First off, yes I have been somewhat amiss and left a week out. Even hopped up bunnies such as myself need time to catch up on some other issues, (family, taxes, the usual worldly drama) and even the blog falls way down on the to do list. But here I am back on the case and ready to sort out the scene.

For the weekend of February 20-21 I did in fact go out. The Friday jump-off was all good with David Knapp spinning at SBNY and the usual crowd of boys to keep the place jumping. The weekend after the holiday weekend was a little different, a light crowd with a lot more local boys than usual. A quick walkthrough of the premises showed that even though the dance floor was not packed at first the club was filled through sort of evenly. No reason to crowd together when you have plenty of spaces to be. David threw on some Victor Calderone ("Resonate") as well as some Britney ("Toxic") and kept the boys attention well into the evening. I left around 3am, got my ride home and began the long process of saving myself up for the next evening.

Saturday at The Rox was another night of Peter. That guy is definitely one of hardest working DJs around. With all of his production work behind the scenes (sorry you lost that "beautiful" Grammy to that Beyonce song) as well as his constant reappearance at the Roxy to DJ you wonder when he gets to do anything else. Once again though he told the story well with the beats and took us another textbook Peter groove. The evening never truly blew the roof off but it was definitely a fun time had by all and the boys seemed to leave happy.

Now coming up on this past weekend (this morning ) 2/28 I actually had planned on going out on Friday as well, with the long weekend of work and all and the pressure to unwind piling up but family issues kept me out of the club for one more night. No great loss though as I was able to save up all of my energy for a night with Manny Lehman. Yes, Manny has returned to the Roxy and it looked like all the boys returned as well and were had waited with baited breath for the occasion. Manny definitely attracts one of the more diverse crowds (and if the line outside was any indication, it geared up to be a highly attended evening) As soon as I stepped up to the main floor the energy of the place was definitely kicking and the music only got better the later it got. I saw a lot of my friends that I had not seen in a while as well as all of the usual party suspects too. I bought my first round of drinks from Barker (Stoli Orange and Red Bull) and from that point on the evening proceeded to proceed. At one point of the evening I was hanging out near the front bar on the wall side away from the dancefloor and it almost seemed like everyone on our side of the bar was someone we knew or was with someone we knew. I felt like I was famous (well almost anyway). I cannot say how many times I said Whats up and who you with, how many times I spilled drinks on people (carrying four drinks back to your friends takes special skills) and how many times I just had to go out and represent my space on top of a speakerbox (give back to the people, show them something special ). At one point I even saw my favorite Friday night bartender moving through the crowd with his friends but he was too far away to say hello to, so I'll catch up with him next week.

I will once again proclaim I had the ONLY time on Saturday night. The one slowed down but classic music moment was when he played the oft remixed Mary Mary ("Shackles") and then segued into a truly Manny tribal explosion. Also heard during the evening were Kelis ("Milkshake"), Amuka ("Appreciate Me - DJ Paulo Mix") and Superchumbo ("This Beat Is - Victor Calderone Mix"). After a while it was hard to find our whole crew, we were so spread out across the place, but as always the few choice moments of re-meeting up made for easy status checks and information gathering. At 5am I was still on a speaker, lighting up the crowd, and getting more and more happy that I had arrived in the place to be and be seen. I hope everybody else had at least half of the fun that I had. It was definitely one for the clubgoing record books.

However I can never understand the boys who take their party so far they end up sleeping part of the night away on a couch while their friends sit by and keep guard. You pay good money to go and hang out and then you sleep in the place. This is why we stay ahead of the party and get our disco naps in and take our GNC vitamins. A boy has got to live to party another day.

Well, until we meet again, stay healthy, stay safe and drink your water. Peace out.