If you could have lunch with anybody, who would it be and what would you like to discuss?
Of course, just after I declare my retirement from #Reverb11, an awesome prompt sneaks in there and lures me back in. Today's prompt attracted me because I haven't seen anything like it come up before.
The idea of sitting down with people I admire over lunch has been in my head ever since Nicole posted about her 100 Lunches project. I've heard that stock interview question about what living or dead people you'd want to invite to a dinner party, but that seems much more hypothetical and famous/celebrity-based than the idea of actually sitting down with a real, awesome person, picking their brain, and hearing their stories-- and hopefully soaking up at least an ounce of their their radness.
Here are 18 people I've been thinking about. There's no significance to picking 18. Just decided to keep it to 18 in honor of today's date-- pretty sure I could easily get to 50. There are so many fabulous people doing completely envious and amazing things.
1. and 2. Grace Helbig of Daily Grace and Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen. Together. But we wouldn't go to lunch; we'd cook lunch together. And video it, naturally.
3. Elizabeth Duvivier, founder of Squam Art Workshops. I'd love to hear more about how she transitioned from a typical corporate job to creating the workshops, and how she works to keep the magic of Squam alive.
4. Sarah Von of Yes and Yes, to discuss life and travel and blogging.
5. Kimberly Wilson of Tranquil Space and Tranquility Du Jour about how to manage multiple businesses while staying centered, stress-free and creative.
6. and 7. Joy the Baker and Tracy 'Shutterbean' about producing a fun podcast and running food blogs.
8. Christen Olivarez, Editor-in-Chief of Stampington publications, about what it's like to run creative magazines. And maybe a few tips on how to get published in one someday :)
9. Kris Carr, to discuss health, wellness, creativity and authentic living.
10. Elsie Larson of Red Velvet and A Beautiful Mess, about indie business, blogging, goal-setting and developing a personal style and creative vision.
11. Elise Blaha Cripe about running a creative business and how to keep the ideas flowing.
12. Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks, about how to get started in cooking without having a culinary background and how to take such soft, homey food photographs
13. Sera Beak, author of The Red Book, about spirituality, developing a personal/individualized spiritual practice, and living with purpose.
14. Ira Glass on storytelling and developing your craft.
15. Ali Edwards on creative careers and balancing family and work.
16. Alice Waters of Chez Panisse on eating local, school lunch reform, and the slow food movement.
17. Jessica Hische on design, typography, illustration and creativity.
18. Jamie Ridler on being a creativity and life coach and living a creative life.
Who would you dream of sitting down to lunch with?
So many of your 18 would make my list too! I love Kris Carr for her woman warrior approach to health, Of course Elsie Flannigan for putting her stamp on indie craft and the blog world, and I am also a fan of Heidi Swanson for infusing her love of photography to the foodie blogosphere. Great list.
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