A new giveaway!
Update: Congratulations to Meaghan who is our lucky winner to this giveaway! :) Thanks so much to everybody for entering. I really wish I had prizes for everyone! Keep checking back, I will definitely have more contests in the future 
Happy Easter everybody! To celebrate the long weekend, I’m having a brand new giveaway! Nothing makes me happier than giving you a little something special to enjoy :D. You are not going to want to skip this one. There are two prizes to this giveaway.
The first prize that I’m giving away is this pair of beautiful Leaf and Husk earrings from Bridget Lynne Designs ($55), a glass leaf drop and husk pendant are suspended from a 14K gold filled cable chain. Attached to a gold filled earwire. Measures 4 1/2 inches. The designer Bridget Lynne Nielsen is such a cutie, and her designs are absolutely pretty, feminine and timeless. All the pieces are handmade by Bridget Lynne herself and they are surprisingly affordable. Be sure to check out her website. One of these days I’m going to buy everything up on that site!
The second part of this giveaway is a $50 gift certificate to the ultra-luxurious celeb haunt Bruno Jamais Restaurant at 24 East 81st Street between Madison and Fifth (Phone: 212 396-3444). Believe me if I was from NYC, I’d be going there myself. But I thought I’d pass it onto all you NYC residents or those of you who are planning on a trip to NYC. Bruno Jamais is blocks away from all of the upper east side’s museums and hotels such as The Carlyle, The Mark and The Stanhope. Celebrity diners have included Chazz Palminteri, Cindy Adams, Chris Noth, Fat Joe, Gary Shandling, Robin Givens, Chaka Khan, Alex Rodriguez, Supermodel Carol Alt, The Gastineau Girls, Joan Rivers, Kim Cattral, and even former President Bill Clinton.
So the rules of this contest are: As always, simply leave a comment to enter. Please leave your name and email address. Your email will be kept safe and private and only viewable by me. This contest will be open for one week and end at 11:59 PM EST on Friday, March 28. One lucky winner will be drawn randomly and contacted via email on Saturday. One entry per person and U.S. and Canadian residents only, please. Good luck to everybody!
More about Bruno Jamais Restaurant after the jump if you care to read about it.
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Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club brings the French Riviera to the upper east side. Where else can one dine in style until 3am with delectable cuisine such as Lobster Brulee and Foie Gras? The service and décor are equally impressive. The restaurant received the “Best Interior Design” award by Hospitality Design Magazine. Now, for the first time in the restaurant’s four history, Bruno Jamais is open on Sunday nights for dinner, dancing and drinks with a reduced priced menu served from 6pm through 2am. In addition, there is also live entertainment. On a cold winter’s night, allow debonair owner Bruno Jamais to make you feel at home and beat the doldrums of winter. With Chef John Keller at the kitchen’s helm the cuisine is sure to delight even the most discerning palates. Bruno Jamais and John Keller have created a unique menu that has an Asian influence without losing its French integrity. Bruno Jamais is also the perfect place to book your private party and can accommodate up to 200 diners for a buffet dinner or 70 people for a sit down dinner. For those upper east siders who are tired of trekking downtime for a evening of fun, this exclusive venue has it all. If you are looking to see stars, celebrity patrons have included: Billy Baldwin, Joan Rivers, Cindy Adams, Chazz Palminteri and even former President Bill Clinton. Reservations are suggested and chic attire is requested.
Bruno Jamais has a new chef whose experience includes Nobu and Le Bernadin. In addition, starting December 10th, the restaurant will be open for the first time ever on Sundays for “Disco Sundays” and will include a reduced price menu to attract and a younger and more late night crowd. Below is information on Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club. This is one of the few places on New York’s Upper East Side where one can dine in style until 3am. There is also live entertainment several nights a week. If you cannot view the photos in the body of this e-mail let me know. Celeb diners have included Bill Clinton, Peter Cook, Billy Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Chris Noth, Fat Joe, The Gastineau Girls, Spike Lee, Kim Cattral, and Fergie, the Duchess of York, Joan Rivers, and Cindy Adams. The new menu is attached as well as the late night menu. This is also an ideal venue for corporate meetings, weddings, rehearsal dinners, and bridal showers in addition to all corporate parties. The Maitre D, Jacques LeMagueresse is a former managing partner at Cello and has also presided over Le Bernadin and Lutece. Bruno Jamais, the owner was the Maitre D at the famed Restaurant Daniel for 10 years. Bruno Jamais has two wine cellars with bottles as expensive as $10,000. They also have a specialty cocktail called “The Platinum Bruno Martini” that sells for $38.00. The restaurant received the “Best Restaurant Design” Award by Hospitality Design Magazine for 2004.
BRUNO JAMAIS RESTAURANT CLUB — The restaurant received the “Best Restaurant Design” Award by Hospitality Design Magazine for 2004.
24 East 81st Street between Madison and Fifth
Bruno Jamais is the quintessential French Restaurateur with suave good looks, charming accent and debonair demeanor. Prior to opening Bruno Jamais Restaurant and Club in 2002, the 4 7-year-old Parisian born Jamais was an important fixture in the culinary world as the Maitre D at restaurant Daniel. He is indebted to world-renowned chef Daniel Boulud for not only teaching him English, but also giving him the opportunity to preside over one of the country’s finest venues for classic French cuisine. While at Daniel, he wielded a powerful position catering to patrons that included world leaders, society matrons, and A-list celebrities. It was during his tenure at Daniel that Jamais learned the art of ‘managing the floor,’ assuaging egos, and making regular clients feel special. Part of his incredible success is his understanding that, “a great Maitre’ D is a good therapist.” Bruno recognized that when dealing with some of the most powerful people in the world, one must meet their level of expectations. He was savvy and knew that is was essential to do his homework and keep abreast of the individuals who comprised the movers and shakers in New York. Daniel Boulud trusted Jamais because of his keen intuition and his uncanny knack for handling people and making them feel important. Bruno believes that one of the key qualities in being a successful restaurateur means, “having respect for people and having them respect you.” He is pleased that many of his customers consider him a friend.
Following Restaurant Daniel, Bruno moved onto Alain Ducasse and then opened the eponymous Bruno Jamais Restaurant and Club in a beautiful 4,500 square foot townhouse on East 81st street that formerly housed Parioli Romanissimo. Bruno was well aware that to please an elite clientele, he had to deliver something extraordinary that surpassed a regular dining experience. To set the right ambiance, he enlisted renowned architect Tony Chi who combined a clubby living room style environment with the comfortable luxury of a first class dining room. The restaurant received the “Best Restaurant Design” Award by Hospitality Design Magazine for 2004. Bruno is a favorite discreet destination for luminaries such as Keanu Reeves, Former President Bill Clinton, Kim Cattral, The Gastineau Girls, and Spike Lee to name but a few. Jamais was inspired to combine a first class restaurant with a nightclub during his time at Daniel when regular customers would inquire where they could go to drink and dance without leaving the Upper East Side. Bruno sought to model the ambiance of his restaurant after those in the South of France that effortlessly combine fine food with a sexy, glamorous and fun environment. Bruno has obviously achieved his goal. Every night from Monday through Saturday after the dinner crowd has finished their meal, the restaurant transforms into a supper club with DJ music and live bands. Bruno Jamais Restaurant and Club is unique because it does not solely attract the usual twenty something crowd, nor does it aspire to. Instead, it has an eclectic mix of patrons of all ages who appreciate an atmosphere that evokes memories of the legendary Regine’s nightclub.
Recently, Bruno enlisted John Keller as the new chef. Keller’s formidable experience includes Nobu and Le Bernardin. Together Jamais and Keller created a twist on the menu that lent an Asian influence without losing the integrity of the French cuisine. Signature dishes include the appetizer lobster brulee, the braised short ribs and an irresistible chocolate soufflé. Keller’s philosophy is, “simple elegance without overdoing it.”
The restaurant business is in Bruno’s blood, working from the age of 15 in his father’s restaurants in Paris and eventually moving on to other notable Parisian establishments such as Lucas Carton, and Le Doyen. Bruno Jamais Restaurant and Club was his first foray as an owner. He says that the most stressful part is, “maintaining the quality of the food and the dining experience, effectively promoting the establishment to an elite clientele, and the ever present awareness that in the cut-throat world of Manhattan dining, there is no room for mistakes.”
Bruno Jamais is generous with praise of colleagues and admires the skills and successes of others in the industry. He cites legendary Sirio Macioni of Le Cirque, the business strategy of Gramercy Tavern owner Danny Meyer, and Blue Water Grill owner Steve Hanson. He also acknowledges the consistent quality of Daniel’s food, and the expansion of Jean George as inspiring. During the rare nights when Bruno is not tending to his own establishment, his favorite restaurants to visit include Nobu, Café Boulud, Alain Ducasse, Le Bernardin, and La Goulue.
Future goals include a restaurant in the Hamptons as well as a downtown supper club venture. Bruno Jamais is a man who knows his business and has his finger on the pulse of Manhattan dining and nightlife.
Located in the heart of Manhattan (24 East 81st Street between Madison and 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 212-396-3444), Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club is elegant and truly sumptuous. Reservations are required. Casual Chic attire is requested. Open for dinner Monday through Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. with Live Music on Monday and Tuesday evenings. The restaurant is also open on Sundays from 6pm-2am featuring Mediterranean night.
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woo hoo! hand those babies over.
e-mail me for the address: 8500 Neuse Hunter Drive
def. bookmarked your blog!
sorry I put the first part of my addreess!
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Awesome contest! And I adore your blog!
Wonderful Giveway..hope I win ..
Awesome! Those earrings are so pretty! <3
The earrings are absolutely adorable. *.* Too bad I don’t plan on going to New York anytime soon since that restaurant looks really nice.
those are fantastic!
Love the earrings! Great giveaway!
Very cute!
Pick Me!
Hope I win thanks
looks like a great place to eat! any reccomendations?
Nice prize.
the earrrings are great hope i win
Bruno Jamais Restaurant - I’ll have to find it if I win!
The earrings are beautiful and I bet the food at that restraunt is great!
Thank you for offering this giveaway. Great prizes. Really love the earrings. Please enter me and thank you.
Oh how pretty ~ Ginny
Those earrings are fabulous. Love ‘em!
Thanks for the contest.
Irresistible!
great prize,great contest.
pretty earrings.
What a wonderful contest! Thank you so much and have a Happy Easter!
Love the earrings ~ very stylish!
ooh jewelry sounds lovely! And I’m a mere train-ride from NYC - I’d love to try that restaurant!
The earrings look so elegant! Great thanks for organizing the contest.
WONDERFUL GIVEAWAY
Wonderful blog! The earrings are lovely, and the restaurant sounds great!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Happy Easter! She does have a wonderful site. Thanks for introducing her to me! The earrings are elegant and simplistic. Jewelry that has leaves is always a favorite of mine because Autumn is my time of the year. Please enter me in your drawing for the lovely earrings. I appreciate it…..Thanks,Cindi
Beautiful
Those earrings are adorable! Good Luck to everyone!
These earrings are great! Would love to have them!
Great dangle earrings for Spring!
I would love to wear these beautiful earrings to this fancy restaurant.
thanks
I love these earrings. Earrings are just my favorite piece of jewerly and these are exceptional. Not like every other earring and enviromentally green!
Get restaurant deal but……… I live in South Alabama. Good luck to all of you I love New York people!
I love the earrings and would love to try the restaurant the next time I’m in NY…
Wow!!
ciao bruno!
Woo Hoo! And we are going to New York in about a month!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
OMG!! I want want want those earrings, she is a fab designer!!!!
Great earrings, great restaurant!
such cute earings and that sure looks like a nice restaurant. would love to try the food.
yay more giveaways!
I would love to win this!
your resturant is just beautiful.
This is so neat!
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Thanks for the contest. Count me in!
OMG! Those earings are absolutley to die for!! They are so goregous and unique!! and that restaurant is really somthin else-Wow!! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this!!!<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
This sounds like a wonderful night out, and the earrings are lovely!
Great giveaway, thanks!
wOULD LOVE TO WIN
Wonderful Giveaway,,,,thanks!
I’d love to take my wife there for dinner….thank’s for posting this.
Please enter me and thanks! I live not too far from that restaurant but haven’t been able to check it out yet.
The earrings are beautiful and I bet the food at that restraunt is great
Enter me
Your blog has me hooked! I’m glad I found it, because now I can’t stop looking at it!
I like the Double Crystal Drop necklace on the Bridget Lynne Designs website
Pretty - O so pretty
Those earrings are gorgeous!
Those are nice earrings for spring. I could visit the restaurant because it’s not that far from me. Thanks for the nice giveaway.
What nice earrings! Thanks for the opportunity.
Now I am hungry and my ears want something pretty to wear
This place sounds fabulous. I’m going back to NYC in a couple of months!
Id love to have the earrings!!
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Love the earrings and the restaurant is to die for! Great giveaway! Thanks!
thanks for the contest
love to win
great contest
I work in the neigborhood and I’ve always wanted to go to this restaurant. I have heard nothing but good things about it.
i’d love to win!
The earrings are really cute–I love danglies. And who doesn’t love a delicious meal?
I love New York and would love to win!
how perfect, we’re planning a trip to New York, i’d love to go to this schwanky restaurant when we’re there!
this would be awesome to use on my trip to NY with my daughter! i bet Johnny Depp totally eats there, hahaha!
I would wear the earings to dinner
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I would wear them to bed
I want to go to Bruno Jamais restaurant just to sit in that awesome polka dot chair. Wouldn’t I look great, sitting in that chair and wearing Bridge Lynn Designs Leaf and Husk earrings?
Earrings are fabulous and would love to try out a new restaurant.
I love those earrings!
nice prize!
Count me in!
I don’t think I will be able to make a trip to NYC anytime soon. But those earrings are delicious.
Spring earrings and dinner at Bruno Jamais. If I can’t be in Paris for the spring time, this will do just fine.
I love reading your blog… maybe one day i can stop lurking and get one of my own!
Those earrings look lovely!
What wonderful prizes!!!
Now that my hair is longer…and I am a blond
these would look pretty and I have never wore earrings like them before so I hope I win!!!!! Thanks.
Thanks so much for the contest! Those are awesome prizes ^_^
Great contest!
Those are gorgeous earrings!
I am so ready for Spring. Would you believe its snowing in the Pacific Northwest today. Snow after Easter? I’m looking forward to Daffodils and Irises coloring the landscape. I love the new leaves on the trees and these earrings are a promise of Spring. Count me in.
Definitely wanna win this.
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Fun blog! (Cute giveaways don’t hurt either!)
Love unusual designs!
Thanks. Would love to win. & I can use it. have a friend. thanks & thanks for the contest.
The earrings are beautiful!
Oh, this is such a great giveaway! Thanks so much.
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
Nice prize. Hope I win.
I really love those earrings. The winner will be truly lucky. Thanks for the chance to win.
I really love those earrings. Thanks for the chance to win.
The earrings are very unique and beautiful.
The earrings are very unique and beautiful. Any woman would be happy to wear them. Thanks for the opportunity for one of us to be the lucky one.