The Six-Figure Rule That Built a 7-Figure Business with Amber Mayfield Hewett

The New York Times called your Central Park picnic that you had to celebrate Black life and leisure.

Leisure for Black women is still politically loaded in this country.

And you've made it your whole thing.

So what was that day about for you? And I guess what shifted after that picnic and within, I guess, the way that you present your business and the way that you go about

Yeah, I think, you know, for me, it's always been about joy and having places where you're not just feeling safe, but you can be joyful, you can laugh out loud, you can be curious about things.

And I didn't feel like, you know, working in events, working in hospitality for very many years, that there was always these like fine dining experiences that made us feel welcomed.

And so I wanted to create one.

And I think I just carried that energy from to be hosted to how I live and host my friends, like going out of my way to make them feel comfortable and cater to as a stance for like, you deserve this.

You deserve to be hosted.

You deserve to be lounging in the park unbothered.

You know, gathering at home, playing the music at the volume that you want to, you know, really just having a focus on joy that is unadulterated by the rest of the world is like what I think is interesting about events and gathering and parties and such.

Yeah, I love that emphasis on joy because I think sometimes some people find hosting very daunting and, you know, very tiring and tedious.

I have some friends who are like, I don't want anybody in my house.

I don't want to have to do this.

Because it brings a lot of anxiety for some people.

And then there are some people who do have the anxiety, but they do want to host.

So how do you feel you bring joy into hosting small gatherings, large gatherings, things that have, like, a lot of moving parts?

Yes.

Well, I think, first of all, social media completely ruined how we host.

Ooh.

You

know what? But I would think that it made it more of a thing because now people are seeing tablescapes and charcuterie boards and things like that where they weren't, you know, previously.

Yes.

So I think we've got a little bit of exposure and curiosity that comes from social media.

But we also have a lot of pressure and positioning for hosting that turns it into things that it doesn't have to be.

The New York Times called your Central Park picnic that you had to celebrate Black life and leisure.

Leisure for Black women is still politically loaded in this country.

And you've made it your whole thing.

So what was that day about for you? And I guess what shifted after that picnic and within, I guess, the way that you present your business and the way that you go about

Yeah, I think, you know, for me, it's always been about joy and having places where you're not just feeling safe, but you can be joyful, you can laugh out loud, you can be curious about things.

And I didn't feel like, you know, working in events, working in hospitality for very many years, that there was always these like fine dining experiences that made us feel welcomed.

And so I wanted to create one.

And I think I just carried that energy from to be hosted to how I live and host my friends, like going out of my way to make them feel comfortable and cater to as a stance for like, you deserve this.

You deserve to be hosted.

You deserve to be lounging in the park unbothered.

You know, gathering at home, playing the music at the volume that you want to, you know, really just having a focus on joy that is unadulterated by the rest of the world is like what I think is interesting about events and gathering and parties and such.

Yeah, I love that emphasis on joy because I think sometimes some people find hosting very daunting and, you know, very tiring and tedious.

I have some friends who are like, I don't want anybody in my house.

I don't want to have to do this.

Because it brings a lot of anxiety for some people.

And then there are some people who do have the anxiety, but they do want to host.

So how do you feel you bring joy into hosting small gatherings, large gatherings, things that have, like, a lot of moving parts?

Yes.

Well, I think, first of all, social media completely ruined how we host.

Ooh.

You

know what? But I would think that it made it more of a thing because now people are seeing tablescapes and charcuterie boards and things like that where they weren't, you know, previously.

Yes.

So I think we've got a little bit of exposure and curiosity that comes from social media.

But we also have a lot of pressure and positioning for hosting that turns it into things that it doesn't have to be.