Exeter Kids Take Shots During the Day

Exeter Kids Also Take Shots During the Day

For the superlative of “Most Convenient Wedding of 2006” - Kevin Gottehrer’s ““negotiated joint venture and strategic alliance” with Heather Oakley in Napa Valley on Derby Day holds the lead by many lengths….


This is the “Exeter Shot” that was announced on the mic – I got excited thinking it meant a drink, not a photograph. But here it is anyways.

Pictured left to right are: Dan Gilabne (Exeter ’94, Brown ’98, HBS ’04?), Eleanor Gilbane (Exeter ’94, Duke ’98), Brendon Reardon (Exeter ’95, Georgetown ’99), Greg O’Shaughnessey (Exeter ’92, Yale ’96, Yale Law ’99?). Heather Oakly Gottehrer, Kevin, Berk Mesta (Exeter ’92, Lehigh ’96), and Ken Nelson (Exeter ‘ 94, Vanderbilt ’98)

My first ever apartment roommate – 2 unsupervised 17 year olds in D.C. - Kevin (Exeter ’94, Brown ’98, BU Law ’01, Parker Poe ‘life) married Heather in a private residence/vineyard.

In honor of my prep school cousins from Exeter, I want to highlight they too proved “worthy of their heritage” with an event focused on day time drinking – with a 2:30 call time to match. When the shout went out for an “Exeter Shot”, I scrambled to join in on some Exonian colored bloody mary mix or cranberry juice concoction (ed note: Exeter’s shares Harvard’s crimson as their color) , and instead disappointedly stumbled upon the traditional alumni magazine photo.

Rappa and I scooped up a place card for table # “Kennebunkport” – and I initially felt like Eli Manning holding
a Chargers jersey …hoping for “Palm Beach” …or even “Greenwich” if there was a any lottery or choice for preppy enclaves.

The way you feel about beads after mardi gras or the dinging of slot machines in the vegas airport on your way home – just nauseous – is pretty much how you feel about wine after 18 hours in Napa. Thankfully, Stoli, Tequila, and other shots that don’t come out of a cork’d bottle splashed across the vineyard and in to Kevin’s tuxedo creases.

As usual, there was a South Beach connection to the night – as both Officer Battle on leave and TRV were marauding the 305 simultaneously – and providing fellow Kennebunkporter Dan Gilbane live updates.

Napa has a neat county curfew of 10 PM, so the wedding ended early (just like at school). We did not have to check in face to face – though I brought a clipboard to the after-party at the Marriot’s Lobby Bar, “Characters”. Somehow, Ken and Caroline Nelson took advantage of my sloppiness and gained entry before I could establish my post at the doorway.

Full Ofoto album (mine) here.

My Writing Actually Gets Published by Deerfield

On May 18th, we had a cocktail party at Memphis here in LA for young Deerfield Alums. Hayes MacArthur '95 galloped in with his head up despite a tough upfronts week to just drink, Hanley Baxter '96 came over from Endeavor, and a great co-committee of Annabelle Richardson '94, Trevor Mullen '92, and Martina (Love) Harris '92, made us feel like many other spring Deerfield eves....thirsty

My write up actually made the D.A. Website:

Deerfield Alumni Gather in Los Angeles

Mikey Glazer '94 Reports...

Ring-leader Mikey Glazer '94 surrounded by a few friends!

May 24, 2006 On Thursday night, May 18, I joined a
reputable group of early 90s alumni (Martina Love Harris '92, Trevor Mullen’92
and Annabelle Richardson ’94) to revive the long overdue “Deerfield in Los
Angeles Cocktail Night” that has lain dormant for the past few seasons.

At the new southern inspired lounge, "Memphis in Hollywood", young and young(ish)
alumni from the classes of 1985 – 2001 got together to show off two things we
have learned Deerfield alumni to be exceptional at: cocktails and “war stories”.

Read the full story here (right from the official Deerfield Website) or just skip right to the photo gallery

P.S. The after party at newly relaunched Standard Lounge was unbeknownst to me, the new Thursday promotion of publicist Leland Drummond (Choate '00)

Baby Chimp Loves Tao

Gold Digger - LIVE

This is way overdue, but still GOLD (literally).

After the World Night Club Awards at Nocturnal (Tao won), Marc Jay's self emblazoned 45 foot bus designed like a VIP lounge, and a DKNY swimwear party at the Victor , we climbed in to a table, on the Mansion stage, for "DJ AM vs. Mark Ronson". It was listening, viewing, and screaming in to each others' ears for the next 3 hours.

In the mix were a pair of Williams sisters and 1 Bustah Rhymes. The night went from heavy star power to near "cosmic-convergence" when AM hit Kanye West’s catalogue hit that will still be a favorite years from now…

Gold Digger, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song of the Year, with these marquee lyrics that came to life right in front of us:

“have you seen her
My psychic told me she have a ass like Serena...

It take too much to touch her
From what I heard she got a baby by Busta...”

At this moment, the 2 leaned over and high fived, acknowledging their pre-recorded shout outs.

Adding another weird twist to the US Weekly-ness of the moment, Bustah then spent the rest of the night nodding his head in agreement to AM’s set from 5 feet away. Uhhhh, does anyone else remember Bustah’s public bragging and trashing about sleeping with Nicole Richie – AM’s sometimes fiancé/sometimes girlfried/sometimes after-dinner toothpick??

Guess AM and Bustah are sorta cool now... and for the record, any of our beef with either is also squashed after this summit of pop-hip hop's greatest aficionados.