Daria A. Meyer

07/17/2026

It was one of those moments when you’re saying long goodbyes at the subway station and, by the way, let’s make an event together. And the next thing I know is that I’m hosting the Salon in one of the most beautiful and authentic restaurants in West Village, that I have I have 105 RSVPs, and the waiting list, and that I won’t be able to host that many people, thank God, only third has shown up.

And a year later, everyone is a family.

People often ask me what the format of the event is. And if I were to break it down technically, it’ll look like a networking event for a bunch of sexy and eclectic weirdos.

However, little will feel like this description in real life.

I’ve been observing my own event from two sides: from the point of an organizer and from the point of an outside observer.

Nerveus at first, I thought it would pass as the event grew and gained momentum.

I did not.

After one year of a successful series of Salons, I’m still godddamn nerveus every goddamn time. Will I have enough people? Will it rain? Who’s gonna come? Is it entertaining enough?

The event felt fragile in the beginning, I did my damndest to encourage people to relax and talk about things that matter, skipping the small talk, I tried hard to create the most welcoming atmosphere, making sure no one is left without me greeting them, and no one wandered feeling lost. Here, let me introduce you to Robert/Julia/Axel.

The turning point was when I got my first public acknowledgment and when someone asked me for the first time: “When is your next Salon?” followed by: “Why aren’t you charging people?!”

When the venue initiated scheduling our next event.
Yesterday all I had to do was to check people in and say : “You know the drill”. With a confident smile on their face, they would go and enjoy the night.

Yes, from the first event, the crowd grew by 30%, but the quality increased by way more. Salon evolves. And it’s an intimate process visible to the perceptive ones. It is as intimate and vulnerable as being with one person and nurturing each other’s internal changes versus jumping from lover to lover, craving easy novelty.

What’s next? How can I make it better?

06/03/2026

Hey beautiful people, I’d love to invite t oa 5th edition of Salon Creatives: interractive gathering for working creatives of New York.

June 11th, 6:30 pm,
West Village

We keep building a home base for creatives, where you don’t have to network, but you connect and find friends and collaborators in an easy and fun way. And the place is gorgeous!

Just the way we love it.

Who’s the crowd:
filmmakers, poets, musicians, actors, directors, producers, artists, community builders: sexy and fun people you just can’t get enough of.

It is a community, and it gets stronger.

Dress up and come by, the weather is just right.

Salon Creatives is an unprofessional gathering for working creatives in New York City. DRESS CODE is mandatory, no jokes. It’s a home base for those, who are…

06/01/2026

Link in bio for RSVP

05/24/2026

Reading my poetry this Thursday, come by!

05/24/2026

Dancing with reality is like walking to the dance floor with patten no never danced before and you figure out every move in a spot. That’s what Life is about.

When you stop waking up with HOPE that everything is going to alright, but, instead, you wake up with CONFIDENCE that YOU’re going to make it great: that’s when you start creating.

Confidence based on sense of grounded knowledge, experience, and realistic expectations, all of mixed with gratitude and optimism and LOVE for life: that what gives you fuel to keep moving.

Keep dancing and make it sexy: that what matters.

Bang bang!

05/24/2026

I had my first speaking engagement at .nyc

The main question was (paraphrasing) what the hell is happening with the communities this day? And why on earth people don’t show up?

But I would like to ask this: what does it take to show up? And more that that: what does it take to keep showing up?

Ability to commit: everyone is in soft-commitment mode.
Vulnerability: you don’t know how it would be over there where you’re going, it might be disappointing. And how do we react on the disappointment these days? That’s right, being disappointed hurts, and we can’t take it.

You know who can’t deal with pain? Children.

To change the experience takes initiative, it requires taking responsibility for your experience, but most of the people wait for “someone else” to make it right for them.

Sounds familiar?

And what makes it worse, is that the city can offer so much, that it is easier to move to something else rather than invest and make change.

And I get it. Why bother?

Luck of strong leadership is another problem.
I went to the filmmakers event and wanted to introduce myself to the organizer: express my gratitude and pleasure to be at the same community week program.

The person didn’t bother to move an inch towards my direction, nor he stoop up to shake my hand, and all he said was how he likes sitting in the corner and do nothing.

And what a radical change in behavior I saw a few minutes later when he jumped from his seat to greet a friend of mine he knew: and how confused he looked when this “important” friend of mine introduced me.

It’s hard to come back to a place like this.

To build a community take time, collective effort, and lots of love.

We all live for the first time, I’m trying to build my community of people who treat their creativity as vital part of existence, and who care about others likeminded people.

I will personally greet everyone who comes to my events, I’ll make sure, you feel welcomed, I’ll do my best to introduce you to at least one person.

The rest is in you, your contribution is to have a great time.

Salon Creatives Vol. V is happening on June 11th, 6:30 pm, WV.

It’s free. Link in bio.

05/04/2026

I’m so proud that is happening for the 4th time!
Can’t wait to see my guests.


LINK in bio for rsvp (free, for now)

This event is part of Community Week NYC (May 9-17, 2026) - a citywide celebration of social connection. Explore all events so you can find your people at www.communityweek.nyc/

This is not a networking event.

It’s a salon. There’s a difference — and if you’ve been to one, you already know. Once a month, a handpicked group of working creatives gathers at Egyptian Riviera to talk about things that actually matter. Real conversations. The kind that start at the wine glass and end somewhere you didn’t expect.

Genuine friendships. The kind that form when the right people stop performing and start being interesting. We are building a home base for the creative life in New York City.

This is Vol. IV. The room keeps getting better.

DRESS CODE: May you look fabulous!
Wear THAT dress and THOSE pants. And that necklace. And that tie.

No jerseys. No baseball hats. No yoga pants. No t-shirts. No sportswear. Let your ALO rest at home this time. Seriously.

04/21/2026

The mood of the day: Cold Spring.
My Alternative Dictionary is based on associations and imagery.