The Perfect Drink for the most Extraordinary Party Tables in the World
By Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
 The
tables are set. All 48 of the most incredible tabletops, each created by a
different designer, are finally ready for the culminating banquet honoring
Diffa’s tenth anniversary.
What is more breathtaking? The crystal, the flowers, the
china, or the beautiful people who have come to dine. (did they really come to
dine—or just to see and be seen?)
No matter—it was a floor and tabletop show that equaled a
Broadway production.
 Orchestrating
the crowd to their tables, changing table settings and then serving hundreds of
indulged people could be a director or party planner’s nightmare. The Dallas
Market Center pulled it all off perfectly.
MAKING THE FIRST IMPRESSION
What cocktail do you serve for an extraordinary event? The
solution was simple and simply delicious. Corzo cocktails as stylish as the
setting.
CORZO® White Cosmopolitan
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2 parts CORZO®
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1 parts triple sec
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½ parts fresh lemon juice
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2 parts white cranberry juice
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As martini: Shake all ingredients with ice
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Strain into martini glass
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Garnish with orange slice
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As cocktail: Build all ingredients over ice
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Garnish with orange slice
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Color: Clear
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Attributes: Orange and tart
CORZO® Lemon Basil Cocktail
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2 parts CORZO®
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1 parts triple sec
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½ lemon
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3 basil leaves
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½ parts simple syrup
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Muddle lemon, basil and simple syrup in a rocks glass
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Add ice, tequila and triple sec
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Top with Club Soda
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Garnish with lemon wheel
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Color: Green and yellow
New York tabletop designer Marc Blackwell designed a
fantasy Wine Library for the event.
I was lucky enough to be sitting with Marc Blackwell,
designer of the Diffa table for Rosemount, one of the sponsors of the evening.
Each of the lucky guests at our table was given a bottle of Balmoural and a set
of Marc’s charming drinking glasses.
DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS Brings
DINING BY DESIGN To Dallas
DIFFA’S DINING BY DESIGN presented by ELLE DECOR and GE
MONOGRAM and sponsored by Rosemount Estate Wines and Corzo Tequila brought
together some of the most talented and celebrated individuals in the worlds of
fashion, interior design, art, and architecture to create spectacular,
over-the-top dining environments...
 The
multi-city tour, which in past years has raised more than $12 million for DIFFA,
featured awe-inspiring dining installations by design luminaries such as David
Rockwell/Rockwell Group for GE Monogram, Margaret Russell for ELLE DECOR, Marc
Blackwell for Rosemount Estate, and noted Dallas designers including David
Nelson, Shane Walker, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, Michelle Nussbaumer, John Phifer
Marrs and George Sellers.
“It is truly gratifying to have these extraordinary
designers contribute to such an important cause through this one-of-a-kind
program of events,” said Margaret Russell, Editor in Chief of ELLE DECOR. “We
are proud to continue to support DINING BY DESIGN to help fund DIFFA’s
preventative education and direct-care programs and assist the work they do
within the AIDS community.”
 Each
designer/sponsor received a dining space within which the creative possibilities
were endless; the only requirement was that each table accommodates at least ten
dinner guests. Friday evening, guests had the opportunity to view the
magnificent table creations while tasting Rosemount Estate wines and libations
including cocktails by CORZO tequila. Guests at the gala dinner on Saturday
dined at the tables. The event was a truly unique experience for all who
attend. I will never again be able to use paper plates.
www.marcblackwell.com
www.rosemountestates.com
Madelyn Miller is a food and travel writer who loves to
dine at pretty tables. Read her stories on
www.travellady.com,
www.cocktailatlas.com,
www.chocolateatlas.com,
www.teaAtlas.com and
www.carladynews.com and
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