Haagan Dazs ice cream, champagne and vodka all mixed together - yum! That was the signature cocktail at the Haagan Dazs summer party to celebrate The Dubliner magazine's Best Of edition. Hosted in the new luxury Baggot Street venue owned by George Sabongi, which incorporates Cristal club and George's Bar and Restaurant, it was a who's who event.
The party was abuzz with compliments for George's new place, which does not actually open to the public until mid-September. Lapping up the evening sun, most of the guests congregated in the two level patio area - a wonderful feature for smokers who must suffer the smoking ban here in Ireland.
There were also plenty of delicious Kinnie cocktails, and cooling down on them were Senator Mary O'Rourke, who looked resplendent in pale yellow, Cindy Cafolla, Brendan O'Connor, stylist Roxanne Parker, TV presenter Kathryn Thomas and film director and writer Gerry Stembridge, who is just about to publish his latest book, 'According to Luke'.
I also spotted Bea Kelliher of The Dublin Fringe Festival, Sarah Jane English, Daniel Ryan of The Thrills, Gavin Lambe - Murphy (just back from Italy) and Niall Woods (just back from France) - all loving the mini Haagen Dazs ice creams, no doubt.
The Sabongi family then extended an invitation to guests to continue the party in Romanza, their Leeson Street restaurant, where I believe it continued on into the night. I stayed only a few minutes as I had to head across town to The George, where Donna and Joe McCaul were making a personal appearance. This was the first time I'd seen them sing live since the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
Indeed the occasion doubled as a Eurovision reunion as I met up with Ann and Keith O'Reilly, Karl Broderick, Alan Hughes and Robert Martin - all of whom I was in Kiev with. Donna and Joe performed to rapturous applause, singing all 5 songs live, including their hit single, Love?, which is in it's 11th week in the Irish singles chart.
Among the other guests on the night were TV stars Amanda Brunker, Anna Nolan and Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh, producer Traolach Ni Buchalla, fashion editor Bairbre Power and restaurant critic Ross Golden - Bannon, who was also just back from Italy (but was not with Gavin Lambe - Murphy!).
Question of the week: Which celebrity has just had a boob job? And she isn't shy about telling people!
