00 – Introducing Diner Chats
In which you're invited to Secret Breakfast with my friends at their favorite local diners.
It’s the coffee date squeezed in before a long day at the job you’re about to quit. Less “Can I pick your brain?” and more “We need to catch up.” There’s an intimate agenda— a big decision you’ve kept close until now, a favor to ask, a perspective you need from someone who knows better. If I’m navigating big changes, I may not tell anyone, but there would be signs. For me, increased time spent in well worn diner booths would be one of those signs.
One part cacophony, one part anonymity, two parts familiarity, a diner offers the perfect setting for a Secret Breakfast. Casual, fast-paced, innocuous. They keep long hours, if not all hours. The menus are predictable, with a reliable cast of characters. Warm, yet gruff waitresses. Packets of butter and jam. Orders up. Clanging plates. Mediocre, but very hot, coffee. Eggs any way you want any time of day. And you can stay as long as you like. As long as it takes. They’re timeless in all the best ways.
Enter Diner Chats, a podcast series built around Secret Breakfasts with people I admire at their favorite diners. Season 1 has us visiting diners in New York City, Atlanta, and San Francisco. All of my guests are making big moves across different industry spaces and seasons of life. I know you’ll come away from these conversations feeling inspired and excited to make your own big moves, whatever they may be.
Episodes will air every Thursday, right here on Substack. If you’re subscribed to my letter, they’ll be delivered right to your inbox. Can’t wait to share! x
so excited!!
Love this! 💗