It started with just four people. Then someone familiar walked past the table, a chair was pulled over, and what was supposed to be a quiet dinner for four became something far better — and entirely unplanned.
It started with just four people, at least, that was the initial game plan.
Car service, dinner at 7:00, just the four of them, mid-February; a bottle of rare wine, ready to partake in something distinctively craveable from the culinary team, and probably home at a reasonable mountain town hour. Then as fate has it, out of the blue, someone uniquely familiar walked by the table:
“Wait. When did you get into town?”
An additional chair was pulled over, now it’s five. A few minutes later, another couple came through the door, who also knew two members at the table; now there were seven strong and everyone is beginning to let their hair down as the live music kicks into full gear.
Someone goes big and ordered a magnum of Veuve Clicquot Champagne. The Executive Chef / Partner Jonah sent out something rare he had flown in for a Society member’s quarterly board meeting on Saturday that everyone simply needed to try on the house.
Another couple chairs randomly appeared, a great couple out of NYC, and then another from Southern California, and at some point, nobody was quite sure whose dinner it was anymore or how big the party would blossom too; the best part was…nobody particularly cared.
In typical Amy fashion, she was socializing, reminiscing of past winters, predicting snowfall, introducing everyone and being a true owner / operator and consummate hostess.
The table that was supposed to be four was now probably ten plus and growing.
Two Members that had been going on this season’s FIRST TRACKS had never met before and coincidentally our awesome members from Miami discovered their kids went to the same college in Michigan.
Another realized they had been skiing on Ramshorn at roughly the same time for the past twenty years and somehow never crossed paths.
Dinner got longer, and as a result stories got stretched for the better; a bit loftier and far more iconic. Plans for tomorrow’s passport to Vail Valley fun started taking shape, and whatever reasonable hour everyone had intended to go home quietly disappeared and convivial conversations dominated.
This is one of the things Amy and I are most excited to see transpire at THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail.
Most specifically, not the curated wine / bourbon tastings, Thanksgiving Dinner Family Events, or Kentucky Derby Parties we plan, but rather the ones we don’t — the ones that manifest organically.
As we both set out on this legacy crusade in my hometown, it was always harbored in the notion that any interior design firm can architect a beautiful dining room, any talented Chef can design a great kitchen and menu, and our sommelier Doug can assemble an absolutely extraordinary wine cellar. But you can’t manufacture the game changing moment when someone walking past a table hears their name and somebody says:
“Pull up a chair.”
Those are the nights worth staying for and with the boutique social concept we are creating, we are confident there are going to be quite a few of them.
Cheers,
Brad Kaemmer
Founder / Owner THE SIXTY TWO™ Society Vail