
And finally, the long anticipated evening, highlighting one of the biggest international DJ names, has come and gone w/ a blink of an eye. Thursday night, Stéphane Pompougnac, the resident DJ at Paris’ Hotel Costes, spun his magic in celebration of Match’s one-year anniversary (I was also an attendee at the opening night, invite-only party last year, also a total blast).
The show was so AMAZING! I have seen & heard quite a few DJ’s spin in-town over they years, renowned names such as Paul Oakenfold, Sasha & Digweed, Deep Dish, & Paul Van Dyk, but this experience far surpassed the others. Instead of the large-venue, club scene characterized by twenty-something’s dancing maniacally, sweating, sipping water bottles and licking citrus lollipops, this was an intimate, 30-something crowd, and the small-venue (really, a restaurant) added a personal, intimate ambiance that really brought back the "lounge" and "chill-out” in the music genre.
Being a "school night", I thought I would stay just a couple hours. However, after Mike & I shard a light dinner of Spicy Shrimp and Chorizo Skewers ($9.50), a Spinach & Goat Cheese Salad with Sliced Apples and Caramelized Pecans ($6.95), and a few of their spectacular signature mini-burgers ($5.75-$6.75), the beats energetically picked up and the crowd inside, and in the agonizing long-line outside, grew larger and larger. I knew the night was nowhere near a close.
After finishing our dinner, I noticed that seated next to me, was a girl that I had befriended at a wedding I attended a few years prior, but hadn't seen since. She was seated with this quirky but very cool events designer, also a HUGE SP fan, and a guy-friend who generously offered us some Champagne. And thus we hung out the rest of the night, and yes, the Champagne flowed & flowed.
While dancing, chatting, and making friends with fans, we managed to also befriend the in-house Match photographer (solving my huge dilemma of mindlessly forgetting to bring my digital cam), and
we worked-in some great snapshots with Stéphane himself. I must note that Stéphane, probably only 5'5" or so and a good-looking guy, is uncharacteristically also a "nice-guy"! He chatted with us, took requests, allowed multiple pictures with fans, and even signed his autograph for me (yes, I am a geek, but it’s proudly on my fridge now, and in the pic to the right :)).
This night really quenched my thirst for seeing and hearing a top-notch DJ. Stay tuned for pics from the night, which should hopefully be posted to the Match website by our photographer friend shortly.
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