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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

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Storefront for Art and Architecture

Having studied some architecture and design in my college days, the topic still has great interest to me today. Hence the fascination with buildings, placement surroundings, function and design in all cities I visit (sometimes people just get in the way of my pictures). I stumbled upon this very small triangular art space at 97 Kenmare at Cleavland (Little Italy/SOHO) a little over a year ago which had some interesting student projects on politics and global culture: The Storefront for Art and Architecture. It’s easily missed unless you, like me are intrigued by protruding panels and geometric entrance ways that swing open to the street and visa versa into the space.

Over the weekend I came by again, realizing I’ve missed this space many times since it’s initial opening in 1993. The current exhibit is based on a collaboration of many designers and architects from Copenhagen, displaying large scale models of current works in Belgium and other locations. Here’s a video of the construction of the BIG lego tower:

The space is only about 100 feet and takes about 15 minutes to view most of the material – check it if you’re in the area.

“Iconic status is not ours to give; it comes from a public that recognizes such resonance in buildings. However, a prerequisite is that architects attempt to put up buildings that may resonate.” Piers Gough