Kaleidoscope
You’re not broken, you’re becoming
a cocktail lounge ritual
reinvention, connection, and delight
Sat. August 23 | 7:30 PM | Gaithersburg (near Rio)
*This is a free “prototype” session limited to 20 participants
Waiting list will get priority booking for the first full event!
For the badass goddesses who
crave something special
Elixir is more than just a fun night out—it’s a gentle invitation. A space where beauty meets meaning, and connection happens with ease. Think cocktail lounge with heart, ritual gathering with a wink.
🍸 Curated cocktails + elevated mocktails
🍇 Seasonal bites & sweet/savory boards
💬 Conversation starters & creative prompts
🎨 A hands-on ritual (yes, you’ll make something)
🛍 A quirky marketplace with treasures to take home
✨ A few surprises we’re not telling you about
What’s in the Mix:
Meet your
Hostess
Manya Dotson is a writer, creative strategist, and experience alchemist who curates gatherings that shimmer with intimacy, mischief, and awe.
With a background in anthropology and social marketing—and nearly two decades living and working across African and Asian countries—she’s a lifelong student of ritual, adornment, and the ways beauty binds us. A maker at heart, Manya delights in crafting not just cocktails, but moments: layered, luminous, and a little bit wild.
She’s here to welcome you to Elixir: part salon, part spell, all heart. (And a little trouble!)
The Grimoire
Not everything I make behaves itself. The Grimoire is where I keep the beautiful trouble—poems that taste of midnight, spells that smirk with secrets, sketches from my oracle decks, and chapters that escaped my memoir and refuse to return quietly. This is where things live before they are fully shaped into artifacts of insight and awe—raw magic, caught in the act of becoming. Think of it as an alchemist’s junk drawer, if the junk was wonder, mischief, and a little too much truth. Open at your own risk.