The party took place at artist Hunt Slonem’s Hop Up Shop at East Hampton Gardens, where guests enjoyed the Hop Up, a cocktail made with gin, strawberries, and lemon.
Decked out in Slonem’s trademark butterflies, bunnies, and birds, the Hop Up Shop was transformed into an intimate dining room for the occasion. “I enjoy seeing my artwork applied to different mediums in other forms and functional ways,” says Slonem. “And it was fun to celebrate my birthday at the first-ever Hop Up Shop in the Hamptons.”
The event took place on June 21.
Birthday boy Slonem with his business partner and Hop Up Shop co-owner Penelope Kernen.
Interior decorator Greg Shano and his husband, Michael Giannelli, owner of East Hampton Gardens.
Guest Kelli Delaney Kot flanked by waiter Josh Gray and caterer Todd Trofimuk.
Interior designer Tom Samet.
Hors d’oeuvres, provided by caterer Hamptons Aristocrat, included caviar-topped deviled quail eggs.
Prosciutto and Parmesan biscuits, an appetizer.
The dinner, provided by Fresno restaurant, included cucumber gazpacho with crab and Foster Farm radishes.
Dinner included pan-roasted Montauk striped bass.
Tuna tartare on Sagaponack Farm potato crisps.
A grilled New York strip steak. Dinner was served on Slonem’s colorful tableware.
Shano, Giannelli, art advisor Liliana Cavendish, Slonem, Kernen and her husband, CNBC Squawk Box cohost Joe Kernen, and decorator Sasha Bikoff raise a glass.
Slonem signed one of his books for Giannelli.
Giannelli enthused, “It has been so much fun to re-create Hunt’s whimsical and wonderful world in our barn space.”
Elizabeth Mayhew of the Dutchy of Millbrook made the Slonem-inspired birthday cake.
