Today I embarked upon an article that has essentially changed my entire life. It’s an old New York Times article, from mid-March, on parties. But this not your typical Friday or Saturday night party. Not even the rare Sunday night party. Instead, this was about partying on Saturday afternoon, and I’m not talking your Mom & Dad’s anniversary, either.
Who would have known that I was missing out on so much? All this time I have been in New York City, I have been partying at night time. Of course, things like the Superbowl, Election Night, Graduations and Dinners have caused me to attend special events during the day, but never a club-like atmosphere at 3:30 in the morning. Apparently, I’ve been missing out.
At 3:30 on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, the most popular thing going on in Chelsea is not sleep (like it is in the rest of Manhattan), instead it’s brunch. If you’re like me, you don’t attend a whole lot of brunches, if any, but once or twice now, I’ve been invited out to his awkward part of the day to attend brunch. But I have never attended a brunch like the ones going on at Bagatelle.
Needless to say, Bagatelle is probably not your Black Oak Nights kind of crowd. But it seems fun nonetheless. It’s an even mired in lavish spending, late afternoon breakfast, and a party scene that is a cross between Webster Hall and Carmines.
According to this article and my over-elite Columbia friends, you can have a really good time at Bagatelle—for a really high price. For $500, you can get two magnums of Veuve Clicquot Champagne brought ot your with lighted sparklers. Not an exciting enough occurrence? How about the jaw-dropping $2,500 you can spend on a jeroboam of Veuve Clicquot and 2 magnums of Dom Perignon, all served via a waiter being carried by other waiters.
Other than bottle service at 3:30, what makes Bagatelle a real afternoon party is the wild dancing, frequent hook-ups and people on tables.
So I was thinking, what if Black Oak Nights took this show on the road and offered up a brunch at Bagatelle. I could try to talk them down on some of these prices given the state of the economy (i.e. common sense) and perhaps make it worth everyone’s while?
What do you all think?
