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party pics: SANTOS/THE OPEN PARTY with QTIP, VA$HTIE & RICH MEDINA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUNG SCOOZLE aka SCOTT (september 18th, 2009)
all photos by ELLE CLAY.
*OSCAR and me.
*MR. and MRS.
*LIZZY, LALA, GREG and SCOTT.
*OSCAR, RAUL and ME.
*GREG, SHAQ and SCOTT.
*RAULA.
party pics: OPEN AT SANTOS WITH QTIP, RICH MEDINA and VA$HTIE! (september 4th, 2009)
back again at my weekly jumpoff at SANTOS, the OPEN party was live and direct. special birthday shoutout to JAMES VIRAG at SANTOS!!!
*CHAMPY BOTTLES makes us act a fool…like rap videos circa ’99.
*see…
*earlier i had a meeting with CHIKE and DAME DASH and “STANKY CHAMBRAY” (as ELLE calls my shirt) had the ill pitstains from sweat…so, i gave it a night off. i know, i know…TMI.
*H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y J A M E S ! ! !
*it’s funny having a table at a club and then people post up with their backsides all up in your face. you just have to make the most of your surroundings…
*my LONDON homies were in town. i’ll be there for an art show that i’m part of at the top of OCTOBER, more news to come.
*this pin says ” NEVER FORGIVE”. it’s pretty ill, you can interpret it as you want.
*KOOL HERC! goodness gracious. i was all giggles when i saw him. he’s such a legend. it’s like seeing HE-MAN come to life or something.
*CHIKE and COODIE…COODIE and CHIKE (directors).
*SABEL and DEEMEHLOW, doing the bogle.
*LUCIA.
*this big guy was all tuckered out…
+++ HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE NEXT WEEK!!! +++
party pics: 8/14 THE OPEN PARTY AT SANTOS with QTIP, RICH MEDINA and VA$HTIE +++ happy birthday to JAE PONDER +++
the night began with dinner at 5 POINTS on Great Jones, in celebration fo JAE’S 24th BIRTHDAY!
*ELLE CLAY and JAE PONDER.
*a teeny teacup for espresso.
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then we headed to SANTOS for the weekly jumpoff.
*cheers! slainte! chin chin!
*we had surprise guest inspection people come through, it was bugged out.
*SPAM! he’s the sweetest and he has a cat named “skeletor”.
*BEVY and ELLE.
*JAE, BEVY, ELLE and DWAYNE WADE.
*JAE’s first experience with QTIP, he walks around with a bottle of PATRON for birthday toasting. there’s no way around it…minutes later your chest is blazing hip hop and r&b.
*YOUNG SCOOZLE and BILLY DEE
*SANTOS is a little naughty, but at least honest and to the point!
party pics: OPEN PARTY AT SANTOS WITH QTIP, RICH MEDINA & VA$HTIE – performances by MELANIE FIONA and RICH HIL!
*Q TIP taking over the drums of RICH HIL’s band, ELECTRIC LIMO LAND.
*RICH HIL and ELECTRIC LIMO LAND.
*MELANIE FIONA.
*my FRIDAY night checklist always includes earplugs. ain’t nothing cute about waking up and having your ears ring.
*i managed to get a solo photo without the boys interrupting.
*SAINT.
*COLIN MUNROE! he’ll be performing soon, also.
*TONY TOUCH!
*STEVE STEVERSON made it out, for the first time in almost a year!
*MEL D. COLE
*RIO and OSCAR. i always think RIO should have purple hair, because JEM’s boyfriend RIO (on the cartoon) had purple hair.
*ME and ELLE-INGTON
*RICH MEDINA, RICH MEDINA!
*GABY! she don’t take no mess at the booth.
*ELLE and AVIVA KLEIN
*OSCAR and ANGIE DUTCHES.
PERFORMANCE BY MELANIE FIONA
THE OPEN PARTY WITH Q TIP, RICH MEDINA and VA$HTIE – 7/24 special performance by MELANIE FIONA from va$htie on Vimeo.
PERFORMANCE BY RICH HIL & ELECTRIC LIMO LAND
THE OPEN PARTY WITH Q TIP, RICH MEDINA and VA$HTIE – 7/24 special performance by RICH HIL from va$htie on Vimeo.
another great night.
party pics: 7/3 OPEN PARTY at SANTOS with QTIP, RICH MEDINA and VA$HTIE…pre-independence day celebration!!!
while new yorkers fled the city for a change of scenery, us real new yorkers (aka, the ones who had no where to go) stayed and painted the town red…white and blue!
*HARRY MCNALLY and me being very patriotic.
*GREG and ELLE, she left early to go down south and be with her family.
*CARLOS, FRIEND and OSCAR…
*DAN ROTH, my old friend from ALBANY that i’ve known since i was 12.
*YOUNG SCOOZLE and SHAWN/ OLD MONEY
*striking a pose while AVIVA looks on in embaressment for me.
*AUSSIE LUKE came by and randomly started dancing with this girl who absolutely loved him!
invite: THE OPEN PARTY with QTIP, RICH MEDINA & VA$HTIE!!!
every single FRIDAY!!! we even started doing little performances of friends. so far we’ve had; CHESTER FRENCH, THEOPHILUS LONDON, CURT@!N$, JADE and AMANDA DIVA…many more to come 
party pics: 4/17 OPEN party with Q-TIP, VA$HTIE and RICH MEDINA at SANTOS…special guests CONSEQUENCE, DRAKE, QUEST LOVE and BEVERLY BOND!
another friday night at THE OPEN PARTY with me, Q TIP and RICH MEDINA. we had quest DJ’s RASHAD and QUEST LOVE. they kept us dancing all night. it was so hot in there, i can’t even begin to describe it in words.
although, if our party could speak…it might say “Best believe I sweat out weaves, give afropuffs like R.A.G.E.”
*DRAKE.
*RASHAD, CONSEQUENCE and DRAKE.
*MIMI and PLAIN PAT.
*DEEMEHLOW and OSCAR WILD.
*PAUL RIVERA (NIKE) and YOUNG SCOOZLE.
*it was painfully hot in thurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. seriously. ladies, come with your hair wrapped!
*we were all putting the ice to good use.
*it was soooooo hot, i almost passed out. seriously though, MIMI fainted. sorry 
*that new new PEGLEG…
*i could kill this hoe. just kidding. she’s aight.
*MEL D. COLE
*RAY J, SABEL, AMARIS and ELLE. we were going for a “HOT” look, as in temperature, and this is all we could come up with.
*SABEL
*as seen by ELLE.
*TONY TOCA and YOUNG SCOOZLE.
party pics: 3/20 OPEN PARTY with Q TIP, ME and RICH MEDINA – special guest DJ MURO (JP), DIDDY, MYA, FAB 5 FREDDY, ESTELLE and MAS (spanish for “more”)!
yay! Q TIP was finally back from his tour and the weather was a bit warmer. DJ MURO was scheduled to be on the decks and he is a super legend!
*DJ MURO.
*the boys are so rotten. they all tried to sabotage this full body shot, which is already hard enough to take without erupting into a sea of giggles.
*BABY ZAHARA and BABY HAIR McGEE.
*RICH MEDINA had kicks for his little baby!
*knuckle heads, YOUNG SCOOZLE and FELIPE.
*ELLE-INGTON modeling the proto-type keychain. IN STORES SOON!
*Q TIP, DIDDY and FAB 5 FREDDY (who is my friend TABATHA and TIM’s godfather )
*DIDDY announced he would be heading to the dancefloor to cut some rug and he sure enough did.
*ESTELLE!!! i met her in 2003, when i was assistant-styling for this music video for KAYA (an english artist) feat. THE CLIPSE. she happened to be in the hotel that day and we just gabbed about nothing. a year later we re-meet in LONDON where she was a mega-star. fast forward to today, she’s still as humble and sweet as the first time i met her!
*the mack daddy and the daddy mack.
*Q TIP and ESTELLE.
*DJ MURO only uses vinyl!
*CASSIE.
*TRACY NGUYEN and MISS INFO having fun!
*if you ever want to know if DIDDY has been somewhere, you can’t check for fingerprints. all you have to do is look for a bottle of CIROC and then you’ll know!
party pics: 3/13 OPEN with Q TIP, ME and RICH MEDINA…
special guest DJ – KAMRON of YOUNG BLACK TEENAGERS! please tell me you remember them! see below. he also played JAMAL on HOUSE PARTY 2.
*”i was JOAN OF ARC in my former life”…
*same-sies.
*AMAYA!
*BIKER DUDE STEEZ…
*i finally got my SANTOS shirt! YESSSSSS!!!
party pics: 1/30 OPEN with Q TIP, ME and RICH MEDINA at SANTOS!!!
every friday we’re in there like swimwear. it was a cold night, but it didn’t stop a line from forming around the block like usual…
*DAVE came out for a little bit, haven’t seen him in a long time!
*me, CONSEQUENCE and OSCAR.
*half of DAVE’s “hand some” knuckle tatties.
*KENNY, PHILLIP and COREY.
*me and CARLINE.
*champy.
*JASON, TERRENCE, CHRISTEN and LEKEITH.
*DAVID (CHROMEO) and ALAIN (A TRAK) MACKLOVITCH.
*despite this photo, NAPPING is not typical at the OPEN PARTY.
*SHAYNE and OSCAR.
*my “stomp-a-hoe” boots and ELLE’s “mary poppins” boots.
*BBOY CIRCLE in full effect, where real dancers DANCE and don’t just do gymnastics all night. i mean, yeah…power moves are dope, but i like to watch people really dance.
*RICH MEDINA and AJ CALLOWAY.
*YOUNG SCOOZLE and GHETTO DAVE.
