Biarritz [First Friday]
Burlington, VT [Second Mondays]
Seattle [Second Thursdays]
LA (West) [Third Fridays]
Vegas [Last Thursdays]
Melbourne [Fridays]
Sydney [Fridays]
Los Angeles (East Side)
Hudson, NY
Boulder
Vienna
Paris
Milan
Lugano
Portland, Maine
Philadelphia
Boston
Cambridge MA
Panama City
Denver
Brighton
Singapore
Bassano del Grappa
Toronto
Atlanta
Berlin
Ibiza
Montreal
Surf Coast (Torquay)
Dubai
Roma
Hello Ben! Loved attending the Chicago pop-up back in November; met some quality people. Wondering if you've heard rumblings of anyone starting a BC in Chicago? I'd love to foster it!