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It began with a joke. The Mayor leaned in, eyes twinkling: “Can we have a woman-to-woman chat?” Fruitloop nearly choked on her coffee. But no, he wasn’t looking for a wardrobe makeover or mascara tips. What he wanted—what he needed—was a crash course in the female mindset. Many residents know, life had thrown him into […]
What if success wasn’t a trophy on the shelf but a cocktail in your glass—sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, always sparkling with a little glitter from our so-called failures? This week’s Lunch with Janita & Frank starts with chaos, laughter, and more than one accidental truth. From professional freedom to the joy of small pleasures, our […]
🍮 Crème Brûlée: Fear Took the Stage, We Took the Mic Dear Pineapples, Last night’s Crème Brûlée wasn’t just a conversation—it was a tightrope walk across our own fears, without a safety net (well, except maybe a spoon from the Café, but we know how risky those can be). 🚗 One of us confessed the […]
Ismar in Campo Grande kicked things off with a sigh about the weather—one day winter, the next day summer. “That’s a mistake if I’ve ever seen one,” he laughed. The Mayor in Cleebourg raised an eyebrow. Really? Was it a mistake, or just life reminding us it doesn’t need our permission to change the script? […]
What’s failure, really? Not getting into the big exam? Missing out on the “prestige” college? Or is failure simply refusing to see the detours that life quietly lays out for us? In this week’s Coffeehouse Chronicles, Ritesh in Bangalore sat down with the Mayor in Cleebourg for a conversation that hit home for anyone who’s […]
Oh, you thought you were tuning into a gentle podcast on gratitude and mindfulness? Plot twist. Fruitloop and the Mayor accidentally staged a comedy of errors that deserves its own Netflix category: Zen & the Art of Bad Wi-Fi. Screens froze mid-sentence. Fruitloop vanished into digital thin air more times than the Missing Spoon. The […]
Confidence strutted into the Brida Café this week, but not in the way you’d expect.Fruitloop hosted the table, Monica and Rosii leaned in with curiosity, and the Mayor… well, let’s just say his coffee was strong but his mood a little prickly. The talk? Confidence. Not the shiny, born-with-it kind. The build-it-yourself kind—like wobbling on […]
Wednesday evening in the Brida Café, Fruitloop slid a question onto the table: Does confidence grow or shrink when we compare ourselves to others? The Mayor raised an eyebrow. Sarah from Saudi Arabia stirred her coffee. And off we went. We discovered that not all comparisons are villains. Racing a stopwatch on a morning run? […]
Confidence usually struts into the room wearing shiny shoes, puffed chest, and a look that says, “I know everything.” But in Brida, we like to tug at the shoelaces. Frank and Ismar sat down (virtually—Campo Grande to Cleebourg, one coffee apart) and unpacked the awkward, beautiful truth: sometimes the most confident words you can say […]
This week’s Peeling Potatoes didn’t just peel spuds—it peeled back silence. Monica, tuning in from Australia in her bright shirt (yes, it had its own cameo), opened the door to a story too many trades people keep bolted shut. Her father stepped off a boat from Germany in the 1950s, toolbox in hand, war shadows […]