Savor. A Sweet Life Dinner
For Black women who are done asking to belong. August 22, 2026 · Columbia, MD · Cap: 14 Women
The Experience
Savor is one evening, hosted by Rakita Lillard-Brown, Founder and CEO of Holistree LLC and a decade-long curator of luxury experiences for Black women across four continents.
This isn't about the tablescape or the venue. Any room can look beautiful. What makes a Sweet Life Experience is the energy set in it and the intention behind every choice and that's what this evening actually hands you. It's a room built on one belief: Black women belong in luxury spaces as a matter of course, not an exception. Everyone at this table shares the same evening, the same room, the same intention.
WHO THIS IS FOR
The woman who wants a night to just be in a room built with real intention
The woman who wants to feel what it is to sit inside luxury as the standard, not the occasional treat
The woman who's craving community and wants to exhale for an evening
WHO THIS ISN'T FOR
Anyone looking for a passive dinner out with no real presence required this evening asks you to actually be in the room, not just attend it
THE EVENING
6:45 -7:00 - Arrival Seated dinner, no agenda yet. This is the room warming up.
7:00 - 7:25 - The One Thing That Matters Most A tight, focused conversation on what it means for Black women to hold luxury as the norm — the energy and intention that make a room feel like this, not just look like this.
7:25 - 8:15 -The Guided Practice Over the meal, Rakita walks the whole table through a shared guided practice in presence and intention — no notes, no pens required.
8:15 - 8:45 - Share-Back A few women share what came up for them. This is where the room does its own teaching.
8:45 - 9:00 - Close You leave with the feeling still in your body, and a keepsake to carry it home.
You’ll leave with
A felt sense of what a Sweet Life Experience actually is - the energy and intention it's built on, not just the aesthetic
A tangible keepsake to savor the room's energy long after the night ends
An open invitation, whatever brought you to the table
Dress Code
Dress in luxury. Dress in status. Wear whatever makes you feel beautiful. Photo and video may be taken throughout the evening to capture the Sweet moment.
Investment - $197 per seat
Includes: A three-course dinner in the private wine room at Black Wall Hitch (Columbia, MD), tea, wine, and soda throughout the evening (2-glass minimum of wine), and a keepsake to take home.
Meet Your Host
Rakita Lillard-Brown (Founder of Holistree)
Founder and CEO of Holistree LLC, a retreat curator and wellness practitioner who has spent a decade building luxury retreat experiences for Black women across continents from Puerto Rico, Grenada, Portugal, Madeira, Antigua, Morocco, and Curaçao, to domestic retreats in California, New Orleans, Martha's Vineyard, and Washington DC. Her gatherings have ranged from intimate rooms of 5 to full experiences of 80+, giving her a working understanding of what it actually takes to hold a room well at any size.
Rakita isn't teaching theory. Everything she brings to this table comes from what she's actually built, broken, and rebuilt across ten years of curating rooms that hold Black women well.
FROM RAKITA
I've seen what happens when a room is held beautifully. And I've seen what happens when it isn't.
Ten years in, I've watched what it does to a woman to finally sit in a room where luxury isn't rationed out to her where it's just the standard, no explanation required. That's the room I want to build tonight.
Come sit with me.
Rakita, your Sweet Life Maven
Your Questions, Answered
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A three-course dinner in the private wine room at Black Wall Hitch (Columbia, MD), tea, wine, and soda throughout the evening, and a keepsake to take home.
What's included to drink? Tea, wine, and soda are included in your seat, with a 2-glass minimum of wine. Any other alcoholic beverages are available at your own cost.
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Yes. After you register, you'll fill out a short form so we can plan the menu around your needs in advance.
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No. This is a Sweet Life Experience an evening of presence and community. If it leaves you curious about building spaces like this, there's an open door for that conversation afterward.
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Dress in luxury, dress in what makes you feel beautiful. Photo and video may be taken to capture the evening.
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This ticket is non-refundable due to the costs we incur to hold your seat, but you're welcome to transfer it to someone else.
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14, to keep the evening intimate.
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Yes. Savor is built specifically to hold Black women in a room made for us, without dilution or explanation.
Got a question about the evening? Reach out anytime at info@holistree.com.