WHAT: GP Dinner #185 |Drama, Flourishing and Moral Progress

WHERE: Jeremy's Loft, 54 Washburn Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

WHEN: 6:00 to 10:00pm on December 6th, 2024

PLEASE NOTE: ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO FIRST 40 PEOPLE WHO SECURE A TICKET HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO GIFT OR TRANSFER YOUR SPOT TO A FRIEND IF YOUR PLANS CHANGE. JUST LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.

Please join us for our 185th dinner on December 6th at our friend Jeremy's loft in San Francisco.

Expect cocktails at 6:00 and our speaker around 6:45 with a family style feast introduced around 7:00, prepared by our professional chef. Wines will be thoughtfully paired with the menu.

ATTIRE: Attire is relaxed and informal.

About Good People Dinners: GP Dinners is a community built around meaningful ​conversations and delicious feasts, a moveable social club for those who value authenticity, a better way to connect with each other. We are also an event production business and regularly create tailored dinner series for a wide range of companies and organizations.

Our dinners are hosted at a variety of venues in the Bay Area, at Camp Earnest near Yosemite NP and around the country and the world. Every dinner includes a speaker on a wide range of topics and a chef prepared feast. To learn more about us, please visit our Founding Principles page.

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

OUR SPEAKER:

Our friend Rosie von Lila is a multi-disciplinary artist and voice for human flourishing. In Rosie's words, the ingredients for mass human flourishing are:

1. Meet basic needs healthfully and with dignity.

2. Create belonging.

3. Access the forms of care essential to flourishing.

4. Earn an education that nurtures curiosity and passion.

5. Be creative and solve meaningful "puzzles" in life and community.

6. Endeavor and achieve in meaningful ways.

7. Be a contributor in personally meaningful ways.

Her career includes long stretches at Burning Man and consulting on community and resilience for clients as diverse as The Pentagon and Wall Street.

Currently Rosie is producing Fellow Human, a non-traditional play, made in NYC, with original music score by world-renowned jazz innovator ELEW. Premiering April 2026, the show wrestles with building resilience in spite of trauma, while discovering what it means to cultivate virtue amidst adversity and danger. The show combines real stories of mental health with academic research on human flourishing, and the magic of theatre.

Tonight we'll discuss the role of art and performance in civilizational transformation. How do playwrights, from Homer or Thucydides to George Bernard Shaw and Wendy Wasserstein effect reconsideration of personal, social, and ethical norms?

How do drama and comedy catalyze moral progress? Or do they?

OUR CHEF:

Chef Anthony Giacobbe has been cooking local farm-to-table cuisine for over 20 years. He got his start working directly with farmers and produce grown at Esalen, California's legendary retreat center in Big Sur.

Chef Anthony's cooking is a celebration of freshness, seasonality, and cultural fusion. His commitment to regenerative farms and his love for Asian cuisine continue to redefine the culinary landscape, offering a unique and delicious experience that stays true to the roots of California's rich agricultural heritage.

Anthony also spent a year traveling through Latin America and has a great respect for all things taco.

Below: Chef Spencer's farro salad.

OUR MENU:

TO START:

Turmeric Marinated Curry Deviled Eggs and Soy Marinated Sriracha Deviled Eggs (DF, GF)

Mini Morel Arancini w/Truffle Cheese Filling (GF)

MAINS:

Thin Shaved Kale and Brussels Sprouts w/Pickled Shallot, Shaved Cowgirl Creamery Hop Along, Toasted Pistachio and Seed Crunch, Moon Drop Grapes, White Balsamic and Meyer Lemon Dressing.

Seared Wild Scallop w/Golden Beets, Shaved Baby Fennel, Winter Citrus Segments, Meyer Lemon Oil, Maldan, Micro Sprouts (DF, GF)

Crispy Baby Broccoli, Tahini Lemon Sauce, and Pickled Brown Mustard Seeds (DF, GF)

Yukon Gold and Celery Root Gratin w/Rosemary and Gruyere (GF)

Warm Winter Spiced Mary’s Organic Chicken, Served w/Sweet and Tart Cherry Reduction (DF, GF)

TO FINISH:

Cannoli Bites w/Almond, Hazelnut and Pistachio

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

Below: Chef Jamil Peden's beurre blanc salmon.

Drinks at 6:00, dinner at 7:00. Though a cocktail and some wine will be provided, guests are welcome to bring a bottle of wine to share.

Menu update will come soon to help you choose your bottles. We always make sure vegetarian friends will have plenty to eat. Please contact Raman or Karin in advance if you have any other dietary restrictions.

If you are wondering how you were included in this invitation, or would like to be removed, please contact ramanfrey@gmail.com

To sign up for future events, please register at

www.gpdinners.com

To learn more about the former summer camp we've purchased and refurbished near Yosemite, please visit us here. Camp Earnest is available for a campus buyout for groups from 15 to 75 guests at a time.

www.campearnest.com

Below: Chef Matt Garcia offers up a gorgeous salad with watercress, pickled shallots and watermelon.