let’s be honest: making real friends as a grown woman can be hard AF, especially on a small island. so we stopped waiting for the room to happen + started designing it ourselves. every 1609 gathering — from happy hours to workshops to signature seasonal moments — is intentionally curated to bring the women you’ve been hoping to run into into the same room.
locals, expats, founders, mothers, the recently-arrived + long-since-rooted. no cute-photo-only energy. just the right women, in the right room, on purpose.
we design gatherings for the women who are done with LinkedIn-style networking + surface-level small talk. the ones who want real connection, curated details, and a reason to actually get dressed up.













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