https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/ Recent content in The Apartment Cafe on Bayan Abusalameh Hugo en-us © Bayan Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/the-earth-climate/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/the-earth-climate/ <h2 id="march-2026">March 2026</h2> <p>This month felt different. We gathered under the theme of the Earth — its healing, its crises, and our place within it. Sacred seasons sat side by side: Bahá&rsquo;í Ayyam I Há, Ramadan, Women&rsquo;s Month, and Earth Month. All of it together created something that felt quietly significant — a reminder that care for each other and care for the world are not separate things.</p> <hr> <h2 id="about-this-gathering">About This Gathering</h2> <p>The Apartment Café is a women-centric community space designed to feel warm, familiar, and welcoming — just like being invited into someone&rsquo;s living room. Each month, we set up a shared table with baked goods and drinks contributed by the women attending. Everyone brings something small — whether homemade or picked up along the way — and together we create a relaxed, café-style atmosphere. We pour coffee, make a plate, settle in, and talk.</p> https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/the-art-of-relating/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/the-art-of-relating/ <h2 id="february-2026">February 2026</h2> <p>February often turns our attention outward to romance. This month, we created a safe space to turn inward — and to discuss the reality of our hearts.</p> <hr> <h2 id="about-this-gathering">About This Gathering</h2> <p>The Apartment Café is a women-centric community space designed to feel warm, familiar, and welcoming — like being invited into someone&rsquo;s living room. Each month, we gather around a shared table with baked goods and drinks contributed by the women attending. Whether homemade or picked up along the way, each small offering helps create a relaxed, café-style atmosphere where we pour coffee, make a plate, settle in, and talk.</p> https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/intentions-and-sustainable-habits/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/intentions-and-sustainable-habits/ <h2 id="january-2026">January 2026</h2> <p>The Apartment Café is back. After the holiday quiet, we returned to the table — and the room was full. There is something about January that invites honesty: about where we&rsquo;ve been, where we want to go, and what we&rsquo;re actually willing to carry forward.</p> <p>This month we opened the space not only to women, but to allies as well. The conversation was richer for it.</p> <hr> <h2 id="about-this-gathering">About This Gathering</h2> <p>The Apartment Café is a women-centric community space designed to feel warm, familiar, and welcoming — just like being invited into someone&rsquo;s living room. Each month, we set up a shared table with baked goods and drinks contributed by the people attending. Everyone brings something small — whether homemade or picked up along the way — and together we create a relaxed, café-style atmosphere. We pour coffee, make a plate, settle in, and talk.</p> https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/womens-health/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/womens-health/ <h2 id="december">December</h2> <p>This month I shook things up a little. Our wonderful co-host Dian hosted the session at the Mandala Club Singapore — a beautiful change of setting that gave the afternoon a special feeling.</p> <p>I made a card game with questions designed to prompt women to reflect on what they actually know about their own health. Each card came with information to go alongside it, so the session was both grounded and light — informative without being heavy. We moved through topics like bone density, muscle mass and growth in women, PCOS, endometriosis, and menopause. Questions that many of us had never thought to ask out loud, answered together.</p> https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/spirituality-and-career/ Sat, 08 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://bees996.github.io/apartment-cafe/spirituality-and-career/ <h2 id="about-this-gathering">About This Gathering</h2> <p>The Apartment Café is a women-centric community space designed to feel warm, familiar, and welcoming — just like being invited into someone&rsquo;s living room. Each month, we set up a shared table with baked goods and drinks contributed by the women attending. Everyone brings something small — whether homemade or picked up along the way — and together we create a relaxed, café-style atmosphere. We pour coffee, make a plate, settle in, and talk.</p>