Yachting in Monaco

Wednesday night, jet lagged but still dazzled by the magic of Monaco I met up with Kelly Luchford, owner of Luchford PR, Liz Jeans from House & Garden UK and Anton Mossa from Quintessentially at the Fairmont for a quick glass of fizz before heading to Port Hercules for a cocktail party on a swanky mega yacht. Recession who?!

Kelly’s client Intarya is winning Yacht Designs ‘Queen of Show’ for the stellar interiors they created for the new Celestial Hope and it was time to celebrate!

More on the boat:
Celestial Hope, a luxury 47metre Heesen motor mega yacht has already won several awards even before being officially launched at the Monaco Boat Show this week, such as the Asian Boating Award for most innovative interior design (other winners included Phillipe Starck and Riva).
Back to the soiree:
We tossed our kicks and hopped onto ‘Celeste’ as I will call her. Note for you mega yacht hoppers- be sure to get a pedicure before jumping on board! Champagne was popping and we were all getting into the party spirit when all of a sudden I ran into Ian from Based Upon. Uh oh, party alert. I met Ian last week in NYC to learn more about his amazing company. Well I learned a lot about his company since we were out till 3am together doing the Harlem jazz bar circuit. This time he arrived with his twin brother Richard. Trouble times two.

Boat-acious:
Celeste was truly incredible. To me it resembled a young Park Avenue socials home more than the typical nautical nightmare one sees on the sea. The designer Kamini Ezralow took yacht interiors to the next level. Mother of pearl inlaid headboards? Hammered silver doorknobs? A metallicised bas-relief staircase? Come to think of it the interiors brought another look to mind, Elise de Wolfe’s Paris home. Clean, elegant and terribly chic.

After copious amounts of bubbly the party wound down and Kamini invited 12 of us to dinner at a divine outdoor spot on the harbor. I was lucky enough to sit by her and she is a wealth of information and real gem of a person. Her husband was hysterical and his mother (who was almost engaged to Carey Grant and knew Tony Duquette!) was a treasure trove of old Hollywood trivia.

After dinner and solving all the worlds problems we took the party back to the Fairmont. Here is where it gets a bit fuzzy. Actually, I remember most of what happened but I think the shorts incident, the lady man, the peanut explosion and ballroom dancing should be left to memory