#kingsmasquerade

[bbrarebooks]

Sometimes we know not whether we stand at the beginning or the end of a season within our own life. Yet we know that the wintry ground will thaw and spring’s roots will rise again. What man forgets, nature remembers. #nye2019 #kingsmasquerade #mckittrickmasquerade @themckittrick @sleepnomorenyc (at The McKittrick Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BscNvWvgOKL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=44tkh1548oaf

[emmastory]

Like the St Valentine's Day dance last winter, the King's Masquerade made me fall in love with the McKittrick all over again. And of course I'm still in love with all of the wonderful glamorous creeps I spent the evening with.

[dreamingofmanderley]

The King's Masquerade.  New Year's Eve at the McKittrick, 2014.

The feast was incredible. The flowing drinks made our cheeks glow pink and warm.  The highlights of the "Savoury Pye" and "Chocolate Foole" left us aching to unbutton our gowns and tails. But the magical a cappella rendition of "A Nightingale Sings in Berkeley Square" nearly brought tears to my eyes.  A beautiful night spent dancing, drinking and feteing with gorgeous masked friends. A blessed way to harkening the dawn of a new year.

Happy 2014, my lovelies!

[emmastory]

If I've learned anything from being burlesque-adjacent for all these years, it's that you can't really go wrong by adding more glitter and more feathers.