Saturday, January 24, 2004

I guess I took long enough to chronicle the fun I had over MLK Weekend Jan 16-19 but here it goes.
I have been planning for weeks have a great time. Even planned on taking an extra day at the end of the weekend so I could recover nicely. Being the professional that I am I planned this well in advance.

The jump off occurred on Friday night. Of course I made my obligatory appearance at SBNY Splash Bar New York to hang with Friday night crowd. I came, I saw I had a great time. I drank and danced until I couldn't dance any more (for real guys, after trying to get up on a speaker a little too boisterous I skinned my knee. But I recovered nicely and am once again in healed and hearty). DJ Max Rodriguez did a great job keeping the energy of the place up and the boys interested. I definitely left happy that I had a good time with the guys.

For Saturday night I was planning on laying low and saving myself for a party peak on Sunday Night. Instead my crew convinced me to see and do scene at The Rox (aka RoxyNYC. I tried to keep my partying level low so as not to burn off too much energy but DJ Peter Rauhofer made sure we jumped in with both feet as he let us hear his newest Madonna remixes (Nothing Fails). He kept the groove moving well into the night and I had a great time dancing with the boys. Some music, a great bartender and some lights and I was all smiles. The night finally ended and I made my way home but was glad I was able to get up and out.

We find out that there was going to be a Hip Hop party on Sunday night at where else... The Roxy? (all of the other venues have moved or changed and the flyers went out and all the b-boys converged at biggest dance floor in NYC) Even though the boys were fashionably late by 2am the place was very hopping. Both lounges were packed with boys and the party was lifting off nicely. The bartenders were a little put off by the slow start but alls well that ends well.
Of course that was not full extent of my evening. I made my way over to the Alegria and joined the boys at Crobar. The party had grown too big for SF and was now at its new home Crobar where the guys of international hotness had a place to play. I had already hung out at the venue for New Years and I was wondering how the decor would change for the all guy crowd. I was definitely not disappointed. The vibe was right and the boys were down right juicy sweet. The shirtless mob was everywhere and all the boys of our crew made in appearance. All throughout the evening from boxes on the dance floor to corridors of the art gallery , from the multilevel lounge to the ViP the place was hopping the whole time. The only sticking point was the entry and then coat check. The place actually ran out of coat check space and I had to carry my coat around like a homeless. It was definitely not the move and a total buzzkill on my party time. THANK GOD FOR VIP. Because of the VIP band that I had I was able to use the VIP Coatcheck and get rid of my wrapper in time for me to enjoy my hang out time properly. A few of us agreed that DJ Abel was still getting used to the new digs and did not put his full effect party hat on. Maybe we have something more to look forward to (Black Party Weekend maybe?). I stayed until after 9am. Some of my friends thought that was too early (and other might think it was too long) but I left while I was still having a great time. Being the professional that I am I know that I have to live to party another day. It was all a great time but it really wore me out. Thank goodness I took off an extra day to recover. Very necessary, just like the party itself. A boy has got to live a little. Until the next time.

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