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Adamant About Being on Top

This past weekend I joined friends for the 30th birthday of one of my friends, Aysel. Aysel upon first meeting could be considered an Eastern European or Mediterranean Charlotte York (of SATC fame). Exactly she’s Azerbaijani; today Azerbaijan, which represents one of the largest countries around the Caspian sea region (aside from Russia) resulting from the USSR dissolve in 1991. She has a very straight forward, no-nonsense toughness with a slight air of family royalty, and overall engaging to have as company.

We entertained dinner with her gracious family and friends at Serafina; some whom came up from Miami. The wine and hospitality overwhelmed the dinner. Although it was a quick night for me, we later had the roof top overlooking Times Square, of the Dream Hotel for an after party and I washed down a square of birthday cake with some Perrier-Jouët.

Happy Birthday Aysel!

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APT Supper Club and Superchumbo

Over the weekend I celebrated yet again, another year of life. Living out in NYC, increasingly I hear less and less from the friends I was close to in CA and more from those in close proximity. This is only natural as people grow closer to those they frequently hang around with (despite all my social network comments and wall posts) and unless you proactive try to keep up with your distant friends, that friendship will eventually also grow distant.

Last year was a typical gather the boys n girls, warm up at the house, head out to a few bars and toast. However, this year I wanted to turn it up to 11. We org’d another house party and this time threw together a last minute theme of “APT Supper Club”. If you’re not familiar with Supper Clubs then you probably haven’t been around since before the 30’s or you just aren’t aware of the smoldering craze for exclusive supper dinners in remote, private or secret venues featuring top chefs with multi-course gourmet meals. With some diligent research you can find one in your area with a web presence (the Austin, Texas–based Supper Underground (supperunderground.com), Seattle-based Caché (cacheseattle.com), and Ghetto Gourmet, with mailing lists in 13 cities (theghet.com)

Our menu for the evening was:
Snacks: 7 Spiced Nuts
Start: Baked Brie with Apricots and Almonds
1st Course: Hearts of Palm with Prosciutto salad
Main Course: Sweet n Spicy Sausage & Ham Stromboli
Desert: Port-Poached Pears and of course my Milk Hotter than Alessandra Ambrosio Birthday” cake.
Cocktail: Purple Panties, along with full top shelf bar

Music: DJ selection from Austin Vegas

After the party we took it out to Pacha and the side club Pachita. Here’s some pics from both:

Pachita Party
Tom Stephan aka Superchumbo at Pacha

Thanks Randy and Riza for the VIP hook ups at all three levels. Great time!!!!

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Winter Supper Club at my APT

So over the weekend I celebrated yet again, another birth. Living out in NYC, increasingly I hear less and less from the friends I was close to and more from those in close proximity. It’s a matter of attention deficit I understand, but I do appreciate those that had a shout out.

We threw another house party and this time around, I wanted to dress it up. I put together a last minute theme of APT Supper Club. If you’re not familiar with Supper Clubs then you probably haven’t been around since before the 30’s or you just aren’t aware of the smoldering craze for exclusive supper

Menu for the evening:
Snacks: Spiced Nuts
Start: Baked Brie with Apricots and Almonds
1st Course: Hearts of Palm with Prosciutto salad
Main Course: Sweet n Spiced Sausage Stromboli
Desert: Port-Poached Pears and of course my Hot Milk Birthday cake.
Cocktail: Purple Panties, along with full top shelf bar

Music: DJ selection from Austin Vegas (full mix to come)

Thanks all for coming out for the dinner. Per usual we went through all the alcohol, and leaving only the Natty light that someone brought. Somehow we gathered 15 people to grab cabs and all converge on Pacha around the same time to go to either the Massi party at Pachita or the SuperChumbo party in the main room. Thank you Riza for the VIP in one, thank you Randy for another and thank you Chris for the last. Cheers and great times!

I don’t have pics of the evening but here’s some from the party promoter:

Pachita Pics

Pacha Pics: December 1, 2007 – Tom Stephan aka Superchumbo