It’s Happy Hour Somewhere
Thursday night, Mark Addison and Assouline celebrated the launch of their latest collaboration, Cocktail Chameleon. Mark Addison is an award-winning designer and producer who used his talents to create twelve cocktails in twelve unique variations for 144 signature takes on the classics.
“It’s called entertaining for a reason; You get to have fun while you do it” -Mark Addison
Location: 40 Bowden Square, Southampton, NY 11968
Cuisine: Mexican
Best Dish: Robalo Rayados (Striped Bass) Enchilada is not your typical enchilada. Union Cantina serves it up as a deconstructed style with a few layers of the soft enchilada mixed with a crispy tostada style shell and flavors including queso blanco cheese, cucumber, avocado and their house enchilada sauce, which make this decadent dish worth biting into and saving all your room.
Lovage is a swanky upscale lounge, with a fun laid back approach to nightlife. Located at 350 West 40th Street, just above Magnolia Restaurant, the lounge is just a few steps from the dazzling lights of Time Square on the 37th floor. Upon entry prepare yourself for the spectacle of the 17-foot floor to ceiling windows exposing the glorious New York skyline, On a clear night, you can see just almost all of New York’s most iconic structures, including lady liberty.
On March 16th, we had the rewarding experience of attending the DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS – Cocktails by Design Preview Party at Pier 92 on the Hudson River in New York City. This is the 20th Anniversary of Dining by Design, the largest event on the DIFFA calendar. DIFFA invited local and international designers to transform a raw space into a showcase of over-the-top dining environments. Designers adorn walls tents, lighting wires, and more showcase the unique dining visions this is so much more setting a pretty table. Co-located with the Architectural Digest Design Show at Pier 94, DIFFA’s signature event gathers industry insiders, design enthusiasts, and active donors to Pier 92 in New York City to fundraise for a very worthy cause. It is a 5-day exhibition held from March 16-20, and more than 2,000 attendees are expected.
After 30 years of hard work, Bulleit hosted the official ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of their new distillery in Shelbyville, Ky – one of the largest built in decades. The distillery, which recently started producing Bulleit Bourbon, is state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly, efficient and will further Bulleit’s legacy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
New York State is home to some of the most distinctive and fine spirits around. A lot of those brands are a part of the New York State Distillers Guild, an association established in 2013, which now has more than 60 members across this wonderful state. Luckily for us spirit consumers, the association has put together a new website, NYDISTILLED.COM. The new website will host information about craft spirits and their production, in addition to how they are made, tasting guides, history of distilleries in New York State, and so much more.
One of the highlights of our social calendar is the Sun Wine Fest, an annual celebration of wine and spirits. This Mohegan Sun hosted event, showcases adult beverages from all over the country. This year’s festival marked the first year of its rebranding as The Sun Wine and Food Fest. The celebration included more vendors than years past as well as a focus on food and the art of cooking. The festival is broken down into an action packed weekend of demonstrations, parties, and tastings. This year we attended the Saturday Grand Tasting as well as Sunday Brunch with Chef Mario Batali. The celebrated Batali was but one of several celebrity chefs in attendance. Aaron Sanchez, Rocco DiSpirito, Michelle Ragussis, and Roble Ali were also on hand providing demos and mixing in the hordes of foodies and beverage connoisseurs.
Last night, stars Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Munn, Jason Bateman, T. J Miller and Courtney B. Vance, as well as directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck attended The Cinema Society’s premiere and after-party of Office Christmas Party presented by SVEDKA Vodka. The film’s stars were joined by cast members Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, and producers Scott Stuber, Guymon Casady and Daniel Rappaport. Other notables that joined in on the holiday festivities included Molly Sims, Actors Norman Reedus, Nick Kroll, Pauly Shore and Will Kopelman, Actresses Kathy Najimy, Dana Delaney and Danielle Brooks, Designers Jenna Lyons and Reed Krakoff and TV Personality Carson Kressley.