Women Only

**When:** Saturday, January 24 at 3:00 PM **Where:** **[Tatte Bakery & Café](https://tattebakery.com)** 11040 Main St, Fairfax, VA 22030 **Who:** Women seeking connection, balance, and nourishment in a welcoming, low-pressure space (members + first-timers welcome) ✨ **About [Tatte Bakery & Café](https://tattebakery.com):** Tatte is a beautifully designed café known for its warm atmosphere, artisanal pastries, thoughtfully crafted beverages, and inviting spaces that encourage lingering conversation. With its European-inspired aesthetic and comforting winter offerings, it’s the perfect place to gather on a January afternoon. **What to expect:** Join us for a relaxed winter coffee hour designed to help you gently ease into the new year—without pressure, resolutions, or overwhelm. This meetup is about slowing down, warming up, and connecting with other women who value wellness, rest, and intentional living. We’ll enjoy coffee, tea, or a sweet treat while engaging in meaningful, organic conversation. Light reflection prompts will also be available and offered to guide discussion for additional fun and open conversation. Come as you are—whether you’re feeling energized, reflective, or somewhere in between. This is a space for connection, not perfection. We look forward to sharing a cozy January afternoon together at our first event for 2026. 💛

✨ **Happy New Year, Ladies!** ✨ **PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST BEFORE RSVPING** Join us for our **Annual New Year’s Manifestation Dinner**, an evening of **intention, connection, fun, and celebration**as we set the tone for an abundant and fulfilling year ahead. Come ready to **manifest your dreams, share your vision, and step into the energy of 2025 with purpose**. We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner together while playing fun, interactive games designed to spark conversation, laughter, and reflection—because manifesting should be joyful. For those who attended last year, **feel free to bring and continue using your manifestation journal** if you still have it. If you’re new to this event, **any journal you love is perfectly fine**. ✨ Intentional conversation ✨ Fun games, prizes & meaningful prompts ✨ A supportive, uplifting community **Cost:** $15 • Covers manifestation supplies, games, and prizes for the group • Dinner and drinks are **not included** **IMPORTANT RSVP + PAYMENT DETAILS** • When you RSVP, you will automatically be placed on the **Waitlist** • Once your deposit is received, you will be moved from **“Waitlist” to “Going”** • Your spot is not confirmed until payment is received **Venmo:** @ayesharenee (Ayesha Gordon) Space is limited to keep the dinner intimate. Please do not RSVP unless you are ready to submit payment. Let’s eat, laugh, connect, and manifest together ✨

\*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!\* From “one of those special writers capable of delivering both poetry and plot” (The New York Times Book Review) an immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China—perfect for fans of Lisa See’s classics Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient. From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom. But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights. How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? A captivating story of women helping each other, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a triumphant reimagining of the life of one person who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.

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Hi ladies. Let's hike the multi-purpose trail - approximately 4 miles. Meet in the Maple Grove Picnic area.

We'll hike about 2.5 miles on the Scioto Audobon Trail and can extend the distance as the group prefers. Will ask one of the faster regulars to take the front (about 16 minute miles) and I’ll bring up the rear at about 19 minute miles. No one left behind. Those who wish can join for lunch at Nocterra after the hike. Note: There is a $5 gift card on the Nocterra site if you provide your email and birthdate.

Hike approx 4.0 miles at approx. 18 minute mile pace. Meet in front of the Nature Center.