Members and guests of the French-American Chamber of Commerce gathered on Tuesday evening, November 17 for a unique Soirée Ambulante that featured networking and luxury shopping along New York City’s renowned Park and Madison Avenues.

While networking and enjoying Paul Goerg champagne, attendees explored Longchamp, where they also sampled an exquisite array of Valrhona chocolate; Mauboussin, which also featured a Lactalis cheese display; and Bernardaud, where they tasted a variety of D’Artagnan patés, saucisson and terrines.

After visiting the luxury stores, attendees gathered at FACC member restaurant Benoit for networking and an extraordinary raffle drawing. The raffle featured items from the evening’s participating stores and sponsors:

D’Artagnan “Gascogne Picnic Basket”, won by Michael Cone of Neville Peterson; two Paul Goerg champagne bottles, won by Chris Hall of Global Tax Network LLC; a “Le Pliage” Longchamp travel bag, won by David Santibanez; Bernardaud “Dancing Vase”, won by Barbara Houdayer of Creative Feed; and a Mauboussin “Pochette Grand Rouge”, won by Sylvie Beljanski of the Beljanski Wellness Center.

The grand prize, two roundtrip business-class tickets to Paris on OpenSkies, was won by Tom Felicciardi of the Wealth Advisory Group LLC. Félicitations to all winners!

The FACC thanks the evening’s generous sponsor OpenSkies, and also thanks its participating members for their invaluable support of this memorable evening.