Apologies for the silence from this end, but since I returned on Sunday night, it’s been rather busy. So far this week I’ve fitted in presentations to two prospective clients, two video shoots for a new show on HGTV, the birth of my very dear friend’s baby this morning (well, I didn’t actually do that, but I did send her all my positive thoughts!), getting back into my training program and dealing with the jetlag and the attention-deprived Nene (my cat at home).
One more thing that happened was that I was asked to do a table setting for the Orchid dinner which benefits the NY Botanical Gardens, which was being put together the day after I returned from Bangkok. As an orchid collector, the annual Orchid Dinner is a wonderful event that I’ve supported over the last four years. Veranda and Tiffany & Co sponsored the event and it was hosted at the Mandarin Oriental, with wonderful views of Manhattan.
In doing these table settings my idea is to think it fast and do it simple. I utilized a structure which is used on the tops of stupas in in Burma which I bought there years ago. We covered it with green cymbidium orchids, did a lime green overlay over a fuschia undercloth and the result was quite exotic.
The dinner, which I attended, was very Waspy, but all 28 tables were done by different designers and just completely exotic. I sat at the Veranda table which was done by Baccarat and in my jetlagged state, I admit that I don’t fully remember all the conversations of the evening. That said, there was food and wine and dinner and licquor and the evening raised $600,000, which is remarkable.
The Orchid Show is about to open at the Botanical Gardens in a few weeks. The theme is ‘Cuba In Flower’ and it was all designed by a well-known Cuban landscape designer. I’ll be there, be sure you go check it out!
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#1 by ABC Dragoo on February 10, 2010 - 9:38 pm
Well done Vicente! A job well done, indeed. I love the pale pink ~ and the display of the orchids reminds me of the Dutch tulip vase.
*The name of the container escapes me, but you know… the ones that have many stem holes so that each flower can draw water and be seen in its entirety.*
Anyway, it’s gorgeous ~ get some rest this weekend!
ABCD
#2 by A Gift Wrapped Life on February 10, 2010 - 10:43 pm
Oh my and this is only Wednesday. Table looks gorgeous and elegant……..curl up with your cat and get some rest!
#3 by Vanessa on February 11, 2010 - 3:06 am
Beautiful and creative – had to look up what a stupa was. What an exhausting week – hope you get some R&R soon.
#4 by Karena on February 11, 2010 - 6:54 am
Beautiful table, it is exotic and intoxicating. Would love to see images of the others! Is it a tulipierre abd Dragoo is speaking of?
#5 by melissa on February 11, 2010 - 6:04 pm
Dear Vicente,
How exciting a new baby!!!!
She will be totally absorbed with her new child and in a sleep deprived state, similar to jet-lag for the first year….. But it is such a deeply soulful time….
Funny your discription of the party being filled with “Wasps”….
I could not see the details in the photo very well but your discription sounds delightful, since most all of new york is a winder wonderland right now…
xxooo
Melissa lee
#6 by Gary Nelling on February 11, 2010 - 7:14 pm
Vicente – I got a kick out of the ‘Wasp’ phrase. Our kids went to a very Wasp private school, which to their credit tried hard to be diverse, but it’s not a culture that yields in a decade! Nelling is an Anglo name and I was always told we were English-German until, to my delight, I discovered a little village in France named Nelling! Mon dieu! – Gary
#7 by Acanthus & Acorn on February 11, 2010 - 9:47 pm
Beautiful! It has a bit of a “Midsummer’s Night Dream” feel to it.
#8 by Brillante on February 11, 2010 - 11:00 pm
Well done, I can’t imagine completing all these tasks after a long journey, you are amazing.
#9 by Graceful Elegance on February 18, 2010 - 1:18 am
I was at the Orchid Dinner and I must say, you’re table setting was spectacular! All the tables/orchids were beautiful and completlely agree that although a “waspy” event, the orchid designs were exotic and each table was unique in its’ own right. Kudos!