Summer Loving | Summer Party
Tuesday 4th July
Bernardi’s Dog House Room: Marylebone W1.
Summer Parties! In the depths of winter just the thought of them can be one of the things that keep you keeping on. Trouble is, come the summer there are just too many of them. Diaries are packed, statement events are booked; we are all looking tippety-top in our sun-kissed summer best; now, can we fit them all in.
Not to be outdone, Rendezvous pulled out all the stops to make sure our party was a date not to be missed. So fair play to all of those guests who tore themselves away from earlier engagements to join us. Never have we run a party where such a large amount of guests turned up over half way through the event! Stragglers until late….in the bar till late, well someone had to keep them company!
The evening kicked off with a pre-event soiree for our Club Members hosted by our delightful friend and Date Coach Ané Auret. Ané specializes in helping women find love all over again. Turning a possible negative into a positive, she muses that we should never imagine that the best relationship is behind us; au contrair! The best is yet to come. I couldn’t agree with her more. I looked around the room at all the fabulous looking women; confident, smart, parents of accomplished children, financially secure … and thought “you men have got some amazing women here to choose from; you better get cracking and take some phone numbers!!”
Bernardi’s has become a firm favourite with our crew. Not only does it reside in the newly-formed Portman Estate’s chic street Seymour Place, but they have the coolest interior and we get to have our very own room – the naughty corner in the basement bar, complete with an outside courtyard that was clearly the place to be. ‘You will always find me in the courtyard at parties’, as Jonah Louie would have sung had he been there, and boy, he should have been.
We were greeted with a glass of prosecco and then treated to a procession of gorgeous canapés. Assiette after assiette of delicious nibbles – from bruschetta to arancini, to delicious amuse-bouches and then teeny mouthfuls of pudding too. Lemon meringue mini tarts anyone? I almost forgot I had given up sugar – oh go on, just the one….munch.
Just to add a little bit more fun to our Summer Loving theme our star guest was the Photo Booth. Those clever creatives at Momentus Photo Booths dropped by and set up a party-sized booth, complete with two cheeky chappies on hand to answer any questions. With a glass of confidence inside us and the party in full swing beside us, the Photo Booth is the guest that just keeps on giving; it’s the ice-breaker that takes the must-have pictures. And the photos are spectacularly flattering; everyone looks a better/younger/thinner version of themselves. And they’re always fun for everyone, whether you’re 5 or 105 years old.
I think you’ll agree we all looked like we were having a fabulous time. One or two in the booth – or maybe let’s just see if we can squeeze in five. What a hoot. And who had the most photo stand-offs? Was it Lou Lou or was it Richard? No, having his photo taken for a change, it was Rendezvous’ fave photographer Stevie Roberts, that’s who!
So there we have it, Summer Loving, it was a blast, Summer Loving it happened so fast. Summer days drifting away, oh ho for the summer nights.
Wella, wella…have an amazing summer everyone – looking forward to seeing you all in September.
