LOCAL Houston | The City Guide JUNE 2015 | Page 68

Local June_FinalEDITED.qxp_002houston 5/21/15 7:25 PM Page 68 EVENT: OMEGA SPEEDMASTER CELEBRATION WHERE: SUGAR LAND AIRPORT It doesn’t get much cooler than dining on the moon. That is exactly what OMEGA Watches recreated in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo13 mission on Tuesday, May 12, at a local airplane hangar. Neil Armstrong wore an OMEGA Speedmaster when he landed on the moon and seeing that it was the first watch on the moon, it only made sense for OMEGA to collaborate with NASA on a local level for a spectacular event unlike anything seen in Houston. Brand ambassador George Clooney was on hand, as were astronauts Jim Lovell, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan. With a guest list of 300, of which only 35 were from Houston, the black tie seated dinner took guests to the moon to dine. Parisian event planners, Bureau Batek, did a stellar job recreating the moon in an airplane hangar: from the rocky floors with boulders to the backlit black walls with twinkling lights and Star Wars-like tunnels and doors leading into the dining area. Local event planners, A Fare Extraordinaire, took care of the space-inspired fare and cocktails including spiked Tang®. A bevy of the elite on the social list made the cut as the local guests, but it was the astronauts who stole the show, even from Clooney himself. Photography Courtesy of Omega Watches 68 L O C A L | june 15