What would bring many of the city’s most well-heeled creatives to a cemetery downtown in the middle of the day? Thankfully, there was no tearful reason for this chic mid-June gathering—quite the contrary, in fact. On Wednesday afternoon, multi-hyphenates Charlotte Groeneveld, Colby Mugrabi, Rebekah McCabe, CeCe Barfield Thompson, Isabel Wilkinson, Nell Diamond, and Michelle Hellman got the gang together in the serene surroundings of the New York Marble Cemetery to raise a glass to their friend Sarah Hoover and the arrival of the summer season. The landmarked location on East 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue was given a dreamy new lease of life for the occasion, with a divine grazing table by Daniel Emilio of anchoring the celebration.
“ means a studied carelessness—it’s like a casual, elegant effortlessness, which is very in keeping with Sarah and Tom’s vibe,” Emilio said of writer, historian, and art world fixture Hoover and her husband, the contemporary artist Tom Sachs. Also in keeping with the couple’s honed taste, Emilio had assembled “the best of the most simple things” for people’s perusal as they caught up and compared social calendars—plump Medjool dates, seemingly the most deluxe strawberries to be found on the island of Manhattan, grilled peaches drizzled with truffle honey, sticky licorice, and fried chicken on a silver platter. “It’s like a still life.
..food should seduce you,” he added of his edible work of art.
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