curating experiences & gatherings

3. Chase your curiosity – and invite others along.

Tenley saw a tomato tart recipe she couldn’t stop thinking about. Instead of just saving it for later, she used the force of gathering to explore that tart. She sent out a playful, illustrated invite and hosted a weeknight dinner party—dress code: tomato. She set the table with her favorite china... See more

More beauty and craft,

less factory line

More weird and rebellious,

less safe and derivative

More really hard inspired work,

less status games

More authentic expression of self,

less patagonia vest

After seeing some 800~ events take place at The Commons i've learned 3 things:

• 1) plausible deniability: if you say we're here to make friends, friendship doesn't happen. if you say we're here to research or talk about niche topic x and y, friendships always form. same applies to dating.


• 2) communities are built from strong 1-1 relationships. as an

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