After decades in magazines, Doppelt ditched publishing to become a maître-d. Now, as the membership director of San Vicente Bungalows, she wields more power than ever.
portfolio, we asked stars of film, fashion, art, music, and more to share their insights on staying true to themselves. See this year’s full class of creatives. Seven years ago, you surprised everyone by ditching publishing to take a job as maître d’–in-training at Tower Bar, in Los Angeles, replacing the veteran Dimitri Dimitrov.
It was thinly veiled snark. People would say, “Oh! This is what you’re doing now?” Then, within about 18 months, I started getting phone calls from some of them, asking if we were hiring. Dimitri trained me from the lowest rung on the ladder, so for the first few weeks I was in the dish pit, polishing silverware. He kept saying to me, “You know nothing!” And in some ways, he was right.
The club is known for being extremely strict about secrecy: Members can’t take photos at the club or post about it on social media. I’ve heard that a few members have gotten themselves suspended. What were their misdeeds? Strangely, it’s the average people who act the most entitled. I’ve found that, at the club, the big stars just want to be treated like real people. They want to blend in because they draw so much attention everywhere else.It will be heavily fashion, with a big presence from the art world, and, personally, I want as many writers as possible. As with our first club in L.A., we’re letting in only a couple hundred to start. We’re being incredibly selective.
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