Ice Cold

In preparation for my trip to NY I started off by finding the perfect hat, in this case it was Jessica Willis' amazing leather hat that was sculpted in the same manor as the way they did in Roman times. Perfectly Sculpted and time consuming, I first got obsessed once I saw the work she did in

BJ Panda Bear

I had an attempted epic meal with Juju Rosa and our friend Romain's little brother who I was shocked was so straight and fair skinned… The attempt ended up at an Indian Restaurant on third.

DR Tranny

Rosa Mercuriadis

Juju Sorelli

Baby Romain

The next night I went out with Dani Christian and Jessie Willis to our friend Jackies gathering at Bar Lubitsch, she had recently been more prevalent in my life and it was good to see how she had evolved in the brief time we were apart.

BJ Panda Bear Jessie Willis

Christian Bustemante Dani Drasin

Robert V and Jackie Gonzalez

Later on in the week I went with Juju and Niko to a local westside Karaoke Bar for Amelian's birthday where we ate greasiest mac and cheese bites and saw the amazing performances from each other. I performed Bjork It's Oh So Quiet and we all had a laugh at Niko's balladry.

Amelian

Niko the Ikon Juju Sorelli

Kit Scarbo

Curly V

BC Lane Stewart

Amelian and Kesh

evil

I was soon rushed off to Ian's in NY. After an uncomfortable but doable flight, I hopped a cab over to Greta's where I dropped my stuff off, did a quick change and ran over to the art space where I had my first drink of the year. I was flown in for my soundtrack I did for Ian Markell's solo show Plastic Plaza. Within a few hours the space crowded in all too well. It was a success with the cool kids and art crowd fawning over the new art star. It was a long time coming to have us all in the same space. I bumped into friends I hadn't seen in nearly 3 years. All garnering their own personal success I felt the sense of unity I had so long desired.

We sneaked a sticker of Greta's ass on the way to the opening

I miss Erin!

BJ Panda Bear Rosa Mercuriadis... in NY at the same time

Greta

Plastic Plaza

Leila

I hadn't seen Ana in year

Ian Markell

Lena the pup

Marcus Lablanc

Amy Cakes

i love to hate this bloke Timmy

Leizel

Amanny Amhad the coolest girl I know, bow down to Medusa Da Bitch

Later on that night we all hopped a train and after a walk that felt like forever we ended up in what I'd like to call rural Brooklyn. The party made me feel at home in that downtown loft vibe, the urban bohemianism. The music was great, it felt like a minirave. We soon left around 3 I was so exhausted.


The next day I woke up to snow covered streets, I was so overjoyed I felt like I made it snow. Ian and I stopped by Baohaus where I was dying to try it in the same vibe of an Anthony Bourdain fan boy, it was OK kitschy and fun but not really something I drooled over.



Later that day for dinner I slaved over the oven and created a spicy curry shepherds pie from scratch. It was a long running tradition that my visits to Ian would also include a home cooked meal since I always liked bringing out the alcoholic 50's house wife in me.


and then we were off to a random bar called Tropical for our friend John Mercer's girlfriend's birthday. The party was moved over to the Tribeca Grand Hotel which was rather grim since it reminded me of the last days of Teddy's. Thankfully we found a party across the street and raged on hard. It was a beautiful space that was filled with the typical crowd of artsy gays, it girls of the moment and the few stray straight men who knew how to dress.


On the final morning I was woken up abruptly and made to go to an early brunch I couldn't deal. Hung over we went to Pastis and then to a private showing of Ians show to press.

Danielle Reuther came back into town

Then I was off back to LA... on the way out I saw police with guns and bomb dogs it was scary