| Cameras Ready? Prepare for a picture-perfect after-party! In
the successful tradition Beyond Entertainment's Spoiled Boyz
all world-famous for, they've created a party for those that
always migrate to the camera lens. Late night Saturday, March
12 Spoiled Boyz will present PAPARAZZI at the Grasshopper, located
at 506 Main Street. Be ready to Vogue and Runway as Miami Beach's
own DJ Craig Demo (Tone Control Records) will be providing the
beats. Dress to tempt the camera. Doors open 3:30AM - 8:30AM.
$15 advance tickets available at M2M Fashion. Your fans await
you! These once-a-month theme parties are all the rage in town
and if you've yet to attend one of these parties, you're out
of focus.
There are
only 16 days left until St. Patrick's Day. I'm fortunate enough
to
BE Irish, however, this is the one day of the year
when EVERYONE pretends to be. To all those wannabes I say "come
be Irish with me at Slainte Irish Pub!" Slainte will be
open at 9:00AM, yes, 9:00 in the morning, on March 17th. Find
the pub at 509 Main Street. The Houston Press has an in-depth
guide to all the St. Patrick's Day events that Houston has to
offer. Keep an eye out for it in the March 10th and 17th issues.
Only 11 days until the St. Patrick's Day parade, and that will
take place on the Saturday BEFORE St. Patrick's Day, on March
12th. The parade route starts at Minute Maid Park and will end
near Texas and Main. The theme of this year's parade is Saluting
Irish Heroes, Past and Present. Visit www.houstonstpatricksparade.org.
For opportunities to have a float, car or walking group in the
parade, contact Sean Kearns at sekearns@aol.com.
Get your green
clothes ready, you know it's a tradition to pinch anyone who
is not wearing green. Oh, and if you spill green
beer on yourself, it won't stain. That's a big plus, too!
I recommend you visit these downtown places on March 17th: M
Bar, The Flying Saucer, St. Pete's Dancing Marlin and my
most favorite places, Slainte Irish Pub, the Ruby Room and 6° Lounge.
Giddy up,
it's Rodeo-time. For great seats to all the shows, contact
Tammy at 713-269-7600.
Tickets are going quickly, so
contact her very soon. Don't miss the St. Patrick's Day parade,
downtown at 2:00PM on Saturday, March 12th. Brian O'Neill's at
5555 Morningside will host a sexy kilt contest on March 15th.
I'll be judging. Man skirts are as sexy as all-get-out! Griff's
at 3416 Roseland, is hosting the 40th Annual St. Patrick's Day
Festival and St. Patrick's Queen Contest on Thursday March 10th.
I'll be a judge at the Queen's contest. I'll be at Brian O'Neill's
on Saturday, March 5th to judge the "Miss Brian O'Neill's" contest.
The winning beauty will take home $500 and will go on to compete
in the Queen Contest at Griff's. I like to think of myself as
a non-judgmental kind of gal, but it looks like I'm judging a
few things this month. It will be nice to BE a judge instead
of be in front of one, if you know what I mean. I hope to see
all of you at the Ruby Room on March 24th for an Artist Reception
hosted by Artists at Large from 6:00 9:00, followed by Engage
3.0 which is a fashion show presented by Engines of Elk. Check
out the website at www.enginesofelk.com.
I found a magazine I really like called The Heights Pages. It's
a quarterly publication that will be turning 7 years old this
July. The distribution area is in and adjacent-to the Heights.
Consisting mostly of Heights establishments, it contains interesting
articles concerning law, art markets, Heights 1st Saturday events,
chiropractic care, landscaping, antiques stores, restaurants,
gift stores, remodeling, car repair, eye care, art galleries,
investment and much, much more. You can find the publication
in the Heights area in local establishments or visit www.heightspages.com for the entire issue. There are links to all the websites mentioned
so you can find additional information about businesses. The
Spring issue will be out later this month. If you have any questions,
the publisher, Dee Melancon will be happy to help you and she's
just a phone call away at 713-868-4136.
Last month, Crystal Lee of 6: Lounge celebrated her birthday
with 11 of her friends and admirers at Benjy's Restaurant and
Lounge at 2424 Dunstan. It was a memorable party, to say the
very least, and Miss Lee was absolutely ravishing and radiant
in her new birthday dress from Tootsies, compliments of her
sweetie. A good time was had by all. The food was great at
Benjy's. I enjoyed the Spicy Asian Marinated Chicken Stir-Fry
with lo-mein noodles, cashews, and ginger-hoisin sauce. Thumbs
up. Copa Room celebrated their first birthday with an exclusive
party that included a nice appetizer spread and a hosted bar
for the invited guests.
D'Wine Restaurant
and Paparazzi recently hosted a really unique event called "Cuba." It
was a very cool concept for a night, and included DJ Che, salsa
dancers and cigar rollers.
Manager, Kiki, really has a good thing going over at 4304 Westheimer,
actually TWO good things. D'Wine is a terrific restaurant and
the nightclub, Paparazzi, is rapidly growing in popularity.
I like the idea of dining and then enjoying dancing and drinks,
all under one roof. If you haven't checked it out yet, you
definitely need to, because it is awesome.
BOOZE
NEWS: A little Irish history lesson and news from the Vodka front:
Brian Boru
was Ireland's first High King. He is
credited
with driving the Vikings out of Ireland and uniting the entire
country. He is also responsible for starting the Clan O'Brien,
through his four wives and 30 concubines. Anyone with the last
name O'Brien is a direct descendant of Brian Boru. So, if you
are an O'Brien (and even if you're not) Boru is the vodka for
you. There are many yummy libations from Ireland (whiskey was
invented there) and one of the hottest to hit the market recently
is Boru Vodka. Fresh from the Emerald Isle, Boru is made with
pure Irish spring water, is quadruple distilled for smoothness
and filtered through 10 feet of Atlantic Irish Oak charcoal
purity. Boru is from Ireland, but it is definitely not green.
Boru's frosted bottle and classy black and silver label take
it out of the Irish stereotype. Boru Vodka has an opinion on
everything. The 'Clarity from Ireland' campaign focuses on
the clarity of the product and clarity of thought. The ads
and coasters have "Boruisms." For example, Boru on
Enjoying Life: "It is better to spend money like there's
no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money." Ain't
it the truth? This vodka has TRUE personality.
Need a little "hair of the dog that bit you" after
St. Patty's Day? Come to the Emerging Leaders Wine Tasting Event
on Friday, March 18th at Dean's Credit Clothing at 316 Main Street.
The event is from 6:00 - 9:00PM. The Strip House will be the
featured food sponsor, which will make this a wine tasting unlike
any other. There will be great entertainment, beautiful art,
scrumptious food and delicious wine. This is the largest wine
tasting downtown every year and the third largest in the city.
It is $25 for DHA or EL members and $35 for non-members. To purchase
your tickets, contact the HDA Office at 713-658-8938.
Want
to know the lowdown at 6° Lounge? Each night has a theme and they are
open Tuesday
through Saturday. Tuesday through Friday,
doors open at 5PM for happy hour that extends until 11PM. 6°,
6 hours of inexpensive drinks. Wednesdays are called 'Smarty
Pants' and offer smart music for smart people from 9PM to 2AM.
Thursdays are called 'Bump' so you can jump-start your weekend.
Friday Night is a House Party with DJ Surain kickin' it all off
at 9PM. The good times keep rolling into Saturdays with DJ Soul
Tower 606. To book private parties, or for more information,
I have all you need to know to stay "in the know." Email
me at kim@sixdl.com. 8 minute dating is hosting a speed-dating
event there on March 15th. To register, visit www.8minutedating.com.
These speed-dating parties are really hot right now. Look for
the official Launch Party of Fito's Kitchen Fresh Salsa to be
at 6° on Friday March 25th. I'll be hosting the event along with
the creator of Fito's Salsa. A portion of the proceeds of all
the salsa goes to the American Liver Foundation. To see the story
about the inspiration, the reason for sharing the proceeds and
to order salsa, visit www.fitosalsa.com. Join us on March 25th
and you can meet the creator and taste his product.
Here's something
of interest to all you "dot-commers" out
there, SEVENtwentyfour Inc. is an error-notification and web
promotion company based in Toronto, Canada, that is 12 years
incorporated. They maintain a large database, or map, of the
web which consists of over 60 million sites, containing more
than 3 billion links. There is more information at www.SEVENtwentyfour.com.
With their latest service AdultChecking, you can even be notified
if suspicious sites (like ones with hate or porn content or known
spammers) have linked-up to you. Such preventative measures will
save webmasters countless hours of tedious manual work and can
salvage an organization's search engine profile and market-standing
overnight.
The First Annual Empty Bowl Project is an international effort
to fight hunger, and is being implemented in Houston. The unique
lunch event and fundraiser on March 11th and 12th will benefit
the Houston Food Bank, and is a collaboration with Houston area
ceramists, other craft artists and the Houston Center for Contemporary
Craft. For a minimum $20 donation, lunchers will receive a simple
lunch of soup freshly prepared by the Houston Food Bank Community
Kitchen, along with bread and water, and get to select a bowl
from hundreds of original and hand-crafted bowls donated by Houston
area ceramists and craft artists. The empty bowls will serve
as a reminder of all the empty bowls in our community and around
the world. One of a kind works of art created by some of Houston's
best-known artists will be awarded at both events. The first
event is on Friday, March 11th from 11AM to 1PM, downtown, at
Heritage Hall in the JP Morgan Chase Building at 600 Travis.
A live pottery demonstration will also be at the lunch event.
The second event is on Saturday, March 12th from 11AM to 4PM.
Lunch will be from 11-2 and hands-on pottery demonstrations and
paint-your-own pottery stations will last until 4PM at Houston
Center for Contemporary Craft at 4848 Main Street.
Club and
bar owners, I now have a library of resumes from people I can
recommend
for positions in your venues. I currently have
resumes for review, if you are hiring. I have two promoters,
three bartenders, one manager, two doormen, and two event coordinators'
resumes on file. Contact me if you are looking for any strong
people to fill those positions. I only accept resumes from
people I have worked with, know personally or have "seen
in action" working at other bars. That way, I can give
an honest referral. There is no fee to view these resumes.
I just like to help people get connected.
NEWS
IN THE BIZ: The Standard is now called Aura. Look for Paesanos
to be replaced by the Shadow Bar. Jason Green will come back
to make a guest appearance as a bartender at Slainte on St.
Patty's Day. Jason is the winner of the 2000 Best Bartender
award from www.citysearch.com that hangs in the entrance to
Slainte. Main Street just got a lot more handsome because Rico
Falzone and Cory Johnson are back at Empire Bar. The duo had
left to go work at T-Town, but they decided downtown is where
they belong and they returned. Ami Dave, Opus's Event Coordinator,
is now also working at Mantra, as well. Call her to book your
events, 713-225-3500. Someone bought Outback Pub. I know who.
I'll spill the beans when the opening date draws nearer.
Club Ice
is now open and is doing quite well. It's located upstairs
on the second
level of Mantra and is a hot new club destination.
This venue comes complete with 12,000 square feet of bar, lounge,
club space, balcony, and VIP rooms. There is something for even
those with the most discriminating of taste at Club Ice. Sushi & Tapas
are served until 3:00AM, if you want to "get your eat on."
I always write about place my readers give great feedback about.
I got a sparkling report about the Horseshoe Bay Marriot. I was
told the hotel is beautiful, and the pool absolutely amazing
and it tops some of the big-time Vegas pools with color changing
lights at night and lots of secluded spots in the waterfall-style
hot tub. Visit the link of the property at www.emarketing360.com/Marriott/TX/MHSB/index.html.
This should be a serious hot spot this summer with the lakes,
fantastic golf, horseback riding, great local restaurants, cool
pubs/bars, and over 16 vineyards nearby. If you have any questions,
reach Jeremy at Jeremy.B.Carney@marriott.com.
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