Friendsgiving at the Table
Tuesday, November 24, 2026 | 5:00 PM
Vang Go Bistro · Norfolk, Virginia
$10 to reserve your seat — 100% benefits StandUp for Kids.
Food and beverages are purchased individually.
Great conversations? Those are on us.
This Isn't Your Typical
Dinner Meetup
Walking into a room where you don't know everyone can feel a little awkward.
Forks & Friends was designed so it doesn't have to.
For this special Friendsgiving edition, we're bringing together just 16 adults around one table for a family-style social experience at locally owned Vang Go Bistro.
Come by yourself. Bring a friend. Bring your partner.
We'll take care of creating an atmosphere where conversation flows easily, introductions feel natural, and nobody has to wonder, "Okay... what do we talk about now?"
Great Food + Luscious Libations
+ Zero Awkwardness
Vang Go Bistro brings the incredible menu.
You choose what you'd like to eat and drink.
And we bring the conversation.
Throughout dinner, we'll use our signature Forks & Friends Conversation Starter Cards to get the table talking, laughing, reminiscing, and discovering what we have in common.
Because Some of Our Best People
Are Still Ahead of Us
Families change.
Friendships change.
Kids grow up.
People move.
Life takes unexpected turns.
And after 50, sometimes the people sitting around our table aren't necessarily the people we started life with.
They may be the people we're meeting now.
Friendsgiving is about making a little more room at the table for connection, conversation, laughter, and perhaps a few people you haven't met yet.
That's what The Graytness Collective and The 50+ Insider are working to create.
Not networking. Not forced mingling.
Social health in real life.
$10. One Seat. One Child Supported.
StandUp for Kids
Your $10 reservation fee will be donated to StandUp for Kids, supporting its work serving youth experiencing homelessness and instability.
Your meal and beverages are not included in the reservation fee and will be purchased directly at the restaurant.
So you get to enjoy a beautiful evening — while your seat at the table helps support something bigger.
Only 16 Seats
We're intentionally keeping this gathering small.
Not 50 people circulating around a room. Not name tags and networking.
Sixteen people sharing a table. That's enough people to meet someone new — and intimate enough to have an actual conversation.
Come hungry. Come curious. Come exactly as you are.
We'll save you a seat.
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The gray is intentional. So is the life.
© 2025 Graytness Collective. All rights reserved. graytnesscollective.com
The gray is intentional. So is the life.