8-29-07 - As we Labor on...

I went out.
The Jimmy wanted to start the weekend early so Russ and I headed out on a Thursday (THURSDAY!) and headed uptown and ended up at The Ritz. I was pleasantly surprised with the number of people in attendance both downstairs and up. Early start at 10PM but the taxi up and plenty of hanging out before heading back downtown to Splash around midnight. The club was plenty packed for college night and we even hung out for the first time in the weekend with Rob and Tres. However before 2am it was time to head out (work tomorrow) and get another taxi back to BK. Nice.

I was there.
Friday rolled around with a late start for me (lost jewelry and lost glasses) but that was not enough to halt the going out. Rode into the city and walked into Splash and said hello to Rick and Shawn and met Reichen Lehmkuhl and walked away with autograph and and picture of him with his significant other. Maurice, Rob and Tres showed up shortly and we danced to DJ Alex Lauterstein before deciding to head over to Mr. Black. After getting my last drink at the bar before 4am I proceeded to drink that drink and danced with the guys until 5:15am. Thats when the music stopped, the lights came on and the Boys in Blue made their appearance. Everyone had to stay still and wait to be let outside in groups of five. After a pat down the catch and release was over and we headed back to the car and went home a little earlier than planned. Wow.

I went with it.
After shopping in NJ in the afternoon and a short rest at home it was into the Murano and over to the upper west side to hang with the Buddies softball team. Everyone was happy with the day of games and team was in a festive mood with plenty of current events and game plays to discuss. When it was all over around 10pm we headed outside said goodnight to the Jimmy, Chris, Mike and Ben before Russ and I headed over to Jackson Hole for a burger. He ate the burger, I watched. After the meal Russ dropped me off at Club Stereo at 11:20 and I proceeded to wait outside of the club on line for 1 hour and 15 minutes as the music was tested and Maya arrived and did sound checks as we waited outside in the September wind. When they finally let us inside the music was going (from a CD) and the place slowly filled up (filtered through security checkpoint) and we slowly warmed up to the party and said hello to Javier (and Jeannie!) and partied with Tres, Rob, Joon, Andrei, Pat, Steve, Tommy and Duane. The music got better around 1:30am when DJ Peter Rauhofer took to the decks live as we danced in front of the temporary stage that was never used. Splitting my time between upstairs and downstairs I never used the lights but did plenty of laser when the time was right before we finally winded down said our goodnights and I headed out with Duane to 34th street to the Bodega where he picked up a Sprite and I picked up a taxi and headed back to BK. Cool.

07/13-07/15 - No more Drama, Then the Bastille

Friday was a long day. But I picked up some Popeye's on the way home and got home to watch some DVR programming and then get ready head outside. Of course after cleaning up, getting dressed and rushing out, it wasn't until I was in the city and looking up the street at the club I realized I was not carrying my photo ID. (Damn you Alegria wallet thief) and proceeded to return all the way to Brooklyn to pick up the ID say a quick hello to Russ and then head back out (I had built it up too much so I was not going to stay home) I traveled all the way back to into the city, made it into Splash and said hello to Rick and Shawn then went to the bar and got a drink. The beats with Billy Carroll were good and the place was pretty busy but once it started to clear out around 3am it was time to party hop. Tres, Robert and I walked over to the car and headed downtown to
Mr Black picked up a Diet Coca Cola at the bodega and then headed downstairs to dance in the packed late hours spot. Of course the drama of earlier continues when I lose my ID in the crowd and can't even muster the energy to do a full club search. At this point I get separated from my friends and let the evening come to a close making my way back home to Bklyn.

Of course when I wake up the full importance of all I went through does not sink in until early afternoon when I am checking on everything I emptied out of my pockets (no ID). (Damn you strong drinks and those sneaky frozen margaritas). But despite repeated calls to the club no one picks up the phone and I just continue on with my day. An egg sandwich and a shower later and its time to walk up the street, meet up with Rob and Tres and we head over to Prospect Park to watch the Softball Teams compete. Softball fields not too far across the park and we said hello to all the boys, and the bear fans and got to see the Buddies win their second game. After the game everyone went their separate ways and we headed back over to sit on the stoop, eat chips and cherries and take in the afternoon a bit before I made my way back down the street and rested up preparing for the coming of night. Freshly haircut, cleaned up and wearing my new Calvin Klein 365s I prepared to repair my weekend. First I went to the car service and got a ride over to Mr Black. Thankfully they had my ID so I could once again be identified but now I had to head across town to get an uptown car to get to Stereo. I made my way down Bleeker (full of people) and then over to Hudson street so I could finally catch my uptown car.

A seven dollar cab ride later and I was over to the party and making my way to the emptying of the pockets at the door. The place was pretty light on people when I first walked downstairs but I did say hello to Eddie and TJ and we found the bartender for the evening and proceeded to hang out. Pretty soon everyone else was there and I went into the crowd to dance and take a few pictures with my friends. The new laser got plenty of use but I did not light up my hands (just danced and danced). DJ Paulo kept the party rocking and I stayed until 5:15am before saying goodnight to my friends and heading outside and over to 9th Ave where I flagged down a cab very quickly and headed back home to Bklyn.

My scrambled eggs and bacon breakfast (good for the liver the day after having a few drinks) and then I headed over to Macy's with Russ to check out what the Downtown Brooklyn had to offer. Russ bought a shirt and a new rug for the bathroom and then after checking out the new lofts in the phone building next to MetroTech, headed back to the Slope. After a short rest and cleanup it was out and over to Carroll Gardens and the Bastille Day celebrations on Smith Street. We made it through the crowds and started out at Apt 138, where it was still too early to enjoy the heat outside and so we sat down inside and waited for a table. Seema soon joined us and we had a great lunch before having another drink and then heading out into the crowd. After stopping over at Trout and having a set of drinks we checked out the people on the street. Pretty soon we made our way up the block to the more child friendly street with the jump around inflatable and picked up some tickets for sangria and a Heineken. After listening to the strangely latin flavored outdoor band (I thought Bastille Day was French) we headed back over to Smith Street said goodnight to Seema then headed back to the slope picking up a set of Hostess cupcakes on the way.

So it started out kinda stressful but now I am well on the road to full recovery from my weekend. All will be well and it can only get better.

Lazy Monday

Lazy Monday

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5-12-07 - 2 places to go, 2 much fun 2 with 2 many friends.

Rainy Night, but Party at Mike's. A quick taxi ride over to Manhattan and then a run across the street from Ground Zero (I got dropped off on the wrong side) but a short walk through the rain and I got to hang out with Mike, Russ, the Jimmy and Ty. Met Chun Wei as he decided to go with me to Avalon to meet Rob and Tres and the rest of the crew. Arrived at Avalon right after 12:15, said a quick hello to a busy Derek (who was talking to japanese tourist girls) and headed inside. Said hello to Rob, Tres, Pat, Steve, Rick and Shawn and gave CDs to Cathy and Jose. DJ Roland Belmares was good (both mixes of "Irreplaceable") but the party was mostly empty on the main floor. It appeared to get better around 1am but by 1:50am it had gotten sorta empty again. The Chapel had plenty of people and we danced there a few times while the Spider Club was off limits (security waved us out when I gave the nickel tour). We ended up heading out just after 2am and six of us piling into Rob's ride to head crosstown and uptown (stopping to buy soda and water) on our way over and headed inside of Club Stereo. The place was fully rockin (still no Louis) but DJ Peter Rauhofer had the place going at full swing. From the Deja Vu Dub to his Nelly Furtado mixes, the crowd was totally into it and we kept up the dancing until I finally headed out for some breakfast at 5:36am at the Mickey D's (passing Erica on my way up the block). After a longer than usual wait for my food I headed one block over and hailed another instant taxi. I headed back to BK listening to my gym iPod (the slow songs I saved on there for my rides home) and got back to BK safely.

Sunday I was happy I already had eaten breakfast since there was none to be had at home before heading out for a late lunch to meet the crew at Croxley Ale House in the East Village. Hopstop got me over to Delancey street and heading in the right direction with no issues and the onion burger at the restaurant was good as was the usual conversations with our friends. Then it was time to head back to BK and I car sat for a bit (I still have not mastered city parallel parking) and then headed over to Baskin Robbins for my double vanilla scoop so I could eat ice cream while watching the Soprano's. Another good episode and then an episode of Entourage and the night winds down. Another weekend under wraps.

May 3-5-07 - Music To Die For, On the Dancefloor

Friday Night. The Jimmy came over and played backgammon with Russ while I went next door to help neighbor with her computer. I at least got it out of the box so I could return the next day to connect all of the wires.

We headed out of the house at 11:10 to get to Splash, where they were hosting the Arctic Babylon tour. The place was bright and the music was good. DJ Manny Lehman was laying down the party moving beats. I hung out with Rob and Tres, Sean and Rick as we watched the show and danced to the beats of "Makes me Hot" and "Party People". Russ and I left just before 3:45 and headed back to BK.

Late Night Drama me losing my keys in the Jimmy's car (did not know location of keys yet though) which sets up a return trip to Splash to check with mgmt who did not have my keys and a late night 411 call to locksmith to get us into the house. Then a trip next morning to the locksmith to get copies of all of house keys before a return call from the Jimmy that our keys were found.

A dark beginning to the day but then it was time to go shopping and pick up some soda and dinner foods before returning home and finding out I have destroyed my old laptop (poor 12 in Mac) and then going next door to Neighbor and unboxing neighbor PC and connecting the Tornado via USB so she can transfer files from old to new. After that I went back and rested a bit before having dinner and watched "Layer Cake" (great movie). After movie was over I cleaned up got dressed and made ready to head out. Got into the city by midnight, visited the ATM (1st one in Duane Reade had no cash) on 8th and then made my way over to Club Stereo to see what kind of good night I was going to have.

DJ Paulo brought it. Started nice with "Let the Music Use You Up vs. 8 Letters" . Then let us have it with rerubs of Funky Green Dogs "Body" and Charlotte "Skin", as well as "This is Why You're Here" and totally had us jumping for Offer Nissim and "Be My Boyfriend" (with some extra beats thrown in). Danced with Rob and Tres and Joey and a whole crew of people grooving to the beats that just kept getting better and better. Also spoke to DJ James Anderson and saw DJ Hector Fonseca and DJ Chad Jack all looking over the floor and the crowd feeling it. And it was still pumping after 4:30am for the Rauhofer mix of Offer's "For Your Love". I finally graced a dance floor box at Stereo and danced over the crowd and then returned to the box with both hands lit before finally stepping down before I totally used my legs up. I stayed until 5am and said goodnight to Rob before heading out to get my taxi on 9th ave.

3/31-4/1 and 4/6-4/7 - 2 Weekends, 2 Clubs, and Where is Spring?

On March 31, I had already been to the opening weekend of Avalon with DJ Brett Heinrichsen and the opening weekend at Club Stereo with Peter Rauhofer. Both times I got to hang out with my friend Steve and see both new clubs and come back with good and bad points for each. Avalon was a big space with plenty of people but the influx of the event partiers and the younger set and the twink party people meant that I was only happy with the main floor for most of the night in terms of music. I did get to say hi to Cathy and Jose at the front bar but ended up getting most of my drinks with Steve and barman Tommy at the back bar where I got to say hi to Big Kim . Wandering through the party I waved hello to Beto Sutter at the front bar and said hello to John Blair walkiing between the coat check and the upstairs bar. There were a lot of people having a lot of fun and I stayed at that party until 5am. I was happy to leave once I heard one of my current club faves the remix of "Listen" by Beyonce.



On April 6th Russ and I hung out with Seema, Gary and Nathan at Studio Mezmor where we sprung for bottle service and got treated to the VIP experience and had a good time behind the velvet rope and upstairs near the DJ booth. This good time despite having to protect our bottle of premium vodka from party skanks who thought they could take our bottle in the VIP, some truly uninspired club music from DJ Bill Benassi (Dun Dun Dun Dun Dudda-Da Dun Dun Dun - repeat), a bartender who thought I should tip eight dollars after buying 2 red bulls (crazy) and the fact that the club does not let you sit anywhere except VIP so everyone else in the club outside of VIP was surfing the walls trying to rest between dances. Me and Seema were able to get the DJ in the Reed Room to play "Last Night" by Diddy and Keyshia Cole for us to get the party started around 12:25am. I texted Michael to get the details on his change of venue in between dances with Seema and a good time was had by all. We all stayed at the club until 3am and were able to get a taxi right out front and head back to BK.

Despite the cold and the longer ride up the west side to 33rd street, On April 7 was the Opening party for Club Stereo with Peter Rauhofer. Waited on a fast moving line and was inside of the place which was nice and packed by 12:30am and the party kept on going till after the second playing of "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado just before 5am. I partied with a lot of my friends from Roxy including Eddie, Pat, Steve, TJ, Eric and many others who were happy to party in the new space, while not a mega club the dancefloor energy was there. Those stairs to the second floor are treacherous and I am always making sure my footing is secure. The sloped floor space between the dancefloor and the main bar is also a bad spot so I had to get used to the packed dancefloor or the busy upstairs with all of the people watchers. I finally left the club just after 5am and headed up the street through the cold to Mickey D's to get breakfast and use the ATM to get taxi fare for the ride home. Of course all of the computer connections were down inside so I paid cash for my breakfast and then had to walk east another block to get to the 24 hour Duane Reade and the Chase ATM. Yay Chase ATM you saved me and I was able to get a taxi right on 8th ave and head back to BK. The cab ride was only 21 dollars and I was back home with no issues.

Sunday with the family and friends in NJ and then home to watch Sopranos, Entourage and then episodes on the DVR of Planet Earth in Discovery Channel HD. That show is awesome.