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I’m not a “wedding” kind of gal, but I love love!

I almost teared up when my old and dear friend ANDREW BARR (brother of STEPHEN BARR, aka DJ HUGGY BEAR) told me he had proposed to his amazing girlfriend RACHEL. How exciting! I couldn’t believe the time was here for “THE BIG DAY”.

On a stormy day, we headed to QUEENS VILLAGE for a Wedding Dinner in honor of the Love Birds.

I sat at the misfit table with the other misfits…

*SABEL & COOL CHIRS.
Chris kept the jokes and stories going and we had table talk about “TABLE TALK”. Who else remembers those pies that were a fancy step up from a Little Debbies?!

I cried like a baby and stuffed my face with Rum Cake…which is weird because I always hated Rum Cake.

*OSCAR & SABEL electric sliding…
I made a promise that I would be the one to start the electric slide and when my glory was stolen by some lady, I swore never to have my Doc Martens touch the dance floor all night. I stuck to it, I’ll have you know.

*Even when everyone abandoned me to join in on the Soca line, I stayed put. I also had to document.

*When our adorable waitress took orders she made mention that there were three options; Steak, Chicken or a Vegetarian option (which was mainly made of cheese). Since I eat fish, but stay away from Dairy because of my allergies I asked for another option. She came back with a Vegan plate of Tofu Chicken and Vegetables. I was as happy as a clam.

*On of our girls from the misfit table caught the bouquet! Holler…

*Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Barr!!! Now hurry up and make me an “Untie” please!

“vacation is all I ever wanted…”

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*JARRETT COBBS, ELLE CLAY & COLTRANE CURTIS

*DJ WONDER the conductor

*HYUN KIM & KHARI PARSON

*LEGENDARY DAMON & OMARION

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl! You are my style twin, I LOVE your family and in our next lifetime you will be my same-sex marriage wife (or husband, depending on which role you want!)

DJ CASSIDY has the best birthday parties – ever. Better than any big name celebrity or royal official.

This year his birthday party took place on the INTREPID – proof enough of how major his soirees are!

My photos are limited…I misplaced my G11 charger.

*LV THE STYLIST & MICAH JESSE

*DOM KENNEDY

*DOM & CUZZIN TODD

*MIKEY ROCKS (COOL KIDS)

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Photos taken with iPhone4 (Hipstamatic)

I started off the day unsure of which shirt to wear. I tweeted this picture to have the help of friends in the mix…

…and although the shirt on the right was banco popular – it seemed like Vladdy thought I should go with the left one.

*Elle said, “You look like you should be driving a pick-up truck and throwing things at the black people you drive by…”

*YOUNG SCOOZ & ELLE CLAY in matching PEGLEG shirts.

*Pasta Salad made by ERIK LOPEZ, whom I missed!

*Asian Peanut Noodles by KARL JUSTIN

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Angelo and I took a trip to the beach with Raphael Rios and Brit to scout locations and soak up the soon. It was bueno, like old times circa 2001…the good old days. In our view was a group of two couples, apparently double dating. Although, the amount of sexual tension between the two guys (ass smacking, wrestling, and more) was enough to keep us entertained all day.

We had good conversations about those stupid small pictures that people upload on FaceBook (Angelo thinks people take those pictures with beepers), Hemingway, Young Girls & more…

Thanks to Angelo and Raphael for the good jokes and for Brit who showed Angelo who the reigning champ of beach Frisbee is.

*Raphael Rios, Brit and Angelo Baque.

*Angelo grew up in a Trini neighborhood and appreciates good curry. When we found that Allan’s was closed, we went to BAKE & THINGS (thanks to Chad Gittens for the referral).

*BAKE & SALTFISH…don’t mind if I do.

Charlie and Liz are one of my favoritest couples and have hosted the best backyard shindigs since I’ve known them. On the occasion of their new move to a new place, they had tacos and drinks at their old spot. Can’t wait to cross the bridge to kick it again soon…

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*Young Scoozle…

Yesterday, I touched down in Atlanta at 5PM. I was super excited, as usual, about visiting Atlanta. It has always been one of those places that I’ve found to be “doing its own thing” in a super creative way. Everyone seems to have their own look and style, despite current trends. I love that!

This trip (as all work trips are) was short on time. I got to the hotel at 6PM, meeting with my manager Jonny at 630PM, ready for the event by 745PM.

*Jonny and I ordered mad room service for our metting. It looked like we were having a dinner for 5.

*FRIED GREEN TOMATOES.

Normally, I stay away from fried foods and dairy (allergies). But, I’ve always wanted to try a Fried Green Tomato, because of the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”

*I scraped off the dairy and went in. It was the bomb.net

*CRABCAKE SANDWICH.

*SHRIMP & GRITS.

*My look…

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I had invited my local Atlanta friends; Big K.R.I.T., Kamilah, Khary, Anthony Topps and Andy Sapp.

ANDY SAPP (ATLANTA 2011)

Andy knew me when I was 15! My then boyfriend, Chris, was best friends with him (they were 17 I think). He had been originally located in Atlanta, but by the end of high school his family had re-located to Albany. He, Chris and Tommy (our other best friend) would come pick me up everyday at my all-girls high school and we’d go BMX and skate at random historical city monuments and watch TV or draw. He also co-directed/edited my first short that I made in high school for my Spanish Class. Some of you might remember me posting about it HERE. It was so amazing to see him, as I rarely ever do these days. It was also strange to have him around me now, especially at an event I was hosting.

When I arrived, I was blown away by everyones personal style. Seriously, it was an eye feast. I was greeted by so many amazing people; asking for photos with me and telling me about their projects. Sure, I meet people like that here and there, but never so many under one roof. I was blown away and felt very honored, to say the least. I was greeted with so much love and I tried to take as many pictures of their beautiful faces to share with you all (I tried to remember as my names as possible, but it was hard).

*Stunning southern belles!

*Beautiful babes. AMINAH in the middle has a line called YANGHI and she gave me a few pieces!

*SHEILA RASHID and one of her designs. I almost stole a dress off her rack.

*KREEMO made me a pin with my mug on it! It is seriously so cute, I started pocketing the ones for give-aways until I was informed that they already had a stash waiting for me.

*Recent college graduates who were so cool to chat with!

*What a doll! This girl was super sweet and I loved meeting her.

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*I incited a “DANCE OFF” and it was damn good…

*In between the shows, I picked people out at random to discuss their personal style.

*Models walking in a designers pieces…

*ATL creatives

*SCARLET

*Cool as cucumber, Southern Gentlemen!

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*Right after the show, we stopped for food at R.Thomas and it was DAMN GOOD.

*Birds line the outside of the restaurant…

*The crew

*BANANA FRENCH TOAST (Kamilah and Andy got it and it was yum)

*RAW PLATE (yeah, my boring self got that but it was delicious)

*ANTHONY TOPPS stopped by. It was so nice seeing him!

*We stopped by the after-party…

*3AM exhaustion…

THANKS ATL & ATLIENS!!! You were all sweet as punch and I didn’t want to leave!

Hope to see you all soon!

xo, vashtie.