*OSCAR and me.

*MR. and MRS.

*LIZZY, LALA, GREG and SCOTT.

*OSCAR, RAUL and ME.

*GREG, SHAQ and SCOTT.

*RAULA.

*REE and DICKY – DEE and RICKY were in the latest issue and they were also at the par-tay celebrating. i heard the LEGO CIGARETTES are available for sale on the site! get em!

*JUS SKE played some gems and jams. he’s the best!

*SABEL-ITA and ELLE-INGTON…battle of the BALENCIAGA bags!

*ISABEL and HARRY MCNALLY (PEGLEG), sister and brother! so cute…

*RICKY! where is DEE?!

*MIMI and SLEEPY-LAIN PAT

*RAJNI, dropping style bombs on ‘em!

*NYLON kicks.

*SKY GELLATLY and ANGELO BAQUE.

*LUKE FLYNN!!! (all the way from AUSTRALIA and in NYC for a moment. we’re going to try and kidnap so he can’t leave) and YOUNG SCOOZLE (MVP)!!!

our best MJ impressions…

*EBONY WILDCAT.

*DEEMEHLOW and DICE.

*FERRIS BUELLER came with my homies THE CLIPSE, but i didn’t get a flick

*it was so hot, i took my shirt of and when i realized i didn’t have a hair tie…i improvised.

*KAREEM, proud papa of new baby KALEB!

*ELIZABETH and JENNIE! i miss these girls…

*CURT@!N$

*we take care of you at SANTOS!

*normally this kind of behavior would annoy the regulars, but everyone was in such a happy mood that no one cared…except security, who enforced proper behavior.

*this is for you MIKE!

*these dicso ball pants were seriously amazing. MARGIELA be killing it.

*DJ TAHLIEM sporting the 1992 long bill!

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i know a lot of were effected by MICHAELS passing. how did you guys remember or celebrate his life?

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later, on ESSEX STREET at LUMPINAR, it was the beginning of what may be the resurgence of real-deal-holyfield downtown NYC parties (alongside 1992 and OPEN . A-RON and ACE BOON KUNLE are heavy hitters in these parts, and their combining of forces will be murderous.

dirty punk kids, crispy streetwear peeps, hipster kate moss girls and lengendary new yorkers crowded in the club to listen to sounds of WU-TANG and BLAG FLAG! and well, opposites attract!

*it was brick on the skreets.

*RAUL above, OSCAR to the right. we were also celebrating mister OSCAR WILD’s birthday! the beginning of many chapters this week.

*DJ SEMEN SPERM and NICO!

*RAUL.

*CLAYTON PATTERSON, a super duper legend in NYC. he’s been photo/video documenting downtown for aeons. look out for the documentary my friends did on him, called CAPTURED. post coming right after…

*me and ACE BOON KUNLE.

*NECKFACE AND JASON DILL up in the hizzy.

*fantastic JR and the downtown don A RON.

“SAME DAMN LO SWEATER”

*you can the kid out of the hood, but you can’t take the hood out of the kid – ha.

this past friday was extra special because my number one homegirl and assistant ELLE CLAY celebrated the big 2-4! i couldn’t be luckier to have a friend like her in my life…she’s the best! also, we had special guests LL COOL J, FAITH EVANS, JADAKISS, ROSIE PEREZ and DON.C in the place to be!

*ELLE-INGTON.NET

*ELLE – ELLE CLAY and LL COOL J.

*CHARLES WADE…he has a great fashion blog called MODAMOUTH.

*OSCAR (1992).

*Q TIP on the decks.

*CHARLES, ELLE and JAE is in a band called BANJEE KANE! ha…

*RICH MEDINA and DJ SCRATCH!

*ROSIE PEREZ and Q TIP.

*YOUNG SCOOZLE and the fellas.

*CHRIS and ELLE.

*looks like the DJ booth had a visit from GOD.

*ELLE and JAE…besties for life.

*KID CUDI.

*EMILE, KID CUDI and PLAIN PAT.

*ooooh, excuse me!

*SADE, STELLA and ANGIE DUTCHES (ALIFE).

*BROS 4 LIFE – HOES 4 LIFE.

*CUDI and Q TIP.

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOE-STACKS! welcome to your mid-twenties, it ain’t that bad!

*at the airport…this was the second time i spotted this thing called MAGIC WIGGLY, a toy that magically crawls over you. it’s very bizarre, but i wanted it bad…

*it looks cool, no?

*i realized it wasn’t so magical and that you had to tie “invisible string” to it, which made me lose interest really quick.

*OSCAR tried to make it better by pretending MR. WIGGLEY worked…

*first views of CHI TOWN

upon arrival i noticed it was brick city, and no no – it ain’t just windy. i saw my soul leave my body. above all, the city is gorgeous…really great architecture and cool places. i was so mad i would only be there for half a day!

after our arduous travel, we made our way to the telly where CHUCK INGLISH was waiting to greet us. after he left us to get refreshed, we met up with LUPE and he gave us a mini-tour of the city. it was really educational, CHICAGO ain’t no joke. there’s so much history there, even entertainment histroy (the show “GOOD TIMES” took place in Chicago!)

*we wanted to try DEEP DISH pizza, since CHI was famous for it. we had no idea what were in for. LUPE took us to a classic spot…

*spinach deep dish pizza. massive!

*it was like lasagna on pizza.

*italian beef!

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afterwards we ran to the hotel, spruced up and went to the party which took place at LE PASSAGE on N. RUSH. it was a very swanky spot!

*POP CHAMPAGNE!

*CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES at a club just makes you want to act a fool. it makes you feel like you’re in a music video for whatever reason. like you want to dance with it in your hand and pour it on people for no reason.

*CHUCK INGLISH was a monster on the decks!

*we didn’t actually get to see too much of dear MIKEY, as he celebrated his 21st birthday! birthdays are the one day where you are allowed to run a-muck and owe no apologies!

*me in my ANDY DUFRANE shirt. OSCAR and I had no idea we were wearing such similar shirts. ELLE said it looked like me and O were sharing one big shirt.

*CHICAGO getting down. the older lady bathroom attendant asked where i was from and i said “NEW YORK” and she gave me a hug. she was so sweet. such great hospitality.

*HOLLYWOOD HOLT.

*GRANT HILLS! CHUCK took it back.

*i had to post this because it looks like ELLE and OSCAR are about to rob us!

*MILLION DOLLAR MANO.

*i was the designated MOM of the trip, i was in charge of waking us up. too bad i forgot about the time change. we were up at 7am for a 12pm flight! ugh.

*ELLE got hyper from being up so early and started messing around with my scarf. she said this is titled “GIRL WITH THE FENDI HAIR”

*our private jet…for the general public.

*it was such a short trip and i’m sad i couldn’t really see CHICAGO. it was really a dope city from what i can tell. i had a fun time with my fam ELLE and OSCAR, the jokes kept the traveling a breeze.

shoutout to CHUCK and MIKEY for having us and being the best hosts. thanks to LUPE (for the tour, dinner and cham-pagen), SHANNON SANGSTER (for taking care of us at the party), and thanks to the CHICAGO-ANS. they were all super cool. even the airport employees were friendly and nice.