Multiple Choice Pop Quiz.
Cocktail Week in Providence is:
A. Way cooler than Boston's Restaurant Week
B. A celebration of RISD's new "Cocktail Culture" exhibit
C. Stacy and Erik's "Welcome to Providence" Party
So obvious and so flattering. Thank you Providence. We are glad to be here too.
I'm not sure what's better: the fact that Providence has a college hip enough to create classes, write books, and curate a museum exhibit centered on the cocktail culture or the fact that the whole city cared about said museum exhibit and launched a week of cocktail related events around the idea. OR that Providence has happy hour. But that's another blog post.
RISD's website says "Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920-1980 is the first multi-disciplinary exhibition to explore the social ritual of the cocktail hour through the lens of fashion and design." The museum will showcase everything from Dior and de la Renta to Art Deco martini shakers and fancy barware.(I mean seriously - am I dreaming?) The exhibit runs from April 15 - July 15th...
but back to Cocktail Week - which is this week only! Take your pick of hipster bars and throw-back cocktails. I'm heavily contemplating the exhibit opening night event this Friday April 15th at Cook & Brown Public House where guests are "encouraged to arrive nattily attired in their finest period clothing or cocktail wear." A+ on using the phrase "nattily attired" (which I will now be adopting). A++ on giving people a reason to dress up and clink glasses after doing their taxes.
And so I say - bring on the deep v-back dresses, the cigars, and the dim lighting. And the martinis of course.
Taking suggestions for natty threads and throw-back drinks to try. Hit me. Oh and visitors welcome!!
"C'mon Babe, why don't we paint the town... And all that Jazz. I'm gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down... And all that Jazz. Start the car I know a whoopie spot... where the gin is cold and the piano's hot. It's just a noisy hall, where there's a nightly brawl... And all that Jazz."