On Tuesday, January 27, I had dinner with Sebastien Bonnot ’08, Shamanth D’Souza ’10, Christine McBride ’92, Hudson Coley ’08, and his girlfriend Emma at Capdeville, a fabulous little restaurant that was recommended by Christine.
This was a lot of fun and the food was simply outstanding. I had duck and strawberry wontons along with mac and cheese with truffle oil!
The funniest part of the evening was when Christine and Sebastian both realized that they worked for the same events company, Solomon Group. They spent a while talking shop and who they worked with.
Sebastian came to Williston Northampton as result of Hurricane Katrina. When the storm displaced all the kids here, Williston Northampton took Sebastian in. After his sophomore year, he left to return to New Orleans, but quickly realized his school wasn’t being rebuilt quickly, so he came back as a midyear boarder and ended up graduating from Williston Northampton He now does events management.
Christine has worked all over the world doing events, including the NBA All-Star Game and last year’s Food Network Food & Wine Festival in NYC. She was excited to hear we were doing a celebration for Couchie and said she would try to make it back this Reunion for it.
Hud is working with the Tulane Athletic Department, doing video editing for all their teams and working on advertising. I had them all download the EverTrue app.
Shamanth, who is from India, came to Williston Northampton from Saudi Arabia since his parents were working for ARAMCO. He attended Loyola and graduated last year. His sister is currently a student at The University of Richmond and loving it.
They all wanted to hear all about what was different at Williston Northampton, which alumni that they knew were doing what, and I gave them all pub glasses at the end of the night which they loved. We had some great conversations about Mardi Gras (a week of debauchery) and food (fried oysters, popular NOLA drinks). Sebastian, having grown up in New Orleans, had some great stories about growing up here and attending the Mardi Gras parades.
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