Halloween Tips and Tricks

So happy Friday everyone as we launch into the biggest party weekend of the fall. Tonight, pre-Halloween madness, tomorrow, the actual day + parade, Sunday, the New York marathon. For those of you who take enjoying yourself as seriously as your job, this weekend IS a kind of marathon (for how much drinking, fun, crowds, [...]

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A “Wild” Party

Saturday evening it seemed impossible that I would go out. I found myself in a picnic of reheated food sprawled across my bed watching a terrible Richard Gere movie of a Nicholas Sparks novel (think: The Notebook) that I had difficulty believing got a DVD release, let alone a theatrical release. It was worse than [...]

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Nightlife Crazies: Invitation Dissection

Oh, it’s “Fashion Week,” resulting in ridiculous promotional email invites permeating my Inbox. Let’s take a look at Exhibit A below and dissect, shall we? Alright Bloc Group: I know as promoters it’s your job to sink your teeth into concept of Fashion Week and its consequential promise of models and increased bottle sales like a [...]

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Miami New Year’s Recap

Those of you who want to read about my enlightening New Year’s Eve dinner in which I saw both God and TI on the same night, can do so here. Next, we went to the Gansevoort, where a $300 ticket will get you a premium shelf open bar, a theoretical view of fireworks, and witness to [...]

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Reporting Live from Southside

Having friends in town often means you’re required to take them out, baller-style. As I escorted a good friend of mine around Manhattan in a merry-go-round whirl of old and new hot spots, I found myself increasingly bored with the ‘scene’ and decided to Live Twitter my night as a result. Those of you who [...]

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Holiday Party Gone Wild

It’s a goal of many in New York to throw an awe inducing party, particularly around the holidays. This is a considerable challenge since Manhattaners walk by thing like the 40-foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree without looking up from their Blackberry and don’t even gawk at public urination. Impressing people is difficult. So when my friend and [...]

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Don’t Let NYC NYE Rip You Off!

I’m sitting across from a friend of mine who works in nightlife and my brain feels like it’s going into cardiac arrest when he begins telling me about the New York club’s New Year’s Eve system. His speech goes something like this: “Promoters and the companies they work for have to buy out an entire venue [...]

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Party. Pamper. Beautify.

Who has time to take long chunks out of their work day for necessary beauty maintenance? Not me. That’s why I always find myself bribing salon receptionists for the coveted Saturday afternoon appointment. A lengthy color treatment is now eating my weekend, but at least I’m not biting my nails, staring at my watch to make [...]

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Around the World in 3 Cocktails

Last Friday, I went to Italy, Russia, India and Greece. Uh-huh. And I didn’t even have to ride the dreaded monorail at JFK. Instead, I attended Nadia Digilov’s launch party for Celebrating in Style, a company dedicated to providing authentic, multicultural experiences. The company does this in two ways. First, through their event planning sector, Celebration Chique and [...]

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Top Ten Ways You Know Your House Party was an Outrageous Success (and that it might be time to pursue a full-time career in event planning)

*examples based off a real life house party I attended one week ago today You don’t run out of liquor because in addition to stockpiling the fridge and freezer, you filled your entire bathtub with ice and baby size bottles of [...]

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