Our Tidewater chapter is currently on pause as we search for a new city leader to carry the torch of connection, brunches, and community magic.
✨ Want to be the one to bring this chapter back to life? ✨
We’d love to hear from you! If you're passionate about building community, making friends, and love a good brunch (or two), apply to become the next Tidewater City Leader!
Thursday, October 29th
@ 6 PM
Pacific Social | Carmel Valley
🎃🖤 Gals That Brunch Halloween Book Bash! 👻📚
Join us for a spooktacular evening of books, costumes, treats, and tricks!
📖 The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
📅 Thursday, October 29th | 6 PM
📍 Pacific Social | Carmel Valley
✨ Costume contest, spooky fun, and great company!
We have a special reserved space just for our book club! RSVPs are very important so we can provide an accurate headcount.
🍷 Separate checks are available, with gratuity automatically added.
🍂 Bring your November book recommendation for our Fall Into Friendship theme!
We can’t wait to celebrate spooky season with you! 🎃🕸️
RSVP through our Gals That Brunch book club page! 💕
Kicking off October 9th, 16th, 23rd, & 30th
Time: 11AM
Book: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.
Get your Book Here: https://amzn.to/3SRvk8A
Where: Rotating (Morena District) between my house and maybe mix it up a couple of times as well too
We just wrapped our very first round of Gals That Grow and trulyyy… we loved it so much. 🥹💛
There was something really special about gathering with women who are all in a season of wanting to grow, reflect, and become more intentional, together. It felt grounding, honest, encouraging, and exactly like the kind of space we want more of.
So yes, babe… Gals That Grow is officially coming back this fall! 📚✨
And if there’s anything life and honestly, the culture around us—is showing us right now, it’s that things can change in an instantttt. Careers shift. Relationships change. Opportunities appear. Plans unravel. Doors open that we never even knew to knock on. The life we pictured five years ago may no longer fit the woman we’re becoming—and that doesn’t mean we’ve failed. It might simply mean it’s time to get curious again.
That’s exactly why we chose Designing Your Life for our next four-week series.
Written by two Stanford design professors, this book takes the creative problem-solving tools designers use to build and improve products and applies them to something a little more personal: building a life that feels meaningful, joyful, and genuinely yours.
This isn’t a book about creating one perfectly polished five-year plan and then forcing your life to follow it. It’s about learning how to move forward when you’re unsure, uncover what actually gives you energy, reframe the stories and “shoulds” keeping you stuck, and explore more than one beautiful version of what your future could become.
Because there isn’t only one right career, one right calling, or one tiny path you must discover before it’s too late. You’re allowed to experiment. You’re allowed to pivot. You’re allowed to outgrow an old dream, imagine a new one, and take small steps toward it before you have every single detail figured out.
Together, we’ll explore how to:
✨ define what a well-lived, joyful life actually means to you
✨ notice the people, places, and experiences that make you feel most alive
✨ identify the beliefs, expectations, and “shoulds” keeping you stuck
✨ reframe problems so you can see possibilities you may have been missing
✨ imagine multiple versions of your future instead of putting all the pressure on one perfect plan
✨ test-drive new ideas through small, low-risk experiments before making a giant leap
✨ build more courage, curiosity, and trust for life’s inevitable pivots
And honestly, we chose this book because these are not questions women should have to wrestle through alone. Sometimes we need a table full of gals to help us recognize what we can’t yet see in ourselves, to remind us that changing direction isn’t failure, uncertainty isn’t a dead end, and we’re not behind just because our lives look different than we thought they would.
Think meaningful conversations, gentle accountability, practical exercises, cozy snacks, and a room full of gals reminding you that you’re allowed to change your mind, try something new, and intentionally design a life that actually feels like yours.
Your RSVP includes all four gatherings, your Gals That Grow companion workbook, and weekly snacks. The book is purchased separately, so grab your copy now and get a little head start before we kick things off!
📖 Get your book here:https://amzn.to/3SRvk8A
August 1st
+ 1 PM
Bruncho Athens - Anapafseos 18, Athina 116 3605
Please leave your WhatsApp number so we can coordinate for the day. Please note that this is Gals that Brunch, so all attendees are expected to have brunch and not just a coffee.
📅 Retreat Dates:
September 10th - September 17th, 2027
Riviera dei Cedri, Calabria
Please find all the details here: https://www.galsthatbrunch.com/italia2026
Come visit Tiff’s home turf in Calabria. Think tiny hilltop villages, sea-salt sunsets, long-table dinners, and locals-only magic (aka the non-touristy Italy). Retreat #5 is intimate on purpose, very limited spots, alumni already eyeing their seats, and first dibs goes to the waitlist. If you’re craving slow mornings, handmade pasta, and friendships that linger longer than the limoncello… this is your sign.
NOT SOLD OUT, Save the Dates & Join the interest list below to snag early access before we open it to the public. 🍋✨
Saturday - September 12
@ 11am
Mayors Restaurant:
229 WISCONSIN AVE, WAUKESHA, WI 53186
Show your school spirit. Dress in your school colors, cheer poms, or jersey (Can be your kids school, your old high school, the college you attended or wanted to attend, or just your favorite college sports team). GO TEAM!
Saturday October 10,
@ 10:30 AM
Merriment Social:
240 E Pittsburgh Avenue Milwaukee, WI
Merriment Social brands itself as Milwaukee's "gathering place," all comfort food, craft cocktails, and warmth so let's dress to match — and it's early October, so starting to think about cozy-but-put-together fall dressing; Rich jewel tones — burgundy, mustard, olive, rust, deep plum; Chunky knits, cardigans, flannel layered over a dress, or a cozy sweater with boots; Texture over color if keeping it simple: suede, corduroy, cable-knit; A pop of "merriment" — a fun statement earring or scarf.We will be gathering on World Mental Health day - Please share any mental wellness tips you have found helpful.
Saturday November 14
11:00 AM
Centraal Grand Cafe & Tappery:
2306 S Kinnickinnic Ave Milwaukee, WI 53207
Let's take a moment before the chaos of the holidays to have a little European adventure: Think travel-chic theme - think old-world travel glamour rather than costume: Trench coat (worn or draped over shoulders for photos), tailored trousers or a midi skirt; A silk scarf tied at the neck or on a bag — the classic "European traveler" signal; Beret or newsboy cap as an easy, low-effort styling win; Rich neutral or jewel-toned palette: camel, black, burgundy, forest green — sophisticated, not sequined; Ankle boots over sneakers to keep the "just off the train" polish.
Sunday, September 27th
@ 11:30 AM
@ Jolie (Huntington Beach)
DM if you can’t make it
📅 Saturday, September 26th
⏰ 3pm 💕
📍 Spreckels Park, Coronado
🎀 Hosted by the amazing Em!
September Read: 📖 The Marriage Portrait —→ Grab your Book Here
by Maggie O’Farrell
Gals That Read: South County | PARK PICNIC + BOOK SWAP 📚🧺✨
Okay friends, we’re mixing it up this month, because SD local’s summer deserves her moment too. ☀️
We normally gather around the 3rd or 4th Monday of the month, but this time we’re trading our usual weeknight book club for a Saturday afternoon picnic in Coronado because… we live in San Diego, babyyyy. We might as well take advantage of the sunshine, the park, the ocean breeze and one more little taste of summer while we can. 🌴✨
This month, Gals That Read: South County is meeting at Spreckels Park in Coronado for a cozy afternoon of books, snacks, blankets and a little adventure.
Our September read is:
📖 The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O’Farrell
Bring something yummy to share: chips + dip, baked goods, snacks, whatever feels easy and we’ll have cold drinks covered. Don’t forget a blanket, picnic chair or something comfy to sit on while we chat all things bookish under the trees.
AND because one book is never enough… we’re adding a little book swap. 📚✨ Bring along any books sitting on your shelf that you’d love to rehome, and feel free to leave with 1–2 new-to-you reads.
Then, we’re going on a tiny field trip. 👀
The Coronado Public Library is right across the street, so after book club we’ll have the option to wander over together, explore their seriously impressive collection and even sign up for a library card if you’d like.
And start thinking spooky… because October is all things spooky reads. 👻📖 Bring your best recommendations because choosing next month’s book is going to be FUN.
Come for the book. Stay for the picnic, the swaps, the sunshine + the little library adventure. 🤍
Also fyi:
In order to obtain a Coronado Public Library Card
🩵 You need to bring your California Drivers License
-if you have a CA DL, but your address is not current. You just need to show proof of correct address with your name along with your DL (piece of mail, online statement etc)
-if you have an out of state DL, but are military - you just need to bring your current DL along with your military ID card or spousal benefit card
-if you do not have a current CA DL, you will not be able to get a library card for free, but you do have the option to pay $10 annually to keep a Coronado Library card