yah so. everybody’s been buzzing bout theBoomBoom! and evidently, pxthis was no exception (it also seems we were the ones who got the information correctly the quickest, but hey what else is new).
then apparently yesterday, our ole buddy steve-lewis (and then grubstreet) broke the news "Kamil Parchomienko will handle the room…" !!
wow! and yay!
those of us who know and love and/or remember former original subMercer GM/Maitre d’ kamil-parchomienko (also of MercerKitchen, SunsetBeach, StandardMiami, and StandardLA) are of course totally delighted that kamil, the prodigal son, has returned to NYC after a loooong time away. hooray!
oh but i kinda feel a little bad for him though, cuz i don’t know whether or not kamil will appreciate his name being alls out there right before he is about to open the hottest spot in town. i mean like for example,
we alls know the WaverlyInn’s emil-varda has a fake name (and business cards). i also know two of my pals who run LaEsquina refrain as best they can from giving out their names too. and for sure, back in the day, i rarely ever gave peoples my real name either.
not that "the press" ever gave a shit who the GM or Maiterdees were before, so that’s a new one, but whatever.
but i digress.
anyhoo. steve-lewis goes on to describe "They want to do two seatings, 4–9 for small plates and 10–2/3 for late night. Super high-end Rainbow Room/Rose Bar/Windows on the World style $18–25 drinks and DP by the glass…"
wow again! and uhhh… kinda… THANK GAWD (?!)
i don’t know about you, but i’m a little sick of places that only cater to young unkempt insomniac kids whose trust funds haven’t quite kicked in yet. not that i ever went to any of those places (mostly cuz ha ahaa i couldn’t get in), but i just think it’s really really great somebody is finally thinking of us "olds" (ya know— the ones with TASTE) and giving us a place we can go and have fun before one o’clock in the fucking morning.
oh! yah— and since you were wondering
the answer is YES! that’s the kamil you’re thinking of. of course it is! who else would it be.
he’s also one half the character "michael" in the series (the other half is current BlueHill@StoneBarns GM, philippe-gouze) and if all goes well, he’ll be played by actor (and former clubUSA bartender) darren-kendrick.
hmmm how many is that now? ha ha ha ahaa haaah i’ll give a crisp new benjamin to the first person who can correctly identify every person in the book who now works at theStandard.
i’ve only ever been to one other one in my life. but that was totally different cuz it was on a fancy french island way out in the caribbean so it wasn’t such a "scandal" or any such thing. that beach was called "saline" (that’s suh-leen not say-leen like the eyedrops) and it wasn’t very crowded at all— the only naked peoples there were a couple of (beautiful) women off in a quiet corner. with their boyfriends. the boys weren’t naked, just the girls.
see? no biggie.
but this visit was pretty different all right.
oh! before i elaborate—
did you know this beach is considered one of "new york’s best kept secrets" ? even though it’s technically 35 minutes outside of new york city.
well, apparently— it is. so i don’t want to be the one to ruin the secret (my friends will get mad at me).
alls i can say is: if you don’t know "the secret," i guess you’d better ask somebody.
ANYHOO
so yah. there’s this nude beach about 35 minutes away. it’s pretty umm dope? uhh, yah sure— dope!
i’m sorry, maybe i’m a prude or whatever, but
eeheee hahahahaa that is just some of the bugged outtest shit i have ever seen (in real life, i mean. not just like on teevee and whatnot). and i have seen some pretty bugged out stuff. i used to work at ClubUSA so believe me when i tell you i have seen some things. i have seen a row of gay men fucking in a TRAIN that’s how much stuff i’ve seen.
yah so. they even play naked volleyball at this beach. and they did naked dancing. and naked drinking. and naked singing. and naked body surfing.
A TWO MILE STROLL DOWN THE WAY IS ANOTHER PLAIN OLE REGULAR BEACH WITH A RESTAURANT/BAR GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE GUTTERS YOU BITCHES!
= "personne extraordinaire"