Olive Bar & Kitchen, Bandra celebrated their 10 year anniversary on Sunday hosted by A.D. & Sabina Singh. On display at the restaurant were pictures and cut outs of some of their regulars over the last decade.
Psst! Funnily enough Ashish Raheja’s cut out initially had a speech bubble that said “where are my girls?” which mysteriously disappeared during the course of the afternoon. Could it be that he’s finally worried about his rep and had it removed? LOL! A funny replacement suggestion included “I could buy your family” as a nod to his altercation with Salman Khan’s baby sis Arpita Khan and bro Sohail Khan back in September where he apparently said that in retaliation #DouchebagBehavior.
It was a pretty fun brunch all in all with a fancy spread (yummy tuna carpaccio and a cake with perfectly matched olive-green icing!) and the dance-floor was dominated by The Olive Jukeboxers Venkat & Carlton who sang along with Suchitra Krishnamoorty while Pooja Bedi, Parveen Dusanj, Ash Chandler & Junelia Aguiar, Monica Vaziralli, Kishen Mulchandani and Meher Mooz all shook a leg to the music. There was one bitter-sweet moment however when Suchitra belted out an emo “I will Survive” while her ex-husband Shekhar Kapur schmoozed outside. Oh well.
Also Spotted: Aditya Hitkari & Divya Palat, Zeba & Rajesh Kolhi, Amitabh & Akansha Nanda, Samar & Palak Sheth, Kailash & Arti Surendranath, Anil & Sabina Chopra, Narendra Kumar, Kadambari Lakhani, Shamita Singha, Bandana Tewari, Acquin Pais, Liza, Hazel, Gizelle, Lascelles Symond, Reshma Bombaywala, Farhad Taraporewala,Vikram Raizada & Nisha, Sunita Rao and Bob Brahmabhat. (more pix here.)
P.S. And then there was this guy John, who I think used to be part of the 3 piece band that used to sing songs on request at brunch every Sunday but now clearly works in management. He looks exactly like the actor Giovanni Ribisi (you remember Phoebe’s quirky brother from Friends?) Lol.