Sip N Bloom Founder Moving To NY — But Not Saying Bye To NL
From his first basic floral-arranging party on a North Loop rooftop in 2019 (“I was so nervous,” he said) to glamorous events in New York’s House of Dior just a few years later, David Kisan has been on a meteoric rise with the company he founded here, Sip N Bloom.
He took a simple concept–giving groups something fun and creative to do together–and did it so well, he booked somewhere between 150 and 200 events last year.
Now, he’s expanding the New York part of his business at LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) and actually moving to the Big Apple where his husband, Danny Currier, just started a new job. But he wants everyone to know, he’s not saying goodbye to North Loop.
“Nothing’s changing about us operating here,” he said. “I’m flying here regularly, going to be commuting into the Twin Cities to teach. I have a great partnership with the Hewing Hotel, so I’m gonna be still ‘North Loop guy,’ whether or not it’s my address. North Loop is now part of my blood, part of who I am. But we also have a team of designers who are gonna continue to build our programming in the Twin Cities, as we’re also building out in New York as well.”
It all started when David was attending his first Crayfest celebration at Smack Shack in the North Loop in 2019. He met a woman named Brenda who asked what type of work he wanted to do. David, a “third generation florist,” said he knew his future would be in the floral industry, but he didn’t want to run a shop.
Long story short, Brenda invited some of her friends to that first floral arranging/wine sipping party at the Else Warehouse rooftop. One of the friends in attendance was the GM of a North Loop taproom, who then invited David to hold a workshop there. Before he knew it, he was making connections with breweries throughout the metro.
“I think, in a way, everything kind of happens in North Loop,” David said. “Like, we’re all extended, right? We all do things outside of here, but I think this is sort of the crucible of the larger community, because we all kind of come here in celebration, we also come here to sell our wares. It’s the center of everything. It’s the heartbeat of the whole town.”
By Mike Binkley, North Loop volunteer