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Umlauf Garden Party 2010
It is the more delicate and decorous cousin to Austin Museum of Art’s La Dolce Vita. Set in a wooded glade bisected by a convincing, yet nevertheless artificial stream, the Umlauf Garden Party trades in the same wares: Chefs sampling, winemakers tasting, lights twinkling, music swaying and mesmerized guests floating from one attraction to another.
Melvis Lara and Ana Gallo
The setting is crucial. The winding lanes among the fluid sculptures of Charles Umlauf (and others) encourage behavior reminiscent of a 19th-century promenade. (By its very nature, La Dolce Vita is a bit more animated.) And some people dress for the occasion in cool whites and caressing fabrics. Others come ready to romance to the big band standards.
Negeen Mosely and Heidi Kasnoff
For the past three years, I’d arrived at the Garden Party early. The better to savor the dusk before heading out to other social obligations. (It is the spring. There will always be other obligations in Austin.) This time, I arrived late — probably last. And that allowed me to linger even longer. (Still, I was forced to cut two events to make it at all.)
Adam Harrison and Sarah Glenn
I talked to many blissed-out guests, as well as a few food and wine representatives who had the time on their hands. At the very end of the evening, Stuart Moulton snuck me the names of artists booked in the next Austin Cabaret Theatre season. No, I can’t tell. That’s what’s called “speaking on background.” Still, it made my cabaret-lovin’ heart beat a little faster.
Jonathon Todd and Dale Huggins
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