Jonathan Adler signed my gold banana at Pieces party
Lee Kleinhelter hosted a Jonathan Adler signing at her Buckhead store with mixologist drinks, flashy photos and some damn-good popsicles
- Bobby Feingold
- Adler doesn't want to let go of my banana
Half of gay royalty stopped by Pieces, the impeccably stocked interior design store in Buckhead, last night. Celebrated potter, interior designer, brief reality-TV judge and significant other to Simon Doonan, Jonathan Adler signed white ceramic miniature poodles, owl napkin rings and even a comfortable-with-its-size golden banana vase for his fans of well-designed, retro-inspired chotchkies.
Store owner Lee Kleinhelter opened Pieces in 2004 and has been modernizing Buckhead's style ever since. The sexy King of Pops handed out Adler-approved popsicles at last night's party along with Andy Minchow of Holeman & Finch dishing out delicious ginger and lime drinks and David Naugle taking masked pictures at the in-store photo booth. Kleinhelter's gorgeous store looks exactly what a Miami condo should look like: all white with splashes of brassy gold filled with old knick-knacks from your old Jewish grandma that have suddenly and unexplainably come back in style. Her high-low taste was recently featured in a 30+ page spread in the online Lonny magazine.