The 10th anniversary Big Pig Gig at Henrietta’s Table was a huge success, and full of surprises. My favorite was the amazing moveable chicken coop - complete with live chickens demonstrating it’s convenience right outside the Regattabar. Congratulations to our friends at The Farm School for their amazing work.
The South End was alive tonight as the Boston Center for the Arts put on it’s “Unexpected” bash. Joyce Kulhawik, an ethereal acrobat and a mesmerizing fire juggler added up to an unfogettable experience.
Salut Daniel . . . DBGB came alive last night, great party and very exciting to see it all coming together!
This promises to be a new downtown destination for all times of day . . . a fun, relaxed and relevant experience for everyone to enjoy! I finally got to meet Marcel . . . and was treated to a sweet souflé . . . can’t wait to come back and make our way through the menu. With such a cute welcome reception you’re certainly good to go!
Congrats to you and the whole team.
I’ve known and admired Adam’s work for years but it wasn’t until recently when I asked him to submit work for a presentation/panel discussion that I was putting together that I was again blown away by his poetic take on the world, bold use of color and the dreamlike quality of his illustrations . . . check it out at http://www.adamncompany.com.
Congrats to David Ashen d-Ash Design (www.davidashendesign.com) for his inspired interiors for Urban Farmer. From Library to Pantry to Banquet, the space is alive with an authentic/honest vibe. Playful texture and use of materials add up to an uber warm and comfortable aesthetic . . . I could drink Stumptown there for days on end!
A quick flight out to Portland was de rigueur, especially when Sage Restaurant Group has recently opened DEPARTURE Restaurant and Bar and soon to unveil THE ORIGINAL, A Dinerant, (both Korn Design projects). Bravo to Jeff Kovel, Skylab for his radically beautiful and dreamlike interiors that literally float over the city. An intimate preview party at The Original was host to an ecclectic, as only Portland can be, group of local artists, activists and musicians. Officially opening later this month, we did tastings off the menu and got the bartenders rolling . . . THE ORIGINAL promises to be a fun and lively place embraced by all.
It was “a perfect celebratory storm” when our esteemed client Daniel Boulud was awarded Best Service for his epynomous Restaurant Daniel. We are just weeks out from the opening of DBGB Restaurant and Bar a new Daniel Boulud project that we are working on to open early June on The Bowery in lower manhattan.
Completely shocked with the announcement we soaked it all in, in a daze . . . The James Beard Awards Gala at Lincoln Center was covered with Boston award-winning chefs and foodies . . . Jody Adams was one of this year’s celebrated women chefs cooking at the affair, we toasted together after the awards, she simply rocks!
I was truly touched to make the trip back to my high school alma mater Lawrence Academy to receive this special award for my program Youth Design and work with inner city kids. It was especially great to visit with teachers who inspired me and taught me how to love learning as an adolescent. Mr Moose Meese joined us for lunch and then I did a surprise cameo appearance into his classroom. Lucky me they were just starting to read Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises . . . nobody teaches Hemingway like Moose!
THE GREATER GOOD AWARD
Established in 2005, the award salutes those who have demonstrated an understanding of their responsibility to use their education for the greater good of humanity. The Greater Good Award is supported by The Lawrence Academy Endowment Fund for Service, Social Justice, and Global Awareness, a fund created by members of the Dunn family. Lawrence Academy’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society presents the Greater Good Award each year to one student and one alumnus.
This year’s annual gala in honor of The Boston Ballet was an amazing evening of celebration and coming together to support one of Boston’s true global treasures. The affair tipped it’s hat back to traditional Viennese formality contrasted with a forward and ultra-relevant and racy piece, performed by BB core dancers, on a black platform stage that seemed to levitate above the seated crowd, with hand-strung chandeliers by Boston Ballet’s own genious in Ben Phillips the room looked stunning. Great evening all around!
Johnny Cupcakes filled the MassArt auditorium this week for a talk about life as a 26 year old creative entrepreneur and to support YOUTH DESIGN. His talk had soul, was relevant and brought together a new community around Youth Design! The synergies with Johnny’s presentation and the mission of Youth Design were even stronger than I had imagined: mantras of work hard, follow your passions, stay focused, learn from others, and don’t be afraid to take risks . . . simply perfect.