The Place: Panera The Cup: Coffee for me and iced tea for Michelle. The Background: One of my favorite and unexpected treats that this project provides are the emails and calls I get from friends, new and old, who have thought of someone they think will be perfect for the project, and they want to make an […]
Category: Coffee With a Stranger
Every week I have coffee with a total stranger and then I write about the experience.
Cup 82: Blythe Jewell – Magnificent momma, awesome artist and potty-mouthed poet.
The Place: Starbucks The Cup: Coffee The Background: My buddy, and Cup 17, Thom Singer Tweeted a note about an Austin poet, Blythe who was doing a Kickstarter and who’d just been written about in the Austin Statesman. I missed the Tweet, but another buddy Lance caught it and sent me a note adding that he knew Blythe […]
Where Are They Wednesday – Shennandoah Diaz
Every Wednesday we check in on a former “stranger” to see what they’ve been up to since they had Coffee With a Stranger. Today, let’s catch up with: Cup number 2: Shennandoah Diaz – marketing maven, creative thinker and fellow learn-a-holic What was the biggest surprise or aha that came from being a part of […]
Cup 81: Sam Killermann – Social justice comedian, conversation starter and mamma bear.
The Place: Tom’s Tabooly The Cup: Iced coffee for both Sam and I. The Background: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Austin is a very big small town. You live here long enough, and I think you’ll agree. Here’s a perfect example. A few months after moving here nearly two years ago, I attended […]
Where Are They Wednesday – Thom Singer
Every Wednesday we check in on a former “stranger” to see what they’ve been up to since they had Coffee With a Stranger. Today, let’s catch up with: Coffee With A Stranger Cup 17: Thom Singer – Family guy, networking advocate and international speaker What was the biggest surprise or aha that came from being […]
Cup 80: Canan Yetmen – Writer, world traveler and scarf enthusiast.
The Place: Book People – The Cafe The Cup: Coffee for me, and Canan enjoyed a mint tea. The Background: A good friend of mine recently connected me to an amazing woman here in Austin – Stephanie Barko. Stephanie is a Literary Publicist with a client who was just about to publish her first work of historical fiction. […]
Where Are They Wednesday – Tom Gimbel
Every Wednesday we check in on a former “stranger” to see what they’ve been up to since they had Coffee With a Stranger. Today, let’s catch up with: Coffee With A Stranger Cup 22: Tom Gimbel – Music lover, business man and experience seeker What has Tom been up to since our first meeting, a little […]
Cup 79: Tirzah Shirai – Heart-centered Taurus, award-winning film producer and fearless entrepreneur.
The Place: Bouldin Creek Cafe The Cup: Cappuccino for both of us. The Background: Twitter strikes again! This time, I got a tweet from a connection in LA, Jenn Hoffman. She told me she had a friend who had just moved to Austin who would be perfect for the project. She mentioned her pal had been a successful film […]
Cup 78: Jennifer Brewer – Adventure girl, story-teller and educator.
The Place: Summermoon Coffee House The Cup: I had the largest cup of coffee you’ve ever seen. Seriously, it took both hands to hoist it to my mouth. Which, for the record, didn’t slow me down one bit. Jennifer, with her dainty hands, would have never been able to lift the cup. Fortunately, she selected Dirty Chai […]
Cup 77: Jay Papasan – Family-first prioritizer, curious intellectual, and best-selling author.
The Place: Austin Java The Cup: Plain old coffee for both of us. The Background: I heard Jay’s name for the first time when I heard Gary Keller speak at an Austin Business Journal event last April. Gary was there to talk about his newly released book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, which he co-authored […]