Join your hosts Katherine and Shelbi as they explore the age-old question of whether or not to leave the house and, if so, …where to?

Finding Comfort (or Inconvenience) in Third Places

• How membership clubs create community and serve as an insurance policy, but at a sizable cost (referencing The Stanza podcast episode featuring Annabel Schwartz, Exclusivity sells: structuring an effective membership program)
• Considering how our go-to places have changed and how we’ve changed, particularly from the pandemic and economic climate, and the adjustments to how we spend our resources (time, money, emotional, mental, social)
• The ever-evolving social media culture that has created friction in our restaurant experiences but also made occasionally going out to eat feel more special

Overcoming Strange Places and Unfamiliar Faces

• The interest in finding our Cheers spots, mixed with the need for a low barrier to entry for being social and the patience required to explore new environments
• Seeking baseline commonality (e.g. hobbies, interests, goals) when finding new spaces or spending time with new people

Balancing Fringe Friends and Solo Time

• Balancing an increased desire for alone time in order to get things done with engaging in more casual friendships, referencing Juliana Kaplan’s article, America is facing a 'fringe friend' crisis, in Business Insider)
• Recognizing that we are in a relatively new landscape of building community and prioritizing friendship as more people (although not the majority) live further away from family

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