Flâner (stroll) into the Radiance Urban Retreat: An Artful Day of Enriching Soulful Renaissance.

On Saturday, November 15, 2025, we invite you to a premium experience in a gorgeous private setting in the heart of San  Francisco. An immersive day fusing inner and outer refinement with elegance and real grounding for an artistic, soulful and connective gathering.  You will be savoring your digital detox and a dopamine renaissance in delicious ways. 

Imagine yourself stepping into...  

...a spacious San Francisco loft with natural light, and a dreamy rooftop terrace,  greeted with the warmth of a smile and the aroma of something exquisite being prepared in the kitchen. You leave your phone behind, and for the first time in a long while, you feel free and fully available to express yourself and live the moment.

Around you, strangers become friends almost instantly. The atmosphere is alive with laughter, curiosity, and a quiet sense of trust. You don’t know exactly what’s coming next, and that’s the beauty of it. There’s a touch of je ne sais quoi, an elegant mystery woven into the day, designed to awaken your soul through your senses,  your body, and your joy.  Feeling it all. 

You savor food crafted with care and flair, move and express yourself in ways that surprise you, and share conversations and experiences that feel both playful, edgy and profound. As the hours unfold, you notice yourself relaxing, softening, and opening,  not through effort, but through witnessing, presence, involvement and interaction.

By evening, as delicious foods are savored, music and dance infuse the space, celebration alivens. 

This day is curated not just as a day-long urban retreat, but as an immersive salon of creative expression, vibrant meaningful connection and elevated living.  It's a boutique quality cultural and growth experience.    A sanctuary where refinement meets the roar of the soul. Where grace and grit dance together.

Intentionally, by design, we do not provide all the surprise details of the day.  #trust

Leave feeling radiant, alive, grounded and deeply connected.

Your Host & Transformational Impresario

Catalyst Curator of Alivefulness™

For over three decades in France, Californian-in-Paris David has designed premium, intimate gatherings that unite food and culture, growth and human connection. Rooted in the arts and his pioneering work in Sensorial Living, he fuses theatrical flair, culinary artistry, and spirited conversation into transformative experiences of embodiment and integration that you feel. 

From private salons to immersive retreats, David’s signature approach—Alivefulness™—elevates the human experience through beauty and art, presence with empowered embodiment, and epicurean delight. 

Now for the first time, David offers his Parisian sensibility to San Francisco, a savant fusion of French refinement, Californian consciousness, and soulful creativity, celebrating the arts, savoring life, and igniting your inner depth, outer expression and connection magnetism.   

"I’ve spent years exploring what it means to live from the heart, to savor life through the senses, and to express the beauty that naturally flows when we return to presence.  Hosting Radiance is my way of offering a living experience of that philosophy and lifestyle, one where you don’t just learn, but feel what it means to thrive through freedom and presence, to savor your ride of life!"

Our DJ

Music that connects

Alex’s aim is to touch people with his high vibrational music.  When music stems from a place of humble, selfless authenticity that is met with the skilful mind and touch of such a talented artist, the palpable results are undeniable, powerful, and universal.  Live audiences love the unparalleled atmosphere he creates. Alex’s connected energy, bright eyes, and humble smile convey that he is not playing to his fans - but for them and with them. 

In this pure and playful spirit of community, listeners are taken on a heart-warming and enjoyable musical journey leaving them smiling wider, and dancing harder. With 75 million online streams per year, Alex's art touches the planet. We're flying him in to exclusively offer us this soulful dance. 

Our Chef

Skilled culinary arts passionate

Chef Asher Thibeault discovered his passion for cooking as a child with his mother and entered the restaurant world at just 14. His dedication led to a role at the Michelin - starred Madcap in San Anselmo, California, before he expanded into consulting and developing food programs throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.  Beyond his skilled culinary artistic expression, he composes and plays music and enjoys exotic quality tea with friends and creative collaborators.

"I believe food is one of the most direct ways to touch the soul. At Radiance, each dish is a love letter created to awaken gratitude, pleasure, and connection through local, fresh and sensory ingredients."

Food Reverance

Food is more than just nourishment — it’s an art form and a pleasure.  Chef Asher Thibeault of Ahava Kitchen, empowered by the team at San Anselmo’s A Fork Full of Earth Organic Catering, celebrate the region’s finest seasonal, organic, and gluten-free ingredients. Our multi-course tasting menu is designed to honour culinary tradition while sparking wonder and delight.

Inspired by Japanese standing bars, this will be a mostly standing dining experience, encouraging lightness in digestion and ease in connecting with more people. Some seating will be available. 

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