USC Alumni Weekend
The Reunion
Following a party bus journey into Orange County, guests were welcomed to Amy Narang and her family’s beautiful home. To play with our standard tablescape, we draped a serpentine table with an abundance of white table cloth and mimimal decor, allowing full wine glasses to take focus.On top of our typical 2 rules (no + 1’s and don’t under dress) we instituted a third. No empty glasses!! We aren’t typically ones to follow rules, but this is our new favorite.
After a beautiful toast from miss Ava Taghioff, Friend of a Friend LA shared a 6 course dinner with stunning plating. Inspired by Asian family style dinners and European wine bar dining, they presented the following:
- Sour dough Bread w/ whipped honey ricotta topped w/ chili oil
- Hamachi Crudo w/ blood orange, shirodashi vinaigrette, and Thai basil oil
-Roasted kabocha squash w/ creamy chickpeas
-Clams with tosazu butter blanc
-Crying Tiger steak w/ salad of Thai basil, cilantro, and mint
-Hojicha chiffon cake topped vanilla whipped cream, dusted hojicha powder
We opened up our highlight series with Mazzy MacGregor who showed his 5 works adorning the space. Then, to our wonderful co-host Amy Narang who showed 4 pieces of her newest (soon to be released) Amy Kamalani collection and spoke on creating a brand to empower women.
Then, it rained. We went inside where Holden played 2 songs on his guitar and shared another dessert - a chocolate budino garnished with sea salt & candied orange peel. A taste meant to embody the feeling he hopes his music emulates. To close, we had the honor of welcoming back Flint Tanquary for his second 3rd Space highlight, this time with his recent Arrival of the Trojan project - he intimitely shared his journey on how his resilliance allowed him to rise to success. Then we surprised everyone with joints again.
Creative Highlights
Jerry Zheng & Fiona Zhang/ Friend of a friend - Chef
Flint Tanquary - Director
Mazzy Macgregor - Artist
Holden Mcrae - Musician
Amy Narang - Designer
Team
Morgan Brown - Photographer
Asher Cano - Photographer
Arturo - Videographer
Sponsors
Rabble Wine
Miss Grass