6° Lounge's very own DJ Soul Tower 606 is celebrating his birthday, and also in honor of one of the prettiest Libra triplets in town (Angela Trevino,) we are inviting all pajama-clad Libras and all of your friends to come to 6° to celebrate another year of LIVING THE GOOD LIFE! The dress code is PAJAMAS. It wouldn't be p.c. if we asked everyone to wear their birthday suits, now would it? Grab your jammies and slippers and join us for the first annual Libra Pajama Jam! Enjoy happy hour prices until 11PM. Show the bartender your ID and if you are a Libra, you get a birthday glass of champagne with our compliments. See you at the 6! FREE PARKING DOWNTOWN! for details, visit www.deda.org. Visit the www.sixdl.com web site for a list of all of the October events.

Buy your tickets NOW before they're sold out for "ONE VOICE...An Evening with Tenor Kenneth Gayle." Classical to Contemporary, Puccini to Stevie Wonder! This Friday, October 7th at 8:00PM at the Unity Church Of Christianity, 2929 Unity Drive (off Hillcroft, near Westheimer.) Advance tickets are $25, call Evin Thayer Studios at 713-524-0199 to purchase tickets.

Ashton Gardens, the premiere, new facility near 1960 and 45 is now open for business meetings, fundraisers, seminars and HOLIDAY PARTIES (the Season will be here before you know it!) Ashton Gardens has 4500 square footage of banquet space and also in-house catering available. The venue is a delightful diversion from the everyday places. Get a preview and see what they offer by visiting www.ashtongardens.com. Ann Lasher, their Corporate Sales Manager is ready to help you plan that perfect, memorable event for your guests.

Breathe is a Houston-based website that caters to the city's contemporary culture. Breathe is a website that encompasses topics such as nightlife, restaurant, fashion, traveling, music and much more. JBH Media Group is a company that strives to bring the most diverse content within one domain. JBH Media Group is a growing promotional company and travel service provider. The company is currently bringing some fire to the Houston scene with an array of social events planned throughout the city. JBH's events are expected to bring the eclectic blends of the urban, chic, hip, rock, classic, studious, savvy and the sexy all together. One such event promises to encompass all of that and more. The "Pulse" Event is the Official Launch Party for JBH Media Group and "Breathe." This event will be held at Opus on October 22nd. JBH Media Group is elated about the "Pulse" event because it's an opportunity for them to meet their growing base of readers, party at one Houston's hottest nightclubs and enjoy the sounds of one of Houston's top DJs, Nikolai. Everyone is asked to wear their sexiest shade of purple for free entry all night at Opus. Breathe Newsletter appreciates the enormous amount of support, positive feedback, and encouragement, so they have a multitude of giveaways all night long for our guests. JBH will also be looking for the top three individuals with the best fall ensemble, and the prize packages are spectacular. For more information about the company and the event, please travel over to JBHMediaGroup.com.

REMINDER FOR THIS SATURDAY: Ready to rev-up your engines and celebrate party #50? One of Houston's most successful and longest-running dance party series celebrates their 50th After-Hours Event. Beyond Entertainment's SPOILED BOYZ (www.spoiledboyz.net) will host the Dukes of Hazzard inspired DUKES OF HOUSTON After-Hours Party late night Saturday, October 8th (new date, people, pay close attention, last newsletter had a different date.) I mean it and I'm CERTAIN it is on the 8th, at the hot, new NEXT Dance Club (www.whatsnexthouston.com) located at 2020 McKinney @ Chartres (behind the GRB Convention Center). LA's renowned Remix Artist and after-hours expert DJ DAWNA MONTEL will be driving the party into the wee morning hours. Daisy Dukes & Rebel Country attire encouraged. Doors open 3:30AM. Advance Tickets available at M2M Fashion. All these date changes for various events are thanks to that Hurricane Rita. Even some Hurricane Benefits were postponed due to a HURRICANE. That's crazy, I say someone needs to introduce Mother Nature to some stiff cocktails and keep her at bay for a while.

NEWS IN THE BIZ: the Houston Single Source party at D'Wine will be on October 7th, the date changed from September 29th, so if you are sorry you missed it, you didn't miss it, after all. Go see Chris and Dan at Deco, which is a beautiful venue! Come see Nick Ozuna compete in the next Martini Mix-off at 6° and if you need a strong bartender, he's looking for a job right now. Becky Harrigan at the Grasshopper is BEAUTIFUL, go see for yourself and tip her FAT! She is just as sweet as she is pretty and she will compete in the Mix-off too! The food at Market Square Bar and Grill is incredible and Kim, Dylan, Maggie and Nell are just as yummy, as far as service. Their courtyard is so cool, I want to live in it! Special thanks to Cesar Reyna for always taking me there to eat. Amanda Mora is now working at Cova Wines at 5600 Kirby Drive, www.covawines.com. Next Thursday is the new date for the Fashion Show and CD Release party at 6° and click the FREE PARKING box to the left to see the invite for the party we are hosting next Saturday. The Greek Festival starts on October 6th. This is one of my favorite festivals of all time! See www.greekfestival.org. Voting for citysearch best of Houston nightlife ends on Wednesday. One last time, please vote for 6° to insure we win so I can plan a victory bash to celebrate. Thanks for the continued support. Mindscape, which is an artist reception featuring the creations of Salli Babbitt and Ray Phillips is on Friday, October 7th, from 6-9PM at Sippora Gallery located at 234 West Gray. For more details, click to www.sippora.com.

RAZZLE-DAZZLE TONY AWARD WINNING "CHICAGO" TO KICK OFF TUTS' 2005-2006 SEASON You've got it comin' Houston! The National touring production of Chicago roars into town as Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) continues its salute to one of the greatest writing teams in Broadway history - John Kander and Fred Ebb. TUTS will present the Tony and Academy Award-winning musical, Chicago, from October 11-23 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby at Walker). For tickets to Chicago call (713) 558-TUTS or visit www.tuts.com.

LOCAL BARS OFFER "CHICAGO"-THEMED COCKTAILS BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 23 In salute of the new National Tour of Chicago presented by Theatre Under The Stars from October 11-23 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby at Walker), 14 area bars will be offering their own takes on the musical with the Ultimate Chicago Cocktail Challenge.

From now until October 23, visit any and all of the bars listed below, try the drink, then vote for your favorite concoction! Votes for your favorite Chicago-themed drink will be tallied through the Thursday, October 27th TUTS StarMail, and the winning bar will be announced in the Thursday, November 3rd StarMail. Come to 6° to taste Julian's creation called "All That Jazz," which is a jazz-berry swirl martini, and vote for his drink. Is there ever going to be a newsletter where I'm not asking you for VOTES on some sort of competition? Other participating places with special Chicago-themed drink creations are The Magnolia Club, Sambuca, Sky Bar, Sullivan's, Red Door, Meteor, Rich's, Artista Restaurant, South Beach Cosmo's Cafi, J.R.'s, Tribeca, and Hard Rock Cafi. Tickets ($27-$72) for Chicago may be purchased by calling 713.558.TUTS or online at www.tuts.com, Take your ticket to the bars because some bars are offering drink specials to patrons showing their Chicago tickets.

MORE HURRICANE AID: On Wednesday, October 5th Maggiano's Little Italy, 2019 Post Oak will host "Dine for America", an event coordinated by the National Restaurant Association to benefit those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Beginning with lunch at 11:30AM and through dinner, until 10:30PM, Maggiano's will contribute 100% of their profits for the day to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. BRINGING BACK THE BIG EASY is this Saturday, noon until 2AM at the Meridian.