and it was a fine blast! full of white tie, black tie, glitter, evening dress, suit, lace hankies, tie pins, hats, make up, wigs, moustaches and beards, heels and boots and patent, fabulous hairdos and masks, braces and belts and specs and sparking cupcakes and a lot of beverage; with alcohol and not, equally divine!
the winterball was inspired by the glamour of hollywood and the grace of the ballroom dancing, combining swing time and latino classics...
the drinks were inspired by the dances and hollywood divas...
the combination worked and made sense and it was beautiful, tasty and sexy!
i left the design after briefing and conversing to the magic of DHD design and went off to devise the menus, which, this time, included a respectable list of non alcoholic cocktails, as a. i knew a couple of folk were not drinking/ detoxing and b. it is important to consider the non drinkers and create something with imagination and healthy juice...
white and dark rum were the chachacha and rumba, the tequila was the paso doble, i'm in love with this dance; passionate and sexy and so rigorous, which i mixed with butterscotch schnapps, the bourbon became the bossa nova and the gin and vodka, jive and foxtrot!
fun... and it continues...
mary pickford, shirley temple, lucille ball and julie andrews graced the non alcoholic mixes with juices, ginger ale, grenadine, cherries, mint, elderflower and camomile tea and ginger rogers was my detox delight with ginger, beetroot and carrot... spicy and veggie virgin mary was chiling nicely in the jug...
a massive bowl of prohibition punch was scooped up quickly enough and the classics, always featured on my list, were not overlooked either: the chocolate manhattan with a dash of mozart chocolate liqueur was exquisite and the marmalade old fashioned still very popular among the bourbon lovers! there were classic ,martinis flying around too and andre could not help, but improvise with a good variation of a gin daiquiri!
the music was flowing and increasing in tempo, which totally facilitated the performance behind the deli counter cum bar, which was busy till its very end with a persistent massive queue!
i was totally proud of my team, beautiful, committed and professional young people, who seemed to be enjoying what they were doing, with loyalty and efficiency! learning from past mistakes is always good...
and of course the emporium was immensely helpful, from carrying stuff, to storing stuff and loving the whole affair! again, one has got to kiss plenty of frogs to find their prince, get it?
all good, onwards and upwards, i continue better and tighter each time...
happy new year, thank you all for coming and/ or following this and watch this space for the age of aquarius next!
big love, huge shout to this party's contributors: doug, hildy, andre, holly, luis, emelia, sez, suheyla, holly and wes.
stav B.
additional photo by sez
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