Nirr

Nirr Nirr is a small creative project in New York that feels like a nest. It is a Supper & Stories Club. https://substack.com/

12/24/2025

A late upload from what was supposed to be a last minute game night!
It was not a traditional Nirr night, just friends coming in from different boroughs, a cake on the table, and Asmae’s beautifully designed reflection cards finding their way into our hands.
Somewhere between the games and the laughter, we started talking about what we are proud of from 2025 and what we want to carry into 2026.
It felt close to the heart in a way we did not expect.
Sometimes the most meaningful moments arrive unannounced.

We were so happy to have join us for our first Nirr night. Her warmth and openness filled the room in a way that felt n...
12/17/2025

We were so happy to have join us for our first Nirr night. Her warmth and openness filled the room in a way that felt natural and comforting. Long after the evening ended, she sent me a poem she wrote in response to what she felt that night, and it touched my heart. It felt like the night returning to us in words.

People often ask what Nirr is really about. This is it. Creating space for someone to feel something fully and then return with language shaped by care. That kind of gesture is rare and meaningful.

Ella grew up surrounded by art, and that history lives in her voice. I am truly grateful she shared this with us.

The full story is on Nirr’s substack!

Curry Corner never needed a spotlight. The room carries the kind of desi warmth that feels lived in. A quiet hospitality...
12/10/2025

Curry Corner never needed a spotlight. The room carries the kind of desi warmth that feels lived in. A quiet hospitality that settles you before the food even arrives. The team prefers to stay in the background so I’m sharing the place and their creations instead. Their work anchored the first Nirr night with a steady comfort I recognized instantly. This little restaurant on 30th Avenue feels like a pause in the noise of the city.

Full story on Substack.

Nirr is its own kind of night. Not a traditional supper. Not an open mic or stories club. A small home gathering that bu...
12/07/2025

Nirr is its own kind of night. Not a traditional supper. Not an open mic or stories club. A small home gathering that builds a nest for one night through thoughtful food, art, memory, and conversation. Each event is intentional and shaped by what feels missing in our little community. The themes shift, but the experience stays steady. A curated evening. A warm room. A place to slow down and feel connected for a moment.

There is something rare about bread made with real intention, and Éléonore’s baguettes carried that quiet depth. As I le...
12/07/2025

There is something rare about bread made with real intention, and Éléonore’s baguettes carried that quiet depth. As I learned more about her for this piece, I found myself returning to the videos of her baking with her babies in the background, their small sounds drifting through the room while she shaped each loaf. The image stayed with me. It captured who she is: a woman building something of her own with steady hands while holding an entire world of tenderness at the same time. The Nirr table felt different because of her bread. I study every maker when I write about them, but something about her story lingered long after I closed my laptop.

We promise this isn’t Rachel’s trifle that tastes like feet 😅In the spirit of the weekend, I wanted to share something s...
12/06/2025

We promise this isn’t Rachel’s trifle that tastes like feet 😅

In the spirit of the weekend, I wanted to share something softer. This is the trifle I made for the November Nirr night. I had a whole different recipe planned until I tasted the persimmon cake from Cammie, and everything changed. I adjusted the layers so her cake could shine. I captured both versions here, but if you’re in New York, I’d highly recommend getting the persimmon cake from .nyc!

We are only a few days into December, and before sharing the next Nirr date, it felt right to pause and thank the makers...
12/05/2025

We are only a few days into December, and before sharing the next Nirr date, it felt right to pause and thank the makers who shaped the very first night. A nest is never built by one pair of hands. It grows because many people bring something of their own to it, and these creators brought the early pieces that made the evening come alive.

People say it takes a village. For one small night, it took a neighborhood. And Astoria showed up beautifully.

Our community is filled with small makers who deserve to be known. Here are the ones who helped build the beginning of Nirr and where you can find them:
, .nyc, on 30th Ave, First Cup Cafe on 36th Ave, and of course by Tia.

Grateful for every hand that helped build the earliest shape of Nirr. You can read their stories on our Substack.

Tagging the neighborhood pages and the creators who give this community its heart ♥️

11/29/2025

What began as a simple idea for a Thanksgiving dinner unfolded into a night that grew larger than the table itself. A quiet thought for a supper and stories club gathered momentum almost immediately. With one call people from different corners stepped in. Several Astoria partners brought their craft and their warmth. Others arrived carrying their own stories. And somewhere along the way strangers began to soften into each other until the room felt like a small community forming right in front of us.

It came together quickly.
It expanded even quicker.
And it held a kind of human warmth that felt real and rare.

This first Nirr Night became what it was because so many people offered a piece of themselves. Their time. Their presence. Their generosity. That is what made the night feel alive.

Meet Teresa (AKA Cammie)!The woman who held the dessert course of our very first Nirr Night.Her persimmon spiced cake be...
11/28/2025

Meet Teresa (AKA Cammie)!

The woman who held the dessert course of our very first Nirr Night.

Her persimmon spiced cake became the quiet star of the table. I even adjusted my own trifle recipe so her base could shine, and it did. Guests kept talking about it long after the plates were cleared. It softened the night. It held the flavors together. It closed the evening with this gentle autumn sweetness that stayed with everyone.
But it was her presence that moved the room just as much as her baking. Teresa walked in bright and bubbly and warm. She brought color. She brought joy. She brought a spirit that made strangers feel at ease. She gave the first Nirr Night exactly the kind of life I hoped these gatherings would hold.

Her story is shaped by memory and migration and the quiet strength of the women who raised her. Her micro bakery, Cammie’s, carries her Vietnamese American heritage in every recipe. Even the name Cammie comes from her Vietnamese name Nam Cầm, a family nickname she turned into a bridge between her roots and her craft.
There is so much more to her story.

And it is worth reading slowly.

The full piece is now on Substack.

Introducing the people who hold pieces of this space:Meet . She has been in my life since our Louisiana days when we wer...
11/22/2025

Introducing the people who hold pieces of this space:

Meet . She has been in my life since our Louisiana days when we were both running around trying to make sense of who we were. She is also the mind behind , the world she and her mom shaped together. Their work carries a quiet warmth that feels like it belongs inside Nirr. It is gentle without being fragile and rooted without feeling heavy. It lets color and memory tell their own stories. Maybe that is why our paths keep circling back to each other. What she creates through Rongin and what I am building through Nirr feel connected, as if both ideas were shaped by two girls who grew up between places and learned to make that space meaningful.

Tia is one of those rare women who carries a whole world inside her. She dances, she designs, she builds, and she sees color with an intuition that feels almost spiritual. Through Rongin, she and her mom bring her mother’s paintings to life as wearable art and pieces for the home. Their work holds a balance of softness and strength, earth and light, calm and a touch of wild. These pieces are meant to be lived with, not just worn. They carry a rhythm that moves between quiet and intensity without losing its center. You will see it at Nirr in the way their colors and textures shift the room.

I cannot wait for you to see what she brings to this Nirr night. She has this birdlike way of carrying color and warmth into a room as if she is quietly building a nest out of whatever she touches. I hope you love her work as much as I do.

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