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My best friend Mike, my 'nephew' Drew, and me on the Bleu carpet at the Bleu prom. (thu/6/7/07)
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As much as that Shop Boyz song has been a guilty pleasure of mine since first hearing it on a friends MySpace page and then hearing it again on the radio in Connecticut last week it had since become the soundtrack to last Thursday night.
My boyfriend took me to three parties that night.
The first of which was at Obivia in NoLIta to launch his friends' "Eternal Bachelor" t-shirt brand (my mother would LOVE to see me in that shirt LOL). It was a very nice mid-twenties and up professional crowd, everybody was cute and well groomed, the bar was dimly lit and trendy with bloody dungeon decor. Very grown and sexy. He introduced me to a few people, we mingled and took some pictures before taking a cab ride to party number two.
The second party was a benefit for Bleu, the magazine, not the cheese, the Bleu Prom, held at Strada on 21st & Broadway in the Flatiron. What would be hot is if an LGBT magazine, or organization held a prom for minority NYC LGBT youths who I'm sure are feeling left out this time of year. I read in the New York Times about a gay prom in Long Island but I never heard anything about one here in the five boroughs.
We arrived at the prom pretty early, so early that we left the party and had dinner at Mayrose across the street. Soon after returning to the party which featured performances from Sony's Music With A Twist label (read the press release here), it's their LGBT record label (a concept for which I have no comment). I really enjoyed the performance by fellow Brooklynite, Jonathan Mendelsohn (think Justin Timberlake with some actual soul). He did an original song and then he sung a really good rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon In The Sky" which me and my boyfriend slow danced to, it was prom after all. The fun though didn't really start until my best friend/brother, Mike arrived with my two 'nephews' (from now on my blog ' ' symbolizes gay family) because I was getting a little bored not really knowing anyone there except my boyfriend, his best friend and his boyfriend. We chatted, mingled and took a few pictures on the "Bleu" carpet (some of which were of me and my boyfriend kissing LOL) and jumped in another cab to head to party number three.
The third party was the after party for the Bleu Prom held at Luke & Leroy's in The Village. I spent most of my time there outside with Mike and my 'nephews' talking and kee kee-ing, and catching up because we hadn't seen each other in a few days. Every so often my boyfriend would grab me or bring someone by for me to be introduced to. On our whirl inside the packed club they played the song again: "Party like a rock... party like a rock star..." As much as I don't want to I can't help but like the song and it was fitting due to the evening I was having. We mingled a little more outside the club before taking a cab back uptown to go home. For a person who hardly ever goes out doing three functions in one night was a first for me. I had fun.
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In Philly we're having a gay prom for the youth. I was on the planning committee. I thought NY already had a gay prom considering all the things they have for the kids up there.