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CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture event that includes a 20 min talk + coffee! We believe everyone's creative & everyone's welcome.

07/15/2026

A little more about our July Speaker Ricky 🌿

🌱 Ecological designer, garden specialist, naturalist & educator
🚜 Farm Manager at Upward Bound House, where he helps transform urban farms into spaces for food security, healing, and community
🌼 Cofounder of Sage Market and running his own garden practice Ricky Rietjens
🍃 Passionate about what nature can teach us about resilience, cooperation, and growth
📚Currently reading An Immense World - Ed Yung
🌎 This month, Ricky will explore how healthy ecosystems compete for resources—without leaving one another behind—and what that can teach us about creativity and community.

Join us Friday, July 24 8:30AM. We’d love to have you! RSVP in our bio!

07/14/2026

A Note From Ivan:

Coming back from a road trip through the Redwoods, I realized there’s been an underlying tension brewing in me for a while. That classic feeling of spreading yourself too thin, like you’re competing against yourself for your own energy and attention.

I’ve been framing all of this as a competition with myself. Against my own schedule, my own itinerary, my own bar for what a “maximized” life should look like.

But the root of the word compete literally means “to strive together.” Not against. With.

So maybe the tension was never a competition at all—but just me, forgetting I was allowed to be on my own side.

That reframe is what I keep coming back to: the compass was invented before the clock. Direction before time.

If this isn’t a race against myself, then pace stops being the thing that matters. Even when I’m spread thin, I can trust I’m pointed the right way.

For now, that’s enough for me.

— Ivan

07/08/2026

Our July speaker is Ricky! 🌿

This month, we’re exploring Competition through a lens you might not expect: nature.

In his talk, Competition in Nature: Lessons on Growth, Resilience, and Community, Ricky invites us to rethink what competition actually means. Instead of seeing it as winners and losers, he’ll explore how competition can help us grow, build resilience, and strengthen the communities around us.

Will our competition serve only ourselves—or will it strengthen the communities we’re a part of?

Join us Friday July 24th for coffee, community, and a cool conversation.

📍 RSVP at the link in our bio. More details there!

07/02/2026

One of the best parts of CreativeMornings isn’t just the speaker on stage—it’s the people sitting in the audience.

This month, we’re kicking off a new series celebrating the incredible humans who make up our community. ✨Welcome to People of CreativeMorningsOC ✨

Meet Sai.

By day, he’s an urban planner. Outside of work, he’s a photographer, book designer, and storyteller currently creating a cookbook inspired by his late grandfather.

What began as a way to preserve family recipes has become a way to preserve something even more meaningful: the stories, humor, wisdom, and traditions shared around the dinner table.

“Recipes can survive on scraps of paper, but the people behind them don’t always get the same chance.”

We’re so excited to follow his project!

Give Sai some love and follow along:
Sai Narayan

07/01/2026

thanks everyone for coming out last Friday! 🍊

special thanks to David Kyle Choe for his amazing talk!! and extra special thanks for those who came!!!

🤔 what was your biggest takeaway?

space thanks to Rivian
coffee + pastries Equator Coffees
content Michael Ward + Ivan

06/24/2026

Hiiii 👋

If you’re new here, welcome.

For the next few months, you’ll find us at Rivian’s Historic South Coast Theatre in Laguna Beach as part of our summer residency.

It’s a space built for curiosity, conversation, and community—which makes it a great spot for CreativeMornings OC.

This Friday, we’ll be back for a morning with brand strategist David Kyle Choe, exploring this month’s theme: CURATE.

✨ Bonus perk: attendees can sign up for a free Rivian R2 demo drive after the event!

Whether it’s your first time or your fifteenth, we’d love to have you.

RSVP is still open. Link in bio.

06/22/2026

Most of us spend a lot of time trying to fit ourselves into a title.

Designer. Writer. Marketer. Founder. Artist.

But what if the most valuable thing about you is everything that doesn’t fit neatly on a LinkedIn profile?

This month’s talk explores the idea of an unfair advantage—the unique combination of experiences, interests, skills, and perspectives that you’re already curating in your life.

🗓️Join us this upcoming Friday June 26th. Doors 8:30AM , Talk 9:00AM.
🎟️ RSVP link in bio - it’s free!
📍Rivian South Coast Theater, Laguna Beach

06/19/2026

Why did Ivan choose CURATE?

In his words, the most unique thing about any of us is our perspective.

This month’s theme is all about the experiences, interests, and stories we collect along the way—and how they shape the way we see the world.

If that sounds a little abstract, don’t worry. David Kyle Choe is joining us on June 26 to help us make sense of it all.

RSVP at the link in bio.

06/10/2026

Looking to meet more creative people in Orange County?

You’ve come to the right place.

CreativeMornings is a free monthly gathering where curious people come together to hear from local speakers, share ideas, and start the day in good company.

We’re excited to announce our summer residency at Rivian’s Historic South Coast Theatre, which means you’ll find us gathering there for the next few months.

Our next event is June 26, featuring David Kyle Choe, founder of Department of Anthropology, exploring this month’s theme: .

Whether it’s your first time or your fifteenth, we’d love to have you. Bring a friend, introduce yourself to someone new, and join us for the morning.

RSVP at the link in bio.

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