Upon entering the venue, the more than 250 guests posed for photos in front of a wall of Andy Warhol-like portraits of Rossman, and sampled ceviche offered by a a mermaid in a bathtub, recalling the 1984 hit movie, Splash. Artist Hanh Tran created an interactive painting of Rossman with a bottle of champagne and invited guests to paint the bubbles. A custom-built wall in the shape of a Rubik’s Cube overflowed with such 1980s candy treats.

Inside the main room, artist Justin Garcia created a “lite brite” wall composed of more than 1,000 vials of tequila making up Rossman’s portrait, and guests were encourage to pick a vial and imbibe.The fare, catered by David Cordua, centered on ’80s movies, with Mystic Pizza and Corky’s sliders, along with lobster corn dogs and taco salad served in a Fritos bag, washed down with smoking St. Elmo’s Fire drinks and Pretty in Pink Jell-O shots, served by waitresses on roller skates.

A multi-tiered cake, created by For Heaven’s Cake, was decorated with such sugar spun 1980s favorites as the MTV logo, Converse All-Stars tennies, a boom box and the No Duh slogan. Neon-colored slinkies dangled from the ceiling along with fabulous 80s themed decor.  

The popular cover band The Space Rockers performed ’80s hits on one stage before the main attraction — the ’80s New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls — took to another stage and performed their greatest hits.