VA$HTIE http://www.vashtie.com/blog Downtown's Sweetheart Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:54:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en DISCUSS: Super Bowl XLVI x Giants Win x Madonna’s Halftime Show I made Vladimir a custom Giant’s Shirt and he hated me for it (Taken with Instagram)

Last night I held a small soiree for the Superbowl. At some point ELLE made a comment, “Vashtie, you know nothing about sports”. She was right, but…I love, love, love New York.…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/06/discuss-super-bowl-xlvi-x-giants-win-x-madonnas-halftime-show/ MUSE: Naomi Campbell (Super Model) When my parents moved us 3 kids out of a 2 bedroom apartment and into a 3 bedroom apartment, it lessened the load of having 3 kids sharing one tiny room. I still felt bad for my sister who was 7 years older than me and sharing a bed with…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/06/muse-naomi-campbell-super-model/ THROWBACK: Madonna – “True Blue” This was an interesting video and song from Madonna. It sort of didn’t fit her, but it still was a bomb song. Peep Deb Mazaar also in the video dancing backup.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/03/throwback-madonna-true-blue/ VIDEO: My 4 Year Old God-Daughter Amaya Dancing Watch her Grandfather show her some moves and looks what she busts out when he asks her if she has any moves to show him.

I can’t believe how big she’s getting. Feels like just yesterday I was in The Bay, getting her baby self dressed for her Christening.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/03/video-my-4-year-old-god-daughter-amaya-dancing/ ART SHOW: Jamison Sarteschi x Gallery OneTwentyEight (2.2.12) Check out the works of Jamison tonight February 2nd…and not yesterday as the flyer reads.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/02/art-show-jamison-sarteschi-x-gallery-onetwentyeight-2-2-12/ LISTEN: Big K.R.I.T. – “Boobie Miles”

As posted on THE SMOKERS CLUB BLOG:

“the 1st song i wanted 2 release from #4evaNaDay is called Boobie Miles. Its about over coming all the obstacles that block your dreams, the sacrifices that come with how hard you have to go to obtain your goal, giving…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/02/listen-big-k-r-i-t-boobie-miles/ FUNNY: “I’m A Stupid Cat” “I think I’ll run around for no good reason and act like there’s stuff I gotta do…”

Hahahahaha. Cats are stupid.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/02/funny-im-a-stupid-cat/ MUSIC: MeLo-X – “Fire Geomu”

I’m loving this song by the homie MELO-X, which was directed by the other homie TONE (who shot the Jasmine Solano video “That’s Not It” directed by me – where you can also peep an appearance by MeLo).

Read what BILLBOARD.COM wrote about mister MeLo-X HERE!!!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/02/01/music-melo-x-fire-geomu/ LIFE: Lonely Hotel Nights In Atlanta (1.31.12) I love Atlanta. I need to stop visiting places when it’s only for work. Can’t wait to share the two projects that I’m doing down here with you guys. Until then, I’m listening to some 90′s Alternative Rock on my BEATS BY DRE and dreaming of a permanent vacation with…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/31/life-lonely-hotel-nights-in-atlanta-1-31-12/ FUNNY: Shit Black People Say When They Are Around Other Black People Not quite in the vein of the “SHIT GIRLS SAY” template that spawned many a re-buttle by all ethnic, gender, sexuality and lifestyle groups.

This is funny though and it comes from “KEY & PEELE” a new show on Comedy Central.

Key & Peele

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/30/funny-shit-black-people-say-when-they-are-around-other-black-people/ THROWBACK: TLC – “What About Your Friends” These girls were “all that and a bag of chips”. They definitely inspired my style…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/26/throwback-tlc-what-about-your-friends-2/ life: JASMINE SOLANO BIRTHDAY BASHMENT EXTRAVAGANZA x OPEN BAR BY HEINEKEN(1.25.12)


*MELO-X


*HEINY


*YOUNG SCOOZ


*ISIS & HYUN

NO PHOTOS OF MISS JASMINE SOLANO ON HER BORNDAY…

BEACAUSE…

…MY CAMERA DIED.

OY VEY.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/26/life-jasmine-solano-birthday-bashment-extravaganza-x-open-bar-by-heineken1-25-12/ SUPPORT: Janet Needs A Bone Marrow Donor

I just found this video of JANET who needs a BONE MARROW DONOR.

Some of my readers my remember when our local girl JASMINA was in search of a donor. I blogged about going to the BONE MARROW DRIVE and how easy it was to be registered!

SEE HOW…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/24/support-janet-needs-a-bone-marrow-donor/ THROWBACK: Sade – “Is It A Crime” In my second life I want to come back as Sade’s ponytail, end of story!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/24/throwback-sade-is-it-a-crime/ INVITE: Kushed & Purrp x Smoke DZA & Space Ghost Purp x Hosted By Shiest Bubz and Music by J.Scott (1.23.11) Ooooh, it’s tonight.

Get your tickets here:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4214705&REFERRAL_ID=twfb

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/23/invite-kushed-purrp-x-smoke-dza-space-ghost-purp-x-hosted-by-shiest-bubz-and-music-by-j-scott-1-23-11/ FUNNY: Alana – Funniest 6 Year Old Beauty Pageant Kid The beginning of this video started off offensive, but then slowly it became the greatest video I’ve seen in a long time Honey Boo Boo! Alana is like a Frat Dude in the form of a little girl, I love her.


Alana, Age 6, Best Beauty Pageant Kid, Ever –…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/23/funny-alana-funniest-6-year-old-beauty-pageant-kid/ VIDEO: My First Hardcore Song by 8 Year Old Juliet Thanks to Josh Madden for this special find. When she decides to perform this, I’ll be in the pit doing windmills fo sho!!!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/19/video-my-first-hardcore-song-by-8-year-old-juliet/ INVITE: Jasmine Solano’s Birthday Celebration x Max Glazer, Melo-X, DJ Fresh Direct, Vashtie, Vinny Picone & MORE!!! (1.25.11)

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/18/invite-jasmine-solanos-birthday-celebration-x-max-glazer-melo-x-dj-fresh-direct-vashtie-vinny-picone-more-1-25-11/ VIDEO: Santigold – “Big Mouth” Yes. Yes. Yes.

You know how much I love me some Santi! Finally she’s blessing us with new music and new videos.

This song has a dope afro-beat feel and the video has an interesting blonde mermaid being gobbled up by a tiger as Queen Santi sings…“Gaga-ga, all slightly…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/18/video-santigold-big-mouth/ THROWBACK: CeCe Peniston – “Finally”

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/18/throwback-cece-peniston-finally/ school girl crush: JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO

You captured my heart as a rebellious teen when I was finding art in a hopeless place. Since stumbling upon you in “À bout de souffle”, you’ve continued to leave me “Breathless”! Must be that “je ne sais quoi” of your French heritage!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/18/school-girl-crush-jean-paul-belmondo/ LIFE: BTS Karmaloop Interview with John Geiger and Vashtie x Beauty And Essex Dinner & Victor Cruz

The homie John Geiger was being interviewed by Wahid Sweat for Karmaloop on his collection of Jordans. Somehow, I was added to the equation to chat about the illustrious brand Jordan. We continued the interview at Geiger’s favorite spot – Beauty & Essex. It was monster food…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/16/life-bts-karmaloop-interview-with-john-geiger-and-vashtie-x-beauty-and-essex-dinner-victor-cruz/ life: Q-TIP & VASHTIE PARTY – SPECIAL GUEST AZEALIA BANKS, BU THIAM, LEBRON JAMES AND MORE! Another Friday night with THE ABSTRACT. I would have posted these photos sooner, but my memory card has been playing me – losing photos and what not. I had to download a pricy program to recover these bad boys and found many more that I imagined had disappeared to the…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/16/life-q-tip-vashtie-party-special-guest-azealia-banks-bu-thiam-lebron-james-and-more/ respect: LIFE’S FORGOTTEN PHOTOS AT THE LORRAINE HOTEL UNEARTHED

Today is the day we honor MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Its super awesome that some of us have the day off from work or school, but it would be even more awesome if you took some time to honor Dr. King in a way you see fit.

LIFE recently…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/16/respect-lifes-forgotten-photos-at-the-lorraine-hotel-unearthed/ throwback: MEGADETH – “SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION” Yeah, that kind of day…

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]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/12/throwback-megadeth-symphony-of-destruction/ video: SAMN FEAT. TIGGA CALORE – “IN MY HOUSE”

Yay!!! Check out my friend SAMN featuring our other friend TIGGA CALORE with their SUPER HOT VIDEO for “IN MY HOUSE”.

There are cameos by our other friends; CEDRIC HAUGHTON, VASHA, JERRELL, ISADORA!

Love it!!!

*flawless-skinned and beautiful as always CEDDY!!!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/10/video-samn-feat-tigga-calore-in-my-house/ muse: BEVERLY PEELE (MODEL) Born in 1975 and hailing from Los Angeles, California – this beauty rose to fame in the 80′s and 90′s. She gave birth to a baby girl at 17, Cairo, and still managed to keep her svelte figure. She starred in music videos, such as: HEAVY D. “Nuttin But Love”,…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/10/muse-beverly-peele-model/ throwback: SUNSHINE ANDERSON – “HEARD IT ALL BEFORE” Sunshine Anderson had some jams…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/10/throwback-sunshine-anderson-heard-it-all-before/ happy birthday: ELLE CLAY (1.9) You southern heifer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

While you’re spending quality time with the fam-a-lam, shooting guns and drinking moonshine…

Your uppity-yankee friends await your arrival so we may delve in some shenanigans and monkey business.

PS: Here is your favoritest photo in the whole wide world.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/09/happy-birthday-elle-clay-1-9/ foto: LIFE WITH VLADIMIR – THE RUSSIAN BLUE FRAIDY CAT I really think if he could speak, these are some of the things he would say…

“I’m a Giants fan, fool. Act like you know!”

“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death…”

“I think…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/09/foto-life-with-vladimir-the-russian-blue-fraidy-cat/ muse: WHITNEY HOUSTON

Wow. Young Whitney Houston must have been a sight. Towering and slim with a voice that was unmatched. Damn girl.

This post all came about because when I hear this song playing…

I hear this song. Right? Listen to both and then tell me.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/06/muse-whitney-houston/ special delivery: BRIAN WOOD SWEATSHIRT & SOREL BOOTS Special thanks to Brian Wood for this cute crewneck and nice note…check more of his pieces at

BRIANWOODONLINE.COM

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SOREL BOOTS are the authority for warm footwear with style. OSCAR and I both had a pair in…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/06/special-delivery-brian-wood-sweatshirt-sorel-boots/ funny: NME LISTS THE 56 MOST VICIOUS PUT-DOWNS IN MUSIC Okay, so we all know hate and gossip are not nice…but most of these put downs aren’t vicious, but rather witty and hysterical. I had to share this since my top two favorites are between two artists I love so dearly – MORRISSEY (THE SMITHS) and ROBERT SMITH (THE CURE).…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/05/funny-nme-lists-the-56-most-vicious-put-downs-in-music/ life: BIRTHDAY DINNER FOR JEN & JONNY AT BEAUTY & ESSEX – BUN B, CHRISTINA MILIAN, JOHN GEIGER, SHIEST BUBZ AND MORE (1.4.11)

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN O’NEIL & JONNY SHIPES (I LOVE MY CAPRICORN PEOPLE)

Last we celebrated the birth of JEN O’NEIL & JONNY SHIPES over the ridiculously great food at BEAUTY & ESSEX. I came dressed especially unremarkable because the weather outside was 13 degrees –…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/05/life-birthday-dinner-for-jen-jonny-at-beauty-essex-shiest-bubz-john-geiger-bun-b-christina-milian-and-more-1-4-11/ special delivery: EMMY’S ORGANICS – GLUTEN FREE, RAW & VEGAN GOODNESS

As you may know, I love food…in particular RAW,VEGAN GOODNESS. Since I was 12, I’ve mainly kept a VEGAN styled diet (with moments of not here and there) for ethical and health reasons. Basically, I just function more productively that way. I’ll try and do a separate post about…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/05/special-delivery-emmys-organics-gluten-free-raw-vegan-goodness/ funny: GRANDMA DANCING TO “RACK CITY” AS GRANDSON RAPS LYRICS (MUST SEE!) I’m going to put it like this. I’m buying whatever this duo is putting out…seriously. Look how cool they are! I can’t take it. I was jealous I didn’t have a cool ass grandma like this kid (…to my grandmothers defense I didn’t know her until I was 15 when…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/05/funny-grandma-dancing-to-rack-city-as-grandson-raps-lyrics-must-see/ muse: COLE MOHR I like it when models are a bit off the unbeaten path and not just pretty…




]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/03/muse-cole-mohr/ news: IT’S 2012…

If 1999 or 2000 wasn’t weird enough, here comes 2012. Like Whoa. It sounds like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. All I can think of is those videos from the 1950′s/1960′s where people projected what the future would look like; you know, everyone wearing silver and driving flying…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2012/01/03/news-its-2012/ throwback: LA TOUR – “PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING SEX” Hahaha. It took me forever to find this song. It used to creep me out when I was little, but I liked the beat…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2011/12/29/throwback-la-tour-people-are-still-having-sex/ recap: VA$HTIE’S HOLIDAY CRAY x SHIEST BUBZ, CALLENDER, THE SMOKER’S CLUB, VIOLETTE, CINEMATIC MUSIC x SANTOS PARTY HOUSE (12.22.11) On a rainy Thursday night, we set out to celebrate the holidays at our HOLIDAY CRAY party at SANTOS. HEINEKEN provided the open bar, KID ROBOT, THE SMOKERS CLUB and VIOLETTE filled the gift bags, PUSHA-T came to kick it after his show, JASMINE SOLANO and DEEMEHLOW murdered their sets…

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2011/12/28/recap-vahties-holiday-cray-x-shiest-bubz-callender-the-smokers-club-violette-cinematic-music-x-santos-party-house-12-22-11/