Having since the 1950's stayed at the Connaught, TVD hit it on the head, the hotel is not what it used to be and how sad!!
One of my favorite experiences with that wonderful hotel, when It was a wonderful hotel, was when I was checking in; dressed to the nines as always and feeling so good about staying at the Grand Old Lady. Ahead of me was John McEnroe, who was in town to play at Wimbledon and he was dressed in ragged jeans and a t shirt. As he was checking in, the manager said to Mr.McEnroe that the hotel does have a dress code and he would be expected to ahere to it. Mr. McEnroe stared to go into a tirade; saying didn't the hotel know who he was and that for the money he was paying, he could dress any way he wanted. Upon hearing this, the general manager came forward and said "Mr McEnroe I don't think you'll be happy here and called a taxi and had the staff take all his luggage and sent him onhis way. Being a gentleman, I just smiled, but I wanted to yell and kiss the management! This was MY KIND OF PLACE!!!
Sadly those days are long gone!
Great restaurants to get dressed up for.
Cufflink79 came to visit me in Delaware from New Mexico for New Year's Eve. This picture was taken at my restaurant, Domaine Hudson wine bar & eatery on New Year's Eve.
Cufflink79 is wearing a blue blazer from Brooks Brothers, a white double cuff shirt from Robert Talbott, 2 color enamel on 14k cufflinks (borrowed from my collection), repp stripe bow tie from Neiman Marcus, linen pocket square.
I am wearing my bespoke dinner jacket from Edgar Pomeroy of Atlanta and black opera pumps from RLPL/Edward Green. The carnation was "borrowed" from the flower arrangement in our private dining room at the restaurant.
Cufflink79 is wearing a blue blazer from Brooks Brothers, a white double cuff shirt from Robert Talbott, 2 color enamel on 14k cufflinks (borrowed from my collection), repp stripe bow tie from Neiman Marcus, linen pocket square.
I am wearing my bespoke dinner jacket from Edgar Pomeroy of Atlanta and black opera pumps from RLPL/Edward Green. The carnation was "borrowed" from the flower arrangement in our private dining room at the restaurant.
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Cufflink79
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Happy New Year Everyone:
I am having a great time visiting the Hudsons. I will type up about my trip in the travel room when I am finished with the trip. Tom & Meg are great poeple and I am very thankful to have them as good friends. I will talk more about Domaine Hudson when my trip is finished, all I can say at this point is "The food & wine taste, the way a bexpoke suit looks".
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
I am having a great time visiting the Hudsons. I will type up about my trip in the travel room when I am finished with the trip. Tom & Meg are great poeple and I am very thankful to have them as good friends. I will talk more about Domaine Hudson when my trip is finished, all I can say at this point is "The food & wine taste, the way a bexpoke suit looks".
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
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Dinner on Monday night was from Andrew Fairlie @ Gleneagles, one of the finalists in the above restaurant award... I know he won 'Scottish Chef of the Year', but whether his resto won at The Tramway, frankly, I have no idea.
Anyway, I was there to be smoozed by a film producer chanteuse, though it didn't get off to the best start when my 'Mille Feuille of Crab and Avacado' gave me popfarts, before she chose to pull up our waiter - let's call him 'Art', for he smelled even funkier - on her first choice off the à la carte. "This carrot isn't how I like it," she smarted. To wit Art very calmly imparted, "The 'Salad of Cooked and Raw Organic Vegetables'?" This was quite enough to put my bowels at ease and leave my suitor suitably on her knees.
For the Main Course, I plumped for the supposed house speciality, the 'Home-Smoked Lobster', while my ravenous companion plumped for the 'Fillet of John Dory'. I hope she wasn't looking for her hole, because the JD looked pretty fishy, end of story. Now, I've only noshed on lobster once before, and unforgettably so at the Rainbow Room in New York, but this Anglo-Franco version was even more delish, with the gentle tension of a signature dish.
By the time we'd both polished off our 'Slow Roasted Peach', I felt obliged to say a thousand thank you's, tipping a heavy donation, or even making a dozen or two fatbellied standing ovations, like a Tory Party Conference speech.
In the end, I settled for sending the chef a verbal carnation, as I nipped into the kitchen at the behest of Art. Once there, I was met by some apparent jive-talking from a jay-walking KP - my only mistake of the night - for it was the man himself, Andrew Fairlie. Once I realised he wasn't a blacked-up Portuguese, it was all I could do to barely coo:
"I'll be back, Top Cat, don't worry about that. In utha wordz... Most likely, quite frankly, I'll quietly, to the deity, skit my scat on a prayer mat. Afta dat, and assuming itsa enuff for Him - lets callem 'Jim' - and his brothers and sisters in sin - the Knife Gods and Fork bods - to all smile down without dally, here's hoping that sooner or sooner, we'll get up to loony bin bizness in a Dibble-controlled window-seated alley."
To which he replied, "Word to you Mother!" and did a queerish leap straight out of some ballet.
Anyway, I was there to be smoozed by a film producer chanteuse, though it didn't get off to the best start when my 'Mille Feuille of Crab and Avacado' gave me popfarts, before she chose to pull up our waiter - let's call him 'Art', for he smelled even funkier - on her first choice off the à la carte. "This carrot isn't how I like it," she smarted. To wit Art very calmly imparted, "The 'Salad of Cooked and Raw Organic Vegetables'?" This was quite enough to put my bowels at ease and leave my suitor suitably on her knees.
For the Main Course, I plumped for the supposed house speciality, the 'Home-Smoked Lobster', while my ravenous companion plumped for the 'Fillet of John Dory'. I hope she wasn't looking for her hole, because the JD looked pretty fishy, end of story. Now, I've only noshed on lobster once before, and unforgettably so at the Rainbow Room in New York, but this Anglo-Franco version was even more delish, with the gentle tension of a signature dish.
By the time we'd both polished off our 'Slow Roasted Peach', I felt obliged to say a thousand thank you's, tipping a heavy donation, or even making a dozen or two fatbellied standing ovations, like a Tory Party Conference speech.
In the end, I settled for sending the chef a verbal carnation, as I nipped into the kitchen at the behest of Art. Once there, I was met by some apparent jive-talking from a jay-walking KP - my only mistake of the night - for it was the man himself, Andrew Fairlie. Once I realised he wasn't a blacked-up Portuguese, it was all I could do to barely coo:
"I'll be back, Top Cat, don't worry about that. In utha wordz... Most likely, quite frankly, I'll quietly, to the deity, skit my scat on a prayer mat. Afta dat, and assuming itsa enuff for Him - lets callem 'Jim' - and his brothers and sisters in sin - the Knife Gods and Fork bods - to all smile down without dally, here's hoping that sooner or sooner, we'll get up to loony bin bizness in a Dibble-controlled window-seated alley."
To which he replied, "Word to you Mother!" and did a queerish leap straight out of some ballet.
A great restaurant to get dressed up for:
Vue De Monde - Melbourne, Australia
At present, it is Australia's finest restaurant and deserves to be respected with patronage in nice attire.
Vue De Monde - Melbourne, Australia
At present, it is Australia's finest restaurant and deserves to be respected with patronage in nice attire.
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Cufflink79
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Hello all:
Here in Albuquerque we had a new restaurant open up a few months ago called Savoy Bar & Grill. Website = http://www.savoyabq.com/
On the 18th of December 2007, I treated myself to lunch for my 28th Birthday.
The food, wine, service, and atmosphere where great, which makes this a new great place to get dressed up for.
The Wardrobe:
Camelhair jacket
Blue & white small checked pocket square
White shirt with doulble cuffs and point collar
Navy tapestry textured Paisley tie with Pheasants
Gold collar bar & Snap cufflinks with blue enamel stripes
Wine and Navy stripe braces
Navy blue wool trousers
Navy socks with white pindots
Cordovan Shell tassel shoes
The Meal:
Duck Confit & Mushroom Risotto
with butternut squash, roasted poblanos, balsamic figs
The Wine:
PINOT NOIR
2005 Roessler 'Hein Family Vineyard' Anderson Valley, CA
The Dessert:
Pumpkin spiced bread pudding
It was a VERY MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
Here in Albuquerque we had a new restaurant open up a few months ago called Savoy Bar & Grill. Website = http://www.savoyabq.com/
On the 18th of December 2007, I treated myself to lunch for my 28th Birthday.
The food, wine, service, and atmosphere where great, which makes this a new great place to get dressed up for.
The Wardrobe:
Camelhair jacket
Blue & white small checked pocket square
White shirt with doulble cuffs and point collar
Navy tapestry textured Paisley tie with Pheasants
Gold collar bar & Snap cufflinks with blue enamel stripes
Wine and Navy stripe braces
Navy blue wool trousers
Navy socks with white pindots
Cordovan Shell tassel shoes
The Meal:
Duck Confit & Mushroom Risotto
with butternut squash, roasted poblanos, balsamic figs
The Wine:
PINOT NOIR
2005 Roessler 'Hein Family Vineyard' Anderson Valley, CA
The Dessert:
Pumpkin spiced bread pudding
It was a VERY MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
Best Regards,
Cufflink79
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