A Party Roundup: 7 Days A Week

SUNDAY

Lowdown: Sundays have been a solid party night, even through the bluster of the winter season.
Hot Now:
● GoldBar (Nolita) - Frequented by the Ronson clan and celebfolk who go unrecognized by a collection of spendy bankers. A favorite amongst models, Danny Masterson, and DJ Jesse Marco. READ MORE....

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it's been a hell of a 2009

APOTHEKE INTERVIEW for BBOOK TV from David Ferino on Vimeo.

this was a great memory! eiseley and i had a blast, and even though i was rubbish, i am looking forward to producing more of these nightlife videos in 2010. there's a resolution!

oh, and updating this space more often!

Beauty Junkie- Khloe's Big Day Beauty.

Khloe Kardashian has always been a hot topic for makeup junkies -- perhaps because she wears so much of it without looking like a complete tranny. A lot of her tricks are from the magic beauty bag of artist Troy Jensen, spanning from "Glowy Khloe" to the "Smoke Queen." While the majority of tabloid addicts revel in getting a look at Khloe and Lamar Odom's wedding photos and the $300K price tag attached to them, and gossips are favoring the taped testimonial of Odom ex Lara Manoukian, makeup fiends are busy taking bets on what kind of face Khloe put on for her big day.
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Beauty Junkie- Coffee Perks!

Who knows how National Coffee Day got its start, but give me any reason to celebrate a meaningless commercial holiday and I'm on board. If you need a little more inspiration, consider the fact that coffee could have some serious health benefits, and may even prevent skin aging. Michael W. Smith, M.D. reports that the much-maligned but undoubtedly beloved beverage cuts the risk of the latest disease epidemic -- type 2 diabetes -- and could also be responsible for preventing and treating diseases and illnesses as varied as Alzheimer's, diabetes, liver disease, skin cancer, Parkinsons's, and more. These health benefits, along with the anti-inflammatory properties caffeine exhibits when used topically, should be enough for you to celebrate National Coffee Day while sipping your antioxidant-rich cup of Joe from Sant Ambroeus. But now scientists are claiming that your morning addiction could also help get rid of sun-damaged skin cells before they become cancerous, and in some studies, the extract of coffee cherries improved the appearance of wrinkles and skin discoloration, and enhanced skin smoothness.
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Beauty Junkie- Makeup After Hours.

After the sun goes down, the makeup brushes come out in full force. Beauty junkies can get away with a lot when roaming New York's Lower East Side: the bars are dark, the drinking is heavy, and people look good in that uncombed, rolled-out-of-bed way. Just Cavalli sent this LES bar-hopper down the S/S 2010 runway the other day in Milan. She looks exactly the girls we know who shop at Blue&Cream and Opening Ceremony, hang out at White Slab, Darkroom, and Gallery Bar, eat at Les Enfants Terribles, and wear a ton of MAC. Appropriate, since MAC was in charge of creating the look. Maxine Leonard, the artist in charge, describes the look as "rock n' roll to reflect the collection. The girls look a bit like they did their makeup themselves and had a great night out.” Here's how the pros captured the LES girl.
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Beauty Junkie- Pretty, Pretty Packaging!

Fiestas and fêtes around the city are back in full force this time of year, which means your makeup has to fit in your mini clutch, transition from day to night with ease, be slick enough to use in a stitch, and look nice when you whip it out to reapply while in a cab on the way to your next engagement. Giorgio Armani and Shu Uemura are two of my favorites, debuting lines in the coming seasons that not only have all of these party requirements covered -- they're also functioning conversation pieces. The packaging detail on the Giorgio Armani Crystal Collection is so intricate it may as well take the place of a bedazzled party bag. Even better: their Rouge d'Armani lipstick tubes are sleek and magnetized, which means you'll no longer find a mess in your bag after you carelessly slip in an open tube after you reapply. The Shu Uemura line designed by Tsumori Chisato is incredibly cute and makes a great gift. Luckily, these collectibles are more than just a pretty face, as the products formulas are smart too.
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Beauty Junkie- Miranda Kerr Bares Her Skin.

Miranda Kerr is the epitome of super model. Rounding out her list of perfections, she just released a brand new line of skin care called, Kora. Now everyone can get a taste of everyone's favorite angel's zen/yoga/holistic lifestyle with this natural line. Kora, is named after a type of meditation Tibetan Buddhists practice and despite how gimmicky this all sounds it's hard not to like the girl and her approach to the line.
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Beauty Junkie- Tweet Tip!

Twitter is pretty good for a lot of things: procrastination, sharing mobile uploads with total strangers, stalking Victoria's Secret models. As much as we like to pass time poring over @mrjoezee's barrage of tweets, Twitter can be a viable source of user-created information, and at the forefront of the tipsters, over-sharers, and experts are beauty junkies spilling word-on-the-street information. Some are total duds (contests, promotions, PR scams), but some are in dire need of being rounded up and corralled in a post that's a little less schizophrenic than Twitter. The inspiration came from @JessaBlades, a makeup artist and organic beauty guru who recommended that @BlackBook_Media should try an organic skin perfector. To make a long story short, I fell in love with the product, and I would have never known about the little miracle stick without this tweeter spilling her beauty secrets.
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Beauty Junkie- Ji Baek's Beauty Lounge!

Like many Manhattan gals, I am beauty-on-the-go kind of person: skip lunch for a pedicure, wake up a few hours early for an eyebrow thread. I deal with the rigid, quickie-spa owners that jostle you in-and-outta there faster than an In-and-Out Burger drive-thru, simply because that's the status quo. Even if I had the time to relax in a heated massage chair while someone meticulously scrubbed my feet, the job would still be rushed, only to chip and disintegrate into my ill fitting pumps a couple of days later. When a friend waxed poetic on Ji Baek's legacy at her zen-like enclave in the Meatpacking District, Rescue Beauty Lounge, testifying that it was the longest-lasting nail work in town, I decided to do some research.
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Bars with the Hottest Staff

I chose classy tenders and waitstaff, but this picture was perfectly tongue in cheek hot..... Here's the Hottest Bar Staff!

Where to Follow Vince and his Entourage

Interesting story to research, I had to dig through HBO's site credits on where the Entourage crew ate, drank, and were merry. Maybe an Entourage Tour should be in the works?

Style Sights

This is my uniform.
I can wait, but I do love my extensive tight collection... I have these as well.
Think this girl is just lovely...

Party Week

What a fun-filled week of events!

Tuesday:
April 77 @ The Jane Hotel
Dinner at Andre (Lobster Ravioli was very good!)

Wednesday:
H&M Party at The Standard
Cole Haan for the Whitney Collection

Thursday:
UNICEF's Sprinkles (The awesome/young committee raised $45k for children in need!)
Hugo Boss- New Direction Party
(The photo was taken at Hugo Boss, I loved my outfit last night. Orange BCBG that had lovely draping. Felt like I had just came from the beach)

Tuesday Night Paties: REVISED

So, basically Tuesday 'hotspots' change like... well they change very frequently!

A new column I've started

It's called W2W2, as in; What to Wear to... a particular New York City bar or party.

It was inspiration drawn from friends always asking me what they should wear to a particular place (which is usually absolutely anything in the city), but out of towners are especially squeamish.

This particular installment is for the Six Six Sick party on Tuesday nights at Happy Ending in the LES.

Things I love Well

A stream of inspiration

old school party crashing tips

who is the IS? I dont know, but I'd like to. Here's her very first post.

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

How to Crash a Party:

1. Know where you’re going, and dress the part. Don’t wear jeans to a Bergdorf thing. Don’t wear a dress to Hiro. If you’re pretty, overdress to get noticed. If you’re not, underdress to look wealthier. Always carry a small status bag. Always carry a small flask.

2. Learn the names of the hosts; drop them at the door. Sometimes just saying, “Fabian told me to stop by” or “Aimee told me to come - go grab her if there’s a problem” is more than enough, especially if you say it very calmly, as if of course you’ll get in.

3. Pretend you’re Press. Bring an official looking camera (ie: not a dinky digital one) and say you work somewhere with great party pics - BlackBook, Vice, New York, Nylon - apologize if you sent them an email too late. You can also pretend to be with Patrick McMullan or Last Night’s Party, but that’s not as fun as pretending you’re a Nylon photographer, and you probably won’t get laid if anyone hears you.

4. Or pretend you’re The Help. Go through the back door, say you’re late for coat check, say you’re doing George’s makeup, say you’re dropping off a little bag for Lindsay. This is also useful for sneaking backstage, especially at small rock clubs, or clubs like Marquee when they pretend to be small rock clubs and hide Kelly Osbourne backstage so she can drink wine without anyone seeing her. Perhaps this is too much information.

5. If all else fails, throw a fit. This doesn’t always work, but it’s really fun and a good way to get noticed. It’s best to do drunk, hence the flask part of Rule #1. And it actually works - I remember last month, at the Bloc Party thing at Pianos, this random publicist marched up to the door, said, “What do you mean I’m not on the list? Don’t you know who I am? Tell Carlos I’m here, for fuck’s sake!” They let her right in. Meanwhile, The Killers couldn’t make it past the coked out bouncer.

6. Make friends. I was somehow seated at the Roger Vivier dinner because I started talking to Jane Lauder at Saks and wouldn’t stop. She still has no idea who I am, but the poor publicists at Emilia Fanjul think I’m like her BFF. And the steak was lovely, though I would have chosen a bolder wine.

7. Be me. I’m the imaginary socialite, and I was born to crash. In fact, I hear an expired bottle of Valium calling my name right now…

air kisses!

love The I.S.

in vesting

cant wait to go home next weekend to find my old awesome vest and wear it into fall...