The “real world lunch” part of that particularly resonates with me. We’re all busy, and it’s pretty easy to hang out with only people we already know, or people who we’re pretty sure we’ll like (similar interests, views, whatever). I think lunch is a great time to meet new people, have good conversations, and if things don’t work out, there’s a pretty fixed end time.

On that note, I recently created a website to help match people up with other nearby people who also want to have good conversations. Nobody has signed up from the island yet, but maybe you can put out the good word and see what kind of lunches happen? The site is: http://www.noonhat.com

Take care,
-Brian