We just wanted to cowork past 5pm. Turns out the entire city did too :) @samanthaaouyang and I first crossed paths in Turkey earlier this year. In April, we reconnected at a women founders’ event and nerded out for hours about café culture, cities that sleep too early, and what it would take to build something different this summer. Two days later, we had a full Notion doc and a dream for a late-night popup called Elsewhere. A third space that would be a little less lonely than working from home, but a little more magical than your usual café. When @elsewhere_today launched on July 16th, we got way more inbound than expected: 100K+ views in 24 hours and 700+ new followers from almost nothing. Still, the real test: would SF actually show up? 400+ people bought in. During our first pop-up last Thursday, we had a line out of the door before 7pm. We served hojicha lattes, blue Thai tea, crepe cakes, fruit tarts, coconut macarons, and, of course, endless matcha. People brought their laptops and stayed there working until 11pm on passion projects. Someone even paid in USDC on Solana! (other chains tap in 👀) At first, some skeptics on X were quick to dismiss “just another late-night café attempt.” But honestly, if we were able to make SF even 1% more alive that night, I think that’s beautiful :) Huge thanks to the best team in the world: Sam, Akshaya (@akshayadinesh19), and Daniel (@Bluezmango123). Thank you to Fayeeza and the Entrepreneurs First team (@join_ef) for an incredible venue. And much love to Jade and Homeroom for an amazing collab! Let us know what other cities to stop by! Stay tuned for more from Elsewhere ❤️