To entertain the boys, Harrison & Shriftman director of special events Samantha Walker brought in an assortment of manly pursuits: gambling tables and dealers from Evention, a couple of shoe shine guys, a pair of golf instructors giving putting lessons, a tarot card reader and a numerologist billed as "financial fortune tellers." For theme-appropriate eye candy, a quartet of Vegas-style showgirls from Screaming Queens greeted guests and passed out fake cash for the gambling tables. (What the guests probably didn't know: It was all just two doors down from the Hugo Boss flagship store where Harrison & Shriftman threw another gambling-filled store party almost a year ago.)
To make the food match the theme, Olivier Cheng Catering & Events (the new firm from chef Matthew Kenney's former catering partner) used an array of specially made serving platters. Tasty hors d'oeuvres came out in a tiny roulette wheel, a chess board, and a tray decorated with dice, playing cards and gambling chips. One waiter even had a Scrabble board with tiles spelling "Dunhill," "shirts" and "ties." A raw bar served a steady supply of various types of oysters.
But even with all the man-friendly fare, there may have been one thing missing. As one guest lamented to another, "There are like no girls here."
--Chad Kaydo
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