F.A.Q.

NEBLINA'S ARDENT LITTLE PALADAR?

Neblina's- is a little café falso, we are based in Sweet San Francisco. 

We are a monthly offering of good food and good vibes (and a totally decent playlist!) for good people- in an effort to propagate Goodness out into our lushly fucked up, infinitely possible World. 

We are ardent. We are small.

We ride in the stilo of a scrappy paladar from the heart of Havana: food, friends and Love are free and served up soup kitchen/family style until the food runs out. This is a Revolution: we always bring our own drinks.

The food will ALWAYS be healthy- our cook is obsessed with that 'nourished' beat. The food will ALWAYS be FREE. 

Each month there will be a jar to accept anonymous and totally unrequired/voluntary donations throughout the day. Any money left in the jar will be sent to an organization doing something in our world that raises the status quo on the current state of the human experience. 

There's absolutely NO pressure to donate. No money goes to me or the food in any way-- it will go directly to someone doing something good out here. Even if it's $4! 

Who gets the money? See below.

WHO GETS THE MONEY?

It changes every month and I have no idea who is next! 

So far we have raised money for the Essie Justice Group, Beloved Streets of America Project and FreeFrom.org

Always taking suggestions!

The dream scenario is that we are bringing folks together for a nourishing meal whilst raising awareness and some money for some excellent people doing their damnedest to do good out in the mad mad mad mad world. 

Social justice social hour. Revolution cafeteria. Justice-y socializing. Peace-propagation victuals.

MAY I BRING MY                    ?

Hell yes! 

Bring yourself and your kids, your parents, your friends, your coworkers, the lady from the bus stop, the beautiful stranger you met at Rainbow, the guy who sleeps in the doorway of your office building.... all of us! 

Everybody is welcome and everyone will be fed until the food runs out. Any food left at the end of each meal will be donated to hungry  neighbors living outdoors.

WHERE IS NEBLINA'S?

Neblina's is an itinerant cafe with an itinerant cook and like the fog of the city we love, we roam and drift these hills- looking for just the right spot to feed our friends. 

We launched at the excellent San Francisco Skate Club and shared our first two meals there. We can do this anywhere we are welcome. I hope to host one in Golden Gate Park and at one of the beaches in the coming months. 

If you would like to provide your home or space some upcoming Sunday, please let me know!

WTF? 

I don't quite know yet. I am so distraught over all the crazy stuff going down (suggested listen: 'Walk Tall' from Cannonball Adderley on the album Country Preacher) out in the world. Families of refugees, trafficking of people for a profit, human beings living outside. Acts of cruelty and administering of shame and oppression and aggression... just shitty, terrible, unnecessary suffering all over the place. So many nasty words and actions flying around. See also: 'So Much Trouble in the World' from Bob Marley and the Wailers on Survivor.

And we all know lamenting is a terrible tool for the task at hand. So I'm making Soup for Peace! 

There's a roiling sea of bullshit out there ready to thwart the beautiful human in all of us. 

And the ocean is comprised of individual drops, right?

So all these rough, tough, traumatic, terrible things are happening all over the world, all day... every single day. 

Meanwhile (all day, every single day)- there are all these honest little efforts ALSO happening all over the world. Passionate, heartfelt energy aimed at making it right, shedding some light, redirecting the tide or smoothing out the ride....

What if we send a few $$ to those who are toiling away at righting the ship? So they can pay their wifi this month or get new pens for the front desk or buy a decent lunch for the badass staff? 

Maybe we can help redirect our sector of the mighty human tide toward peace, kindness, safety and shelter for everyone- and hope it catches on.

All the while we are sharing a nice meal and time together and making new friends while hanging out with old ones.

And that's kind of it. I don't know what else to do right now to quell the storm of despair in my chest--- except drown it in good people and good food gathered in one room to do some good.

As my wisely-mirthful friend says: 'Justice for the World; Justice for your mouth.'

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? 

Come over and eat! Bring friends, hugs and imagination. Take pictures. Hit your hashtag with #ardentneblinas 

Let me know what you think. Illuminate me to people or groups doing things that make the world better-- so we can send them our support. 

I hope we can all convene and discover new ideas/bands/recipes/hikes/books/happy hours/friends and new ways of being-- all through the magical friction that occurs when smart people have conversations.