Approaching the reception, guests were greeted by servers with drinks and two antique cars in the driveway. A personal cigar roller from CF Dominicana Cigar Catering in a straw hat wowed the crowd with his technique.

Inside the club, the tables were draped in black and white linens from Connie Duglin Specialty Linen and topped with simple centerpieces of white calla lilies, candles, pearl necklaces, and plumes. For dinner, guests enjoyed a petite greens salad and a buffet of New York strip petit filet hangar steaks, citrus-spiked chicken breasts, and grilled salmon, courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton.

To round out the meal, guests were escorted by the entertaining characters from Wise Guys into a speakeasy-style lounge area for dessert. A Keystone Cop and gangster required guests to submit a special password before gaining entry into the blue-lit gambling lounge. The soft yet colorful lighting, provided by Sight & Sound Productions, throughout the club added to the ambience while guests gambled the night away at the blackjack and craps tables and the Zac Chester Quartet played classic jazz.   —Carol Carnicelli