http://www.vashtie.com/blog Downtown's Sweetheart Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:27:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SQUIRT and SUSHI are two fine kitty cats, that i hear keep it real and get into cat-fights if they have to. none of that "talking it out" nonsense. i was alerted to their blog post at atailoftwokitties.tumblr.com (how adorable is that) on VLADIMIR by YOSHI. seems these older ladies like ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/12/random-vladimir-aka-tookie-williams-be-slaying-the-ladies/ i grew up with a brother who was 8 years older than me...he was a gay, sci-fi nerd, and loved anything that involved "powers" or "alternate universes". he also convinced me at age 7 i had my own powers and could control nature. it worked for about one summer, and ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/12/watch-tron-legacy/ LUPE gave me a call on wednesday and invited by to come watch "SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT" - the doc filmed while he and a team of other famous folks who climbed MOUNT KILIMANJARO in January 2010 to bring clean water to the locals. started as a lone mission by ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/12/life-tribeca-grand-screening-of-summit-on-the-summit/ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/12/invite-theophilus-and-ninjasonik-museum-of-natural-history-nyc-31210/ oh WHITNEY! you were a flawless beauty. i hated that you always wore those wigs, but who was i to talk. i loved this video...she travels in time and becomes MARLENE DIETRICH, AUDREY HEPBURN and DIANA ROSS. http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/12/throwback-whitney-houston-im-your-baby/ while working at ISLAND DEF JAM as DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE SERVICES in 2006, this photo was taken on set of a photoshoot for YOUNG JEEZY and USDA. before they arrived, the photographer was getting ready and needed a similarly colored subject to stand in...voila! here i am. just call me ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/11/foto-standing-in-the-accidental-portrait-2006/ this is funny because it's so bizarre. her pronunciations of the absurd english lyrics is hilarious and her makeup and outfit are giving me the heebie jeebies. if she was going for scary, she won. come on, i know she's a kid - but she frightens me i weep for the ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/11/funny-brazilian-singing-girl-gives-me-the-creeps/ i was in DUANE READE minding my own business when i saw the cover of one of those gossip magazines talking about SHILOH and how she's a cross dresser. i didn't know if i was stoked on her young rebelliousness or freaked out about how bad she looked as a ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/11/conversate-elle-and-me-on-transvestite-baby-shiloh/ we are all aware that this world is plagued with bitches. i just wasn't versed in just how many different types of bitches actually exist. a third grade DC teacher found a carefully written 90 point list of all the different kinds of bitches on her classroom floor and immediately recognized ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/10/funny-dc-students-educated-in-the-world-of-bitches/ he has no job, likes to sleep, eat chicken and watch basketball. ELLE says he's a "NIGGA". i call him "a bad boyfriend". i love him despite his flaws and his possible gang affiliation...which i do not endorse. i think he's also a hoarder. under my bed you wiill find a ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/10/life-vladimir-my-russian-blue-kitty-aka-tookie-williams-aka-fraidy-cat-aka-kit/ hilarious. hearing LENNY KRAVITZ call JIMMY KIMMEL a "punk bitch" is worth it alone. http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/10/funny-handsome-mens-club/ i love how these interviews and behind the scenes shots were taken and edited! check it at RACHELROY http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/09/interview-rachel-roy-tv-x-lookbook-behind-the-scenes-rachelroy/ for any of my readers in or around TOKYO, please check out my good old homie TODD JORDANS art show. featuring artists like: TODD JORDAN KEVIN "SPANKY" LONG JEN "JR" REYNOLDS JERRY HSU CURTIS BUCHANAN TINO RAZO NECKFACE AARON BONDAROFF ++++++++++ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/09/invite-photo-exhibitions-now-i-remember-in-tokyo-japan-31310-and-01-magazine-in-toronto-31110/ before i show pictures of my manager and good friends birthday get-together...i need to do a special HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB segment :) +++++ to the best manager and the greatest friend. you always have my back in professional and domestic affairs. +++++ and here is from the other night... *MYISHA and ROB. http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/09/life-roberes-birthday-get-together-at-buddakan-4610/ (my life couldn't be anymore random, but exciting nonetheless). for most, SUNDAY nights are best spent at home. but, for local NEW YORKERS - partying is best done on non-weekend days. weekend days are loved by non-locals who come to the city and wreck havoc. they love places that have bottle ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/09/life-hanging-with-lupe-emile-hirsch-and-kenna-tequila-shots-dessert-and-los-angeles-vs-new-york-city/ EUGENE KAN of HYPEBEAST interviews HARRY MCNALLY (1/4th of the brand PEGLEG NYC). you might recognize YOUNG SCOOZLE aka SCOTT WILLIAMS - part-time VIOLETTE model and PEGLEGNYC member! peep the full interview here... *photos by MARLEY-KATE. *SCOTT WILLIAMS, BOBBY WALTZER, HARRY MCNALLY and NICK POE. *childhood bro's...they just look like trouble! ++++++++++ more photos i snagged ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/08/interview-harry-mcnally-x-pegleg-x-hypebeast-interview-by-eugene-kan-photos-by-marley-kate/ i love getting stuff in the mail - the real mail. one of VIOLETTES best buyer, HIROSHI in JAPAN, sent me goodies from his wife's line - VOTAN TOKYO. it's super ka-wa-eee! super mucho KONICHIWA to both of them... also got a cd of music from DJ HICO, who rocked a VIOLETTE ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/08/special-delivery-goodies-from-votan-tokyo-cd-from-dj-hico-thanks-hiroshi/ THEOPHILUS LONDON is hard at work on his new mixtape. simply titled "I WANT YOU", this will be the mixtape that breaks in your cassette player...leaving strings of tape tangled from playing on repeat! this behind the scenes features DEV HYNES and ME (Va$htie) in the studio - it's my first ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/08/watch-studio-sessions-x-theophilus-london-x-dev-hynes-x-vashtie-upcoming-mixtape-i-want-you-behind-the-scenes/ thanks to everyone who came out and supported THE DOMINICAN GATSBY! *my dress is by DOMINIQUE AUXILLY! thanks for the amazing dress DOMINIQUE aka CARRIE BLACKSHAW! ++++++++++ sorry, no captions...i think i have carpel tunnel in my pinky or something :( http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/07/life-oscars-birthday-party-at-rivington-hotel-3410/ ok, despite my masculinity - i have female parts and that means i am more than partial to the movie "THE NOTEBOOK". i spotted mister RYAN GOSLING via STYLE.COM, sitting courtside at a LAKERS GAME?! he should be a KNICKS fan, despite the fact that they have sucked for the ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/05/news-noah-calhoun-breaks-my-heart/ a few months ago, SUZETTE LEE photographed me for YOSHI'S BLOG - LADYLIKE. it was a quick and fun shoot and this little lady SUZETTE took some of the best photographs i ever done seen of myself. it's giving me..."biker bitch meets black panther with a twist of 90's hooker". hahaha. VIA: ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/05/foto-vashtie-by-suzette-lee/ celestial in more ways than one! found via OSCARS BLOG http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/05/foto-sade-jet-magazine-cover-1986/ Lets try this again... ---------------------------- hope this email finds you well. ---------------------------- Im celebrating the big tres-tres. ----------------------------> The Big City of Dreams presents WILD FOR THE NIGHT tonight Thursday, March 4th 8pm @ The Rivington Hotel 107 Rivington st. (2nd level) music by DEEMEHLOW & JUNIOR SANCHEZ hosted by VA$HTIE http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/04/invite-oscars-birthday-party-tonight-hosted-by-me/ haven't posted one of these in a minute... first of all, his dapper style and west indian accent murdered it! in hindsight, he kind of looked like one of my uncles (with that "IND-YAN" mix) and attracted/scared me like every old school WEST INDIAN man does. he just had that look ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/04/school-girl-crush-supercat/ remember the photoshoot i was on for the RACHEL ROY LOOKBOOK featuring "IT GIRLS" that i was apart of back in DECEMBER? if you don't, PEEP IT HERRE. well, it's out! i woke up to an 8am delivery to stacks of these cute zines. for more on where to purchase these ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/04/news-rachel-roy-lookbook-is-out/ hahaha. ridiculous. FAMILY GUY'S REMAKE of PAULA ABDUL and MC SKAT KAT's song - "Opposites Attract". ++++++++++ see the original herre! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEQDBefyC_Q http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/04/funny-family-guy-x-paula-abdul-im-dressed-like-a-cat/ my sweetest baby, my god-daughter AMAYA!!! she'll be here in the beginning of APRIL and i can't wait! we're eating strawberries and watching SPONGE BOB all darn day! http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/03/news-guess-whos-coming-to-visit-me-in-nyc/ "don't break down now, it's over" http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/03/throwback-mariah-carey-feat-bone-thugs-and-harmony-breakdown/ behind the scenes - TANQUERAY PHOTOSHOOT x VASHTIE 2009 (WERESISTSIMPLE.COM) from va$htie on Vimeo. http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/03/behind-the-scenes-tanqueray-x-we-resist-simple-photoshoot-x-vashtie/ i ordered CITIKITTY, this PURR-FECT product (haha) that trains your kitty to use the toilet with a litter tray that sits in your toilet. week after week, you remove a perforated ring until the tray is no longer needed. within weeks, he went from a litter box (gross) to the ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/02/news-vladimir-my-kitty-is-using-the-toilet-i-shit-you-not/ yes, indeed...i am in fact on many billboards in NEW YORK city and a few major cities. TANQUERAY has launched a community of bloggers that feature the likes of TALIB KWELI, COLTRANE CURTIS, MARIEL HAENN, FONZWORTH BENTLEY and more! to help promote it, a few of us were chosen to ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/02/news-im-on-tanqueray-billboards-because-im-blogging-for-them/ this kid makes me giggle uncontrollably. the last video he did of his CRAZY SISTER was even funnier. PEEP IT, HERE! ++++++++++ hahaha. http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/02/funny-my-parents-fight-more-than-bruce-lee/ (je vous manque et long pour votre contact) http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/02/throwback-edith-piaf-la-vie-en-rose/ GRACE! make JAMAICA happen or come to NEW YORK soon! we need to gossip, drink cappuccinos and laugh about the rubbish "cool trends" our respective country churns out and how other countries eat it up! http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/01/foto-grace-ladoja-loves-her-violette-package/ can't show too much...but here's a "lil" bit. *i didn't realize "the boys" were out until i saw these pictures - it made me a uneasy. i spent a lifetime covering them up and now all hell has broke loose. a while ago, i got some advice from an wise older ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/01/sneak-peak-quick-behind-the-scenes-of-ezo-magazine-shoot-22510-on-stands-in-april/ the snow may have had it's way with us on the day of OSCAR's birth (2/25/10), but we made up for it the following day at SCHILLERS (and again on MARCH 4th, the rain date of his shindig). anyone who has known me long, knows that OSCAR and I are two ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/03/01/life-oscars-birthday-dinner-with-raul-at-schillers-12610/ this makes me very sad, GURU of GANGSTARR is in a coma - complications from a heart attack. he is a pillar that contributed to the world of hip hop in ways that will be zeroxed by future generations to come. we send your our love and well wishes... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/02/28/news-get-well-guru-youre-paranoid-cause-youre-a-son-like-elroy/ happy PURIM to my JEW BOO'S! the holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the JEWISH people form the PERSIAN EMPIRE. i was first told about this holiday by some ISRAELI friends in art school at SVA. apparently, my name VASHTIE is related to QUEEN VASHTI who can be found in ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/02/28/conversate-kingsolomon-reminding-me-of-purim-kings0l0m0n/ ANGELO used to call me PONY BOY when i went through my 50's greaser boy phase in 2000...vintage WRANGLERS, white tee and rolled up sleeve. this movie was great. MATT DILLON lives in my hood, i always see him at my cafe and i want to high five him for ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/02/28/watch-the-outsiders-dir-francis-ford-coppola-1983/ when JOHN GOTTY at the SMOKING SECTION asked little ol' me to compile a list of favorite tracks that i have on my ipod, i didn't hesitate. little did i know i would spend the next couple days stressed over how to narrow my favorites down to 10...so i went ... http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2010/02/25/interview-smoking-section-x-whats-on-your-ipod-x-vahtie/