Kanon Organic Vodka: Posts tagged hamptons

June 13, 2011
PS – We Drank and DIYed at Elie Tahari!
Candice Kumai (left), Erica Domesek of PS I Made This (middle)
What was supposed to be a 3-day Hamptons extravaganza was quickly shortened into a day-long adventure once we saw the weather forecast for the weekend. Wet and cold. Everything we like our cocktails to be–NOT our summer weather. We were thankful to have plans with Elie Tahari and Erica Domesek (of PS I Made This) on Saturday afternoon, which provided a welcome respite from the torrential downpours that made our Jitney ride resemble more of an entrance into the Twilight Zone. We're no DIY experts, but we have to say, after a few of our Picnic and Eastside cocktails (which by the way might be two of the best Kanon cocktails we've crafted yet), we were stringing beads onto ribbon like pros. It didn't hurt that Domesek's intern offered to be our "designated DIYer." Isn't it nice to know that someone has your back when you're a few cocktails deep?

Check out all the pictures above from our crafternoon taken by Altamira's Craig Arend, and definitely try pairing your next DIY session with one of our Kanon cocktails. It's amazing how many creative new ideas a couple of sips of vodka can inspire.

PS- Elie Tahari's e-commerce site is on its way and will be launching in August, so be sure to check out our friends over there when it launches!
Cocktail: PICNIC
Muddle watermelon in mixing tin with lemon and simple syrup, add Kanon, shake, strain into rocks glass over ice, top with lemon lime soda. Created by Jan Warren at Dutch Kills
September 8, 2010
The Rapture Performs "House of Jealous Lovers"
Everyone agrees that cake is pretty damn tasty… but there’s nothing like icing. For us, The Rapture was the icing on our proverbial cake this past weekend. For most people, who’ve seen the band play in sweaty clubs or huge arenas, seeing them go off on our amazing pool deck whilst jumping into a crystal clear pool was an experience that will pretty much define the summer of 2010.

But like all highs there’s a come down, so we didn’t let our friends go home empty handed. After stuffing themselves with tacos and Kanon cocktails our guests went home with gift bags courtesy of Burt’s Bees… perfect for treating those newly minted suntans. We don’t ever wanna come down.

Video directed by Alexander Klein.
FÖK: Alexander Klein
Creative mind Alexander Klein is the brains you never get to see behind the camera. You can check out his work on the Kanon blog in the videos he directed featuring Lykke Li and Bryanboy.
September 1, 2010
Drinking with The Rapture
“House of Jealous Lovers” is a classic song. One that will immediately be associated with downtown New York in the early 21st century, right along with The Strokes or LCD Soundsystem. There was no jealousy (we think) at the Kanon house this past weekend. Thus, The Rapture’s rendition of their classic was more laced with irony than a literal interpretation.

Not much jealousy when there’s great music, food, Kanon cocktails, and a rad diving board. That’s pretty simple. In a good way. Also simple in a good way, Stefanie Marco’s Kanon summer cocktail that you can make in less time than one good Rapture song… as she demonstrates here, and as the boys in the band attest to. Also, looks of really good looking people.
August 31, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Alex Welsh
The Kanon summer house in the Hamptons has, unsurprisingly, been visited by some of the best fashion photographers in New York City and the world. That’s why it was so awesome that FOK (Friend of Kanon) Alex Welsh, who spends his days and nights shooting some serious documentary work (for the likes of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal), came by to add his very unique vision to our guest blogger series. Originally from San Francisco and now settled in Brooklyn, Alex is fresh off documenting life in Mexico City and some of the more forgotten neighborhoods of his native city. We were glad to save him a seat poolside for the weekend.
August 31, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Joachim Johnson
Joachim Johnson. Photo by Harry Beee.
Summer is coming to an end. Sad, yes. We could have very well packed up our bags, gotten our coats out of storage and waited for the long, cold winter. But no, that’s not how Kanon rolls….or something like that. Instead we teamed up with downtown darlings GrandLife NYC and all the crazy characters that follow them around the world. Then we went ahead and got The Rapture to play a rare, private show, poolside. It was a pretty great way to celebrate the end of an amazing summer.

Each weekend out in the Hamptons has been pretty, oh let’s go with magical, yet, when we got the good news that The Rapture would be playing just for us, magic became an understatement. We needed a whole new dictionary of superlatives and hyperboles.

Who better to document and guest blog this than one of our favorite music photographers and FOK (Friend of Kanon) Joachim Johnson. Joachim began shooting as a teenager for labels like Universal Latino and Motown and has since worked with music and fashion mags like Nylon, People, Billboard, and the UK Sunday Times. Good music deserves good photography. We’re fans of symbiotic relationships.
FÖK: Joachim Johnson
Joachim Johnson is a renowned music photographer who started shooting artists for major labels when he was just a teenager. His work can be found in major publications including Nylon, People, and Billboard magazines.
August 31, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Jenn Camp of Le Fashion
Jenn Camp of Le Fashion
You know how you get home from work and plan on doing, oh, an hour or so of personal business? It might be walking your dog, paying bills, or meditating – it’s something other than your 9 to 5. Also, you know how you pretty much never do that? Well, Jenn Camp doesn’t know that feeling. Jenn’s the editor of five blogs, yes FIVE blogs, including Le Fashion, Le Love, Olsens Anonymous, and Le Smoking just to name a couple. Enough to take up a whole day, right? Wrong. Jenn’s also going to grad school at Columbia. And guess what our friend Jenn agreed to do with her weekend? Blog for us. She rules.

But we have to say this weekend’s party, co-hosted by Grand Life and featuring a live performance by The Rapture, wasn’t exactly a tough day at the office. Read this and get to yoga.
FÖK: Jenn Camp
Jenn Camp is a full-time grad student and even fuller-time blog maven. She’s the founder of five blogs, including Le Fashion, Le Smoking and Olsens Anonymous, but in addition to it all, she still... more
August 30, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Sophie Elgort
Sophie Elgort with David Tsu
We’ve been pretty lucky this summer. An amazing cast of characters from music, film, fashion, art, and photography has all made their way out to the Kanon summer house in the Hamptons. This past weekend was no exception. It’s just icing on the cake that these fine folks are also guest blogging for us. Hell, we’d be happy just hanging out with them.

That’s certainly the case with photographer and FOK (Friend of Kanon) Sophie Elgort. She counts many fashion mags and clients in her body of work and we’re honored she brought her camera out with her to capture her time with The Rapture and with the rapture of people that made the good times roll this Saturday. Keep an eye out for a beautiful blonde snapping away this fashion week--that’s Sophie.
August 28, 2010
GrandLife and Kanon Vodka Present The Rapture!

There's almost nothing we love more than a good party (except for hosting that good party), and we really think we've outdone ourselves with this one. We've teamed up with our friends at GrandLife to present a live performance by The Rapture taking place at our very own home away from home, our Southampton summer house. It's the perfect celebration to end the summer right--AND we're giving you guys a chance to win two invitations to come along with us. Just follow us on Twitter HERE and GrandLife on Twitter HERE and be on the lookout for how to win.

See you out there.
August 12, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger
Put a beach, some waves, some surfers, and a few attractive girls in front of our photographer and a pretty picture he will paint. Well, photograph. He’s one of our favorite photographers at a time when everyone’s headed to the beach armed with a Leica and a dream.

What better guy to document the Saturdays Surf anniversary party. And what better girl to team with him than model Jessica Hart. Although, as much as we love Shaun, you can pretty much team Jessica with anyone and we’d be feeling good about it.
FÖK: Saturdays
Perhaps the hub of Manhattan’s very own surf culture, Saturdays is a surf/coffee shop located on Crosby Street in Soho – and the perfect urban oasis for surfers at heart when they’re caught away from the waves.
August 11, 2010
Kanon Mixology: Recipes from Sophomore Cocktails in Montauk

The Memory Motel in Montauk has seen its fair share of good times. The Rolling Stones partied there during their stays at Andy Warhol’s nearby house and loved it so much they named a song after it. Needless to say, the Memory has seen broken beer bottles, strewn cigarettes, and just a couple of broken pool cues and bad cover bands.

This summer, Cynthia Rowley has opened a pop-up shop with some of her favorite folks just adjacent to the historic hotel and is throwing parties that have quite honestly cleaned the joint up a bit. FOK (Friend of Kanon) Chrissie Miller was the designer du jour this past weekend, celebrating her line Sophomore and it’s popping up in the aforementioned pop up. We couldn’t sit by idly and let our dear friends guzzle warm, flat beer. Not our style. Instead, Stefanie Marco whipped up a summery cocktail that’s part tropics (passionfruit) and part Cape Cod (ginger beer). Success.

Passionfruit Punch

2 oz Kanon Organic Vodka

1 oz passionfruit juice

Ginger beer

Basil leaves

Mix vodka and passionfruit juice together. Top with ginger beer and garnish with basil leaves.
FÖK: Chrissie Miller
Chrissie Miller isn’t just a DJ, she’s a designer to boot. You can catch her line of downtown cool pieces, SOPHOMORE, at boutiques across the country, and check out her DJ sets at some of the best parties... more
August 9, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Pete Miszuk
If you live in New York and aren’t a complete and utter shut-in, you’ve probably met, drank with, or been photographed by Pete Miszuk. The man-about-town is unmistakable in his trademark fedora and tattooed arms (and fingers), riding his bike and basically mayoring around downtown New York.

But besides having a seemingly insatiable energy and apparently never getting hungover, Mr. Miszuk takes some beautiful photographs. And all of that basically encompasses everything we like about life in general. We passed the guest-blogging torch along and found another trusted FOK (Friend of Kanon).

Pete took pictures at Sophomore's cocktail party at the Cynthia Rowley pop-up shop in Montauk over the weekend, where the likes of Chrissie Miller, Madeleine von Froomer (both designers of Sophomore), Blue Logan, and Cynthia Rowley herself with her adorable kid were hanging out imbibing Kanon Organic Vodka cocktails mixed by our very own Stefanie Marco and engaging in what looks like a pretty rad hula-hoop contest out front.
FÖK: Peter Miszuk
Peter Miszuk is that fedora-clad lad you’ve seen out photographing pretty much everyone under the sun.
August 5, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Timothee Verrecchia
If you haven’t gathered by now we’ve got a soft spot for renaissance men. This past weekend was pretty much confirmation of such as we hosted a gaggle of dudes (and girls) that can’t really respond to the question “What do you do?” in five words or less. Same goes for FOK (Friend of Kanon) Timothee Verrecchia.

Tim is a creative director, photographer, and all-around idea man. If that’s a bit vague for you, every time you eat at Café Gitane at the Jane, you’ll have Tim (as a founding partner) to thank. Tim was present at this past weekend’s Saturdays Anniversary party at the Kanon house. Omnipresent, if you will. And if you’ve never seen party pics from an omnipresent level, here you go.
August 3, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Colin Tunstall from Saturdays Surf
If you find yourself walking down Crosby Street, down what is quite possibly the quietest block in Soho, you might see a lot of surfboards and seemingly beach-bound dudes. This is no hallucination. For the past year--exactly one year to be precise--Saturdays Surf NYC has served as the de facto capital of New York City’s surprisingly diverse surf scene. On any given day, you can find Josh, Colin, or Morgan, fresh from a morning surf at Rockaway, hanging out, making espresso, or showing off the latest goods from their eponymous line. Except for this weekend.

We stole them, along with a couple hundred of their very best friends, and hosted Saturdays’ very first anniversary. There were boogie boards careening off diving boards, fresh coconuts spiked with our very own blend, a Beetlejuice-inspired conga line, and a whole host of New York legends (Ricky Powell anyone?) sharing tales about the good old days. All to the legendary sounds of Chances with Wolves. Saturdays in house photographer Colin Tunstall was there to capture it all from day to night with his signature style and aesthetic. Hang ten, kooks.
FÖK: Colin Tunstall
As the in-house photographer over at Saturdays Surf NYC, Colin Tunstall helps bring the Soho streets a bit more of that much needed Cali-style surf culture we love so much.
August 3, 2010
Kanon Mixology: Recipes from Saturdays Surf Soiree
Stefanie Marco sipping on her Kanon H2O
Get all the noise about surfers’ just drinking crappy beers and downing fish tacos by the dozen out of your dome. Thems is stereotypes. Fish tacos are good, granted, but the guys at Saturdays have discerning tastes when it comes to cocktails. Resident mixologist Stefanie Marco concocted some crazy recipes just perfect for the post-pool cool down. Watch/listen/read and learn kids.

Kanon H20 (pictured above)

2 oz Kanon Organic Vodka

1/4 oz fresh lime

2 oz coconut water

Mix and serve (preferably in a coconut)

Watermelon Crush

2 oz Kanon Organic Vodka

2 oz fresh watermelon juice

1 lemon slice

Garnish with a squeezed lemon slice.

Saturdays Kanon Punch

2 oz Kanon Organic Vodka

1 1/2 oz passionfruit juice muddled with three leaves of fresh basil

Serve with a splash of ginger beer and squeeze of fresh lime

FÖK: Saturdays
Perhaps the hub of Manhattan’s very own surf culture, Saturdays is a surf/coffee shop located on Crosby Street in Soho – and the perfect urban oasis for surfers at heart when they’re caught away from the waves.
August 2, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Spiridakis from White Lightning
Me!
One of our most favorite FOK's (Friend of Kanon) ever ever ever, Elizabeth Spiridakis, the prolific and cool-as-hell blogger from Feels Like White Lightning, came to our Saturdays Surf party this weekend, and not only did she take a bunch of pictures for us, she guest-wrote our very own exclusive post. Read her version of the party here--trust us, she probably had the most fun out of everyone period. From Elizabeth:

Have you ever had an enormous luxury bus full of capital C Cool people pull off the L.I.E. and wait just for you to catch up to it in your yellow cab, just so you can roll with them to the Hamptons? No? I have. This past Saturday. It's about as mortifying as it sounds.
CONTINUE READING FOK GUEST BLOGGER: ELIZABETH SPIRIDAKIS FROM WHITE LIGHTNING.
FÖK: Elizabeth Spiridakis
Elizabeth Spiridakis (aka the blogger behind White Lightning) is a talented writer whose interests lie pretty much everywhere except on the wrong side of cool. Everyone who is anyone reads her musings on her favorite topics,... more
August 2, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Jauretsi Saizarbitoria
The first sets of pictures from this weekend's wild Saturdays Surf 1-year anniversary party are rolling in and they look pretty awesome, if we do say so ourselves. These shots come from FOK (Friend of Kanon) and filmmaker/writer Jauretsi Saizarbitoria, who was on hand during the event snapping away for the Saturdays boys.

The party started out at the Saturdays surf shop/coffee shop in SoHo where a bus picked up a load of guests to transport them out to our Southampton house where they were greeted with leis and coconuts filled with potent Kanon Organic Vodka cocktails--a perfect beginning that culminated six hours later in a sunset conga line around the pool set to Beetlejuice's "Jump in Line" led by Saturdays partner Josh Rosen, who was fist-pumping bottles of Kanon in the air against the backdrop of a huge outdoor film screen playing classic surf movie Endless Summer. Sound awesome? It was.

Jauretsi does a darn good job capturing the best moments of the day, including the impromptu diving contest that happened, with each diving trick better than the next. The Saturdays guys actually started surfing boogie boards off the diving board at one point, a spectacle that was accompanied by cheering and howling coming from a group of hot, bikini-clad babes sitting around the pool. Remind us to save that in our bag of tricks.

All in all, it was an epic good time--the drinks were flowing, dancing was nonstop, and the collective of DJs, Chances with Wolves, played an impeccable set of rare gems. Ricky Powell even joined the party, holding court by the pool all afternoon, entertaining guests like Elizabeth Spirodakis from White Lightning and Mikey Palms, owner of South Paw, with stories about old New York.

It doesn't get much better than that.

P.S. Stay tuned for more FOK guest posts from White Lightning, Colin from Saturdays Surf, Shaun Hartas with model Jessica Hart, and more.
FÖK: Jauretsi Saizarbitoria
Jauretsi Saizarbitoria has worn many hats over the past 15 years in media, having worked in magazines, film and online. Currently, you’ll find her holding court as the Executive Editor at the website for the Standard Hotel, a... more
August 1, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Bronques from Last Night's Party
Yesterday, we hosted a party for Saturdays NYC Surf's 1-year anniversary at our humble abode in Southampton, and just like our 4th of July soiree, it was a blast (to say the least). The Saturdays boys splashed into NYC with their rad beachwear/surf shop/espresso bar/outdoor garden deck experience in SoHo one year ago. They have since built a loyal community of generally awesome customers, friends and Kanon drinkers. Everyone hearts them, and it showed. A bus full of party people came rolling up to the house around 4 PM and by 4:07 PM there were Kanon Organic Vodka drinks served in coconuts, music blasting, people diving into the pool, pigs roasting, and loads of ridiculously attractive folks roaming around making eyes at one another. If you missed it, here's a wink for you..

Since one of those attending happened to be our favorite 'photo instigator' Merlin Bronques, he became a FOK for the weekend (that's Friend of Kanon, for those of you who are new readers). Bronques is the founder and photographer behind Last Night's Party, the infamous website that documents the inner workings of NYC and global nightlife, no matter how debaucherous... Bronques shot a video for us, using nothing but his iPhone. IMPRESSIVE- It's artsy and real and fresh. Just like the man himself. Watch it over and over and yes, she is flirting with you..just you.
FÖK: Merlin Bronques

Bronques is the founder of Last Night’s Party, a site that answers the question, “where were you last night?”. Chances are, if you’ve been to a club downtown anytime over the last six years, it’s more than... more
July 26, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Steven Rojas
Going to Polo
If you happen to find yourself at a Grand Hotel, of the Soho or Tribeca variety, there’s a good chance you’re about to be greeted by FOK Steven Rojas. Make your pleasantries fast though cause you only have about a minute until he bolts to go DJ, blog, or get you some drinks.

Conversely, if you happen to find yourself in the Hamptons on a summer weekend, you’ll definitely find Mr. Rojas DJing the Montauk Yacht Club, holding court at Ditch Plains, or just rabble rousing in general. Last weekend, all of Rojas’ energies and photographs were focused squarely on the Bridgehampton Polo Club and the Kanon Organic Vodka cocktail creations being doled out. Some people were born to work a party….welcome to the world of Rojas.
FÖK: Steven Rojas
The social media guru behind GrandLife (aka the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand hotels), Steven Rojas, makes his living tweeting, Facebooking and ensuring hotel guests and visitors have the best time of their lives.... more
July 12, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Sara Bourke
Okay, remember when we said the last post was our last 4th of July mention 'til next year? Well. We lied. We found these pictures taken by Swedish blogger Sara Bourke over the weekend, and they were so rad we couldn't NOT put them up. But THIS is the real, official, really official last 4th of July post, we promise. At least until next year. In the meantime, check it out--a lot of our favorites make an appearance: Faran from Nylon, Becka Diamond, Richie Rich, those killer Acne shoes, and last but not least, our own Harry Beee.
FÖK: Sara Bourke
Sara Bourke is a Swedish photographer and blogger.
July 7, 2010
FOK Guest Blogger: Harry Beee
Anddd here's yet another set of snapshots from our all-American backyard 4th of July party. This time, the shutterbug du jour is our very own Harry Beee, Kanon's creative director, and by the looks of it, quite the amateur photographer. What can we say? We like to hang out with multi-talented people. Makes us look that much better. Plus, he's got great hair.

Our favorite shot from this set is the one of host Carlos Quirarte of The Smile doing what appears to be some sort of wildly ecstatic party howl. Pretty much sums the day up.
July 6, 2010
4th of July Video hosted by Becka Diamond
The fireworks are smoldering, the ice has melted, and the BBQ is tucked away. Our giant Kanon 4^th of July party has come and gone and it was everything we’d hoped and wished for. Some of the coolest kids in New York City jumped up early and headed out to Southampton for a day of custom organic vodka cocktails, swimming, and brunch/lunch/dinner by The Smile. Oh, and tattoos. Lots of tattoos. Our friend Becka Diamond was there from the start documenting the activities and getting some diamond ink of her very own courtesy of Mark Cross of East River Tattoo. Becka also had time to try all six of Stefanie Marco’s cocktail creations, sample The Smile’s take on the traditional 4^th cook out, and finally hang back with Chrissie Miller for some DJ tips. Can’t wait till next year, kids.
FÖK: Becka Diamond
Becka Diamond is a DJ and New York fashion maven whose looks and tastes have beendissected everywhere from Fashionista and Nylon to New York Magazine and Refinery 29.
July 4, 2010
Happy July 4th
Wow. Yes, wow. How are we even constructing sentences right now. Yuck, that rhymed. But anyway, our party is well under way in Southampton. We braved taxis, boats, and helicopters to get here and it was well worth it. The cocktails are flowing, the fireworks are exploding, and the tattoos are, uh, inking? Bottom line is that The Americans killed it on our stage/deck and Chrissie Miller is DJing like her life depends on it. It rules, we’re having fun and we’re gonna leave now and continue having fun. More later.

Photos by Harry Beee.
FÖK: Chrissie Miller
Chrissie Miller isn’t just a DJ, she’s a designer to boot. You can catch her line of downtown cool pieces, SOPHOMORE, at boutiques across the country, and check out her DJ sets at some of the best parties... more

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