Dinner With Friends at the River Café 2024
Soirée Committiéer
19 December 2024

‘Tis the time for traditions, and surely none could be more festive, more fun than our annual Friends Christmas Dinner. Like clockwork, each year come the second to last Friday of December we fill The River Cafe’s private dining room, Sylvia’s, with our most near and dear to toast the exciting times to come.
Our Holiday Zine has arrived, filled with all the things we love: time travel puzzles, knee slapper jokes, and fabulous contributor features you won’t want to miss.
Meet the contributors behind this edition’s scintillating features.
JOCHEN GERNER

Each season, we turn to the talented illustrator Jochen Gerner to bring our bags to life. This year’s ‘Holidériers’ include a martini-balancing Ease, a poised Parallel, a sporty Racer, and more – in addition to Milo Métier, our Zelig-like travelling mascot who pops up in games and puzzles throughout the Zine.
LAILA GOHAR

Specialising in food as her creative medium, the internationally-renowned artist Laila Gohar recommends her favourite gastronomic delights from her worldwide travels. Behold her six favourite bites from six different countries.







ROB WILSON

A regular Zine contributor, the illustrator and designer Rob Wilson is the brain behind this year’s ‘A-Maze-Ing Holiday Travel Maze’, in which Milo attempts to navigate the perilous gauntlet of holiday airport travel. Rob’s fabulous ‘Where’s Milo?’ drops our intrepid traveller amidst a crush of characters in New York City’s infamous Rockefeller Center skating rink. Can you spot him in the crowd?

FEDERICO MOROSI

Another frequent Zine contributor, Federico Morosi – Hotel Il Pellicano’s bartender extraordinaire – shares his favourite recipes to stir up during the holidays, including his very festive Christmastini.




ALESSANDRA CODINHA

No co-pilot, no problem – the travel and fashion writer Alessandra Codinha delivers 1,600 words on the joys of a solo adventure.
Creative Direction by Melissa Morris, Nicole Cari and Ashwin Deshmukh
Design by Studio Levin Wagner