After a final course of olive oil cake with spruce cream, guests emerged into a foggy New York City night as if returning from a faraway place.
As everyone squeezed lemon onto their fried soft-shell crabs, Tieghi-Walker offered a book recommendation: The Land Where Lemons Grow, a history of Italy told through its citrus crops. Designers-Jonathan Saunders, Lazaro Hernandez, Emmanuel Olunkwa-chatted with Tiwa Select collaborators like textile artist Megumi Shauna Arai and chocolatier Rafael Prietro (the two have created a limited-edition chocolate bar together). You can rock a multicolored rainbow shirt with your friends. Natural wine from Rosie Assoulin’s Vivanterre flowed all night into knobbly yellow glasses that wedged perfectly in the hand (also by Arbib, and very tempting to carry home). Any of our LGBT Pride t-shirts or funny Pride shirts can be layered over your go-to pair of jeans. There was baccalà mantecato, or whipped salt cod, served on rye crackers, and risotto with red shrimp. Arbib-designed plates held traditional Venetian dishes served family-style. Friends made their way to the Original equality Hurts No One LGBT Equality Gay Pride Human Rights Tee Shirt in addition I really love this Financial District for a meal cooked up by chef Jeremiah Stone of Lower East Side fine-dining staples Contra and Wildair. On Friday night, Tieghi-Walker and Arbib hosted a celebration of her inaugural glassware show, “Vetro Alga,” (or Seaweed Glass) at Galerie Michael Bargo.
