And as usual, Cutty McGill captured many a fun moment. Initially there was the worry that people wouldn’t show but then of course people were anxious to get out and see and be seen especially after that long hiatus and so it was fun. This year was a resumption of the custom after a two-year hiatus because of You-Know-What (C-19). I always enter and rarely get no more than ten or twenty feet into the room and never move any farther because the action there is always changing, and it’s fun just to say hello and “see” old friends and acquaintances. That and just the simple people watching. Plus there are so many in attendance that it’s physically impossible to connect or even see a good number of those attending at the same time. And at Mark’s many actually know each other, often don’t see much of each other over the course of a year, and the visit is always a treat. Mark’s annual party is so big and relaxed that any guest can enjoy him or herself even just standing there and watching people meet and great, even if they’re strangers.
Do they know others or are they basically strangers supporting an event? A gaggle of girls at Mark’s in 2010 including Mai Harrison, Katherine Bryan, Cece Cord, Carolyn Roehm, and Jackie Weld Drake. So a guest enters the room with a variety of feelings about it. Many of us are indifferent to the event, depending on our relationship to the guests - friends, neighbors, mutual supporters and individuals supporting a charity. Mark is a long time great party host here in New York and his guest lists often accommodate large numbers for the charity events that he organizes for a variety of philanthropies.Ĭocktail parties are different experiences for different individuals. Toasting Mark in 2016.Ĭocktail parties have different personalities, depending on the host or hostess, the guest list, and the space allotted. The reception room in this club is enormous and it was overflowing with guests so much so that they had to open up a room next to it.
He made the move to the club, I’m assuming, because his apartment wasn’t big enough to accommodate his list which is somewhere between 275 and 300 guests. Today we’re running some photos from Mark Gilbertson’s annual late Spring cocktail party which he’s been hosting for years - more than 25 years ago at his Upper East Side apartment, and for the past 20 or so years at a private club here in Manhattan. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day in New York with temps touching the low 80s and the perfect Summer day.
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