All We Do Is Party (ah-ah-ah-ahh)!

Photos from everyoneisfamous.com

Can I get a look past the rip from an overplayed MSTRKRFT track and get an "amen"?

Finally an exhibition that credits a few of our local hardworking photographers. Time to throw up some appreciation for the ones that capture all the fun moments for you -- managing to make you look like the hot hipster you are despite being drunk (and quite possibly wired) as fuck and sweaty in ultra-tight American Apparel. You just gotta give it up.

That being said, I'll see you at All We Do Is Party: A Look at the Art of Party Photography. The work of Clayton Hauck, Geoff Adler, Nem Perez, Brandon Breaux, Lindsay Apatow and more will be blown up monster-size (some 5' tall!) for your SLR-conscious eyes. Oh yeah, and there will be food, drinks and a live photobooth! Sets will be from Kid Color and Tewz. Fun stuff. Did I mention it was completely FREE? The exhibition will be taking place at All Rise Gallery (1370 W. Grand Ave.) and run from 8pm to 11pm. And like all things party-related, there is an after-party at Angels and Kings (710 N. Clark Ave.) with a versus set with Skyler and Zebo. This will be photographed by all of those included in the earlier show. Your drunken face is bound to show up somewhere on the interwebz.

Again, both things are FREE FREE FREE! So go!
www.allwedoisparty.com

Currently In Miami

Photo by Justin Namon

Hope your Halloween was as fun as mine. I flew back to Miami last night and went to Heathrow with my friend Duran to see Chromeo* last night! More pictures from the event are here.

(Download Chromeo's super fire remix of Treasure Finger's "Cross the Dancefloor"!)

After I had my fill of Chromeo I headed to The Vagabond for the Dos Equis burlesque-y circus-y themed party. That was fun too. Pictures from that event are also on the Miami New Times site.

Tonight be sure to stop by the Dios de los Muertos/post-Halloween thing at White Room and give me a hug. Residents Mike Deuce and Aramis will be there as usual along with WVUM and Team Rojas in the Red Room. Doors at 10, no cover before midnight as usual otherwise it's $10. Drink specials all night long! Cool flyer too. Click it to see it bigger.


See you tonight.

Pictures From Last Night

Check out the Miami New Times site for more of Justin Namon's documentation of last night's Spin The Vote party at White Room!

FINALLY Murk'd Pics and Shit to Do This Weekend!

Okay so am I the biggest procrastinator or what?? Here the pictures are, finally, from "The Big Sleep" Murk'd art party at PS14 from last Thursday. It's been a year since this happened in Clubland.

Fellow model Sam and myself got "bodypainted" (more like, graffiti-doodled and taped-up) by local arteests AholSniffsGlue and 131/Data-D while Salami Fingaz ripped it up behind us with everything from downtempo houseyness to Wu Tang.

With exhibit curators and masterminds Parable and Movie Boy.

(click for larger versions)

Photos by Chipi of CoolJunkie.com, check there for more pictures of the event!

And now for the original UMCB "Shit to Do" section of this update (* indicates a weekly party):

Thursday, August 7th (today)

Pimpin' In The Red Room @ White Room (flyer)

Feat DJs Otto von Schirach, Peasants with Feathers and more

18+ w/ID $5 Cover. Drink specials all night, doors open @ 10

Money$hot @ The Vagabond * (flyer)

Welcoming back DJ Contra from the Coldplay/Santogold tour!

2-4-1s from 10-11pm and 3-4am, doors open @ 10

Saturday, August 9th

AquaBooty Raleigh Hotel Summer Sessions (flyer)

Feat. NYC's DJ Mr. V and more. 21+ only.

I have 2 poolside event tickets to give away, e-mail/IM me if you want them GONE!

Otherwise RSVP for guestlist to tomas@aquabooty.com for the pool party

Buy pre-sale Penthouse after-party tickets here

Poplife presents Popart @ White Room * (flyer)

$1 SNOWCONES!!!!!!!! Haha, perfect for a steamy Miami night.

And no cover plus 2-4-1s before 12.

More shit to do coming soon!

P.S. Want more traffic on your nightlife/party pic/fashion/music/slightly-related site? Me too. Exchange links with me!

Umm...

I was just about to do an update with those pictures from PS14 on Thursday night (where I got "bodypainted") when I realized that I haven't slept in about 40 hours. So I stopped, and said I'll do this tomorrow. Check and follow me on my Twitter meanwhile for more sporadic random updates on what I'm doing throughout the day. I often update from my phone in the car or when I'm getting my pedi and I'm bored. I'm funny, promise.

Because I don't want to seem like a complete tease with these pictures I've been promising, here's a picture of me getting graffiti'd up by Gustavo from the back:

Click it for the larger version.

Frontal pictures tomorrow!!!! WOOO!!

And now I'm thinking that I'm still slightly out of my mind because I'm writing a post about deciding to not write a post because I need to go to sleep before I die. Look at me, still rambling on and on about shit you don't particularly care about!

So I will now go to sleep without really having much sense of what time it is and pretend to be a normal human being.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep?

TGIS! The Week In Review..

So while I wait for what seems like forever for the pictures from last night's Murk'd party "The Big Sleep" at PS14, here's the week in review. 

I'll throw some pictures at you from this past Monday's Exposure party which just so happened to be a panty party AND Krystle's birthday as well. I anticipated only a couple girls showing up in underwear, but hell, it got super-packed, super-fast. A birthday platter of cookies and brownies adorned the corner of the bar while The Unicorn King graced our presence as usual as more and more of us (including myself) stripped down to our underthings. DJ Johnny Stokes helped take our minds off of the room being a hellpit with some awesome jams.

What's that? You want pictures? Unfortunately, our normal party pic go-to, Justin, was absent so we had a kind of community photography effort. Phear our superior point-and-shoot skillzz!!!!11!!

... I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm sure it's along the lines of, "Dayum." Perhaps.

Tuesday and Wednesday I stayed in (or at least from the downtown area). Thursday was Money$hot at the Vagabond. The backyard was closed off the entire night, which allowed for the air conditioning to fully fill and circulate through both rooms. I was celebrating my friend Stephanie's birthday that night, so I wasn't all too much of the cynical socialite I usually am. I mean, it was your normal Money$hot. Indie rock, you know? Not really my thing. Whatevs.

Friday was the new Sound Clash night at The White Room with DJs Johnny Stokes, Dalton and Diego O. There was something weird going on at first (electrical, I think) so we all got in around 10:30-ish instead of 10, when the open bar was supposed to begin. Unfortunately, the party was a little bit of a bust at first. The crowd came, drank, and went when open bar was over at 12. And Johnny Stokes couldn't spin cause of an equipment fuck-up. Dalton tore it up meanwhile. Then we had a surprise set from DJ GRRRPWR! And then it all went dead around 3-something. Whatever, I had fun. Heard The Vagabond was dead for the most part too.

And then Saturday I made sure to hit up the entire holy trinity... Poplife/Rock the Bells Afterparty at White Room, Back Door Bamby at the Vagabond, and PS14 for Otto von Schirach. Poplife was decent, but there were more people at Back Door. I walked in during the middle of a performance, chilled out for a bit in the back room (the front room music isn't really my thing), and then wandered over to PS14 in time to watch the last half hour of Nastie and Otto being crazy on-stage. It was a pretty eventful night.

Oh and shit to do you have to do (especially seeing these pictures from the last one...) :

I'm hosting that shit bitches! (Just never call me Alexandra. Lix, please.)

Poplife Lovin'

Last night was crazy awesome. I saw so many friends last night that all the people I actually care about should have been there. There's only so many of you. So why weren't you there? I also met a cute boy named Mike that flails his arms when entering a crowd who lives in the 954. Funny guy. And if he's reading this he should call me to set up a date. ASAP QT!

Photo by thepopnessparty.blogspot.com

Haha, Steph and her Capris. Girly cigarettes rule. I'm going to buy a pack of Pink Dreams just to whip one out while in conversation and have people go, "OMG R THOSE PINK CIGZ?" And I'll say, "Yes."

Anyway, in case you're mad out of the loop, more info about Poplife parties is here and here. 

P.S. Can I share my favorite track at the moment with you? Sooo fucking good.

Bust A Move (Don Rimini Ravekid Remix) - Young MC

Spiderpussy WMC '08 3/25

Fine guys, I admit it. I'm normally into all that high-class shit. The clubs and lounges on the beach are usually what I hang around. The rich kids and Eurotrash tourist boys that compliment me on my 'exoticness' (as if I were a car) and pronounce my name Mizz Lecks. Or Liz or Legz, even. Mmmm Eurotrash boys.

But! I took the time out on Tuesday night to head to PS14 for a Spiderpussy WMC party with Stephy, my wonderful beautifully overly-opinionated friend that reminds me of myself. Now, I've been to PS14 before and I told myself it sucked and that I'm so much more of a Washington Ave. kind of bitch. Admittedly no matter WHAT day I'll ever go to PS14 I'll feel kind of strange. The crowd seemed to mostly radiate people with awkward extension-mullets, guys with jeans that outline their packages and girls that Dov Charney would pay to stand in revealing positions wearing (only) purple lamé leggings. Not my crowd. They seemed less hostile and lacked the beach douchebagery that I'm familiar with though, so it all evened out. Except I felt stupidly overdressed in a short black jumper dress and plaid-printed (they're not tacky, STFU) Hilfiger platforms. Not my Louboutins, not pumps, not stilettos -- platforms.

Music-wise it was BAD. ASS. Imagine my fatass standing on top of my desk with a science project board with those words on it really big. BAD. ASS. Really danceable stuff with bass that you feel in your stomach. Some of those androgens are milking the good electronica more than I am, damnit! See the full list of the guys (and girls!) here. This list includes Dalton, who I spent time with chilling for the most of the time.

ULTRA IS TOMORROW. OMGOMGOMG.

The Rally Photos, FINALLY.

So yes! The PINK Rally at the Raleigh was pretty cool. Pretty people, pretty brand, pretty boys. Yeah that's right, boys. At first I was like, why would guys want to be around all this PINK, girly-stuff? Then I realized what guy WOULDN'T want to be where all these hott spring breaker girls are in Miami? I counted at least five sporting their pink Lacoste, obviously. Looking goood.

Ehem. Aside from the beautiful people from Miami and abroad, there were cool celebs like Brody Jenner (The Hills hottie), Vanessa Mannillo (the MTV/Maxim Hottie) and Miranda Kerr (the Aussie Angel hottie). You really do feel like a fatass when you see models in person. Christ. Ms. Kerr almost made me want to flush my modeling endevor down the shitter just by merely looking at her. Oh yeah, DJ Irie was there too. But he's not hott.

The hotel this this was hosted at for the second year in a row, The Raleigh, is on 17th and Collins Avenue on the Beach. Wonderfully upscale place to stay here if you've got the $$$. The back area was huge -- large size patio, giant pool, and a sandy part with upholstered couches, tables, and a volleyball net. Victoria's Secret had EVERYTHING PINK-afied, from pins on the pillows on the couches, to the giant dog on the diving board, to the volleyball net. It was like a fantasy playland for rich bitches. And upper-middle class bitches!

The Raleigh

DJ Irie and Vanessa Mannillo

Brody Jenner and DJ Irie

Miranda Kerr (holding the microphone)

Love you guys,
UMCB