Just the Best Party

Style.com is a Sham

2008-01-18T17:10:00.000-08:00

Honestly, I have no idea who gave this woman a job or who ever thought she knew anything about fashion. I would not buy one of these "must have" pieces, and that's not even because they're not necessarily my "style".

On a further note, am I the only one who thinks that Alexandra Kotur doesn't have a fucking clue what she's doing? Is she getting an intern to do her dirty work? Because honestly, I would not put 90% of the outfits she chooses on any best dressed list, Vogue or otherwise, EVER.

205 is Still Alive

2007-11-12T19:44:00.000-08:00

I wouldn’t say I've been there from the beginning, but I’ve been going to 205 for well over a year. I’ve been there through the good times, and the hard times.

I was there when 205 was harder to get into than the Beatrice Inn. Before the Box had opened and 205 still attracted a more elite crowd. The only celebrity I ever saw there was Claire Danes, but that still counts for something, right?

About 6 months ago I was pretty much convinced that one of my favourite places in New York had died. It was the weekend (I think) and we were downstairs and it was completely empty. One of the guys who works there actually came up and asked us if we were having a good night, and he seemed pretty desperate.

But lo and behold, Friday nights are still going strong. The past few Friday nights recall the good old times for me. Drunken debauchery at its finest. The music downstairs might not be quite as good as it used to be, but it’s still better than most places.

Thankfully the door policy has gotten stricter, because for a while there they were letting in just about any Tom, Dick, or Harry. Proof of this came a few weeks ago, when some hobag thought my friend and I were cutting her in line. She started talking so much shit about us, really loudly, but not to our faces. No sooner did she shoot her mouth off but she got face controlled! I smiled and waved at her as we strolled on in.....

You can talk about the Box, Beatrice Inn, and Socialista all you want, but there is probably no where else in New York which always has a good supply of cute foreign guys who want to dance, buy me drinks, and make out in a dark corner downstairs.

Midtown sucks

2007-11-08T19:36:00.000-08:00

There’s not really any two ways about it. I might sound like some typical hipster saying that "there’s no reason to go above 14Th st" pretty much well, ever, but it’s true.

Not only are you surrounded by the douchiest of the douchy, but why do douchebags also happen to be particularly unattractive? In comparison to the L train, for example, the 6 train is full of the same exact annoying finance guy in a suit who probably bought me a drink last weekend and who I ignored after he handed it to me.

Even the tourists in mid-town are uglier and more poorly dressed. There are mid-westerners who make me cringe and look like they’ve pulled out their "Sunday best" to go shopping on Fifth , which just ends up looking like some cross between Roberto Cavalli for HandM and whatever some Smirnoff-ice-slugging 16 yr old girl happened to throw up last Friday night at a keg party.

I guess the guys are kind of obvious for their douchyness, but what about the ladies of midtown? On top of the fact that a good majority of them are out of style (or have none- probably because they’re BandT), they also adhere to those "office guidelines" of dressing the least sexy possible with minimum makeup and modest hemlines. But the worst of it all? Shock horror, you just know they’re dreaming of that moment post-work when they can hit up happy hour on 51st and 5th and meet the finance man of their every desire.

Why isn’t it Friday yet?

The cat's in the bag

2007-11-05T19:25:00.000-08:00

Felix da Housecat played at Rebel on Saturday night.

Although techno conoisseurs might not consider Felix to be anything special nowadays, the man holds a special place in my heart.It all started when i started listening to electro back in Moscow a few years go. "Kittenz and Thee Glitz" owned my ipod for a good few weeks.

When i was at college he played at the outdoor ball (aka biggest private party in Europe) at my University. It poured but everyone was on way too many drugs to care.

Then, I went to Tokyo for my first time a few months back. I was jetlagged, recovering from heat exhaustion at Coachella, and it was my first night there.We headed to Womb to see Felix and as it turned out, my friend was sittingin 1st class with him from Europe. As he was heading backstage with hisgirlfriend, he said to her, "Hey! I saw you on the plane!" and then,"...backstage?"

We followed him 'backstage' which was actually 'frontstage'. They gave us free tequila and champagne which we happily drank as we danced in front of crazed Japanese club kids. His set actually blew me away and regardless ofmy fatigue I was able to last until the very end.

I was on the list for Saturday but got the message after I had already left the house (!). Get back to NYC soon, Felix.....

Boo to Halloween

2007-11-01T18:44:00.000-07:00

Thank fuck Halloween is finally over.

The party at the Bowery Hotel was pretty good last night (especially because we skipped the entire queue and got in for the last 20 minutes of open bar), but I'm glad November is here. And it's cold.

The music was not exactly my cup of tea. Now I may or may not have a crush on Paul Sevigny, but he needs to figure out what is going on with A.R.E. Weapons. Nylon just gave them a great review but I don't really know what's going on with that band. On paper they sound great...live, well that's another story.

The secret techno party I went to on Saturday was 100% better. That's why I stayed until the lights went on well into Sunday morning. Our German party hostess never fails to throw the best party I've been to since I've been back in NYC.

Just incase you want to get an early start on next year's costume, you should check out this English website run by some friends of mine.

As for me, I'm planning on going as Esther Williams as a synchronized swimmer (ssh, I stole the idea from Zac Posen).

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