bailar- Ravelstein at Vagabond Tonight and Yelle

Polish American Club! It's been a while.

I had a great deal of fun at the Quinceanera, but I took some shitty pictures.
Here's Cristy from Afrobeta, Otto Von Schirach, Charlie and Jose El Rey.


These 2 are of the birthday girl...Yarisleysi--- or something of the sort.

Alas, it's ALEX CASO of the Waterford Landing!!! One of my favorite people in, dare I say it, the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!! He also can make your booty shake with his rockin' beats and fantabulous sense of humor.

Here's Sean with his traveling sign of FOR SALE items. Everyone was encouraged to write on it. I think it was for what's selling that night (coke, pot, etc.), but I may have misunderstood because I was insanely intoxicated. I wrote Hillard Wiseheart (pictured here), because he's on sale.

I also ended up crawling in the fire and water fountain to light my fucking cigarette. I have NO IDEA where the thought came from or why I thought this was a good idea, but I guess it was from my own sick mind and came out of my stupid drunk body. I think there was glass in there, because my knee is busted, so as a word of caution, don't crawl in there with only shorts on.

Mark on Water

Here's the Vagabond picture of Mark:

The New I/O

So, I went to the opening of the new I/O, now called The Vagabond. Gay name? Yes. Neighborhood appropriate? Yes. The homeless were out, en masse, last night... and so were the gays.

I have been jonesing to go to a good party at I/O for the past 2 1/2 years, I miss the good times I had there. Last night was pretty fun. I danced dorkily to Depeche Mode, Stones, and they played cheesy South Beach music from when I used to go to Bar Room, Daft Punk. The music in the front room seemed to be an homage to the old Poplife. The back room was playing trance and electronic remixes of "Don't Stop Believin'" and Black Box's "Everybody, Everybody" (honestly a dance hit CLASSIC. Jessenia and I danced).

The Vagabond looks like a South Beach hangout. I guess it's ok, but they don't have a stage anymore, which means they probably won't be hosting any bands. I was thrilled to see that the backyard retained some of its charm, with the cement blocks on the ground. I took a kick ass picture of this guy Mark hovering over the strange Feng Shui water/fire fountain. He looks like Christ, walking on water, which is seasonally appropriate. Whatever with that fountain, I guess they felt the need to spice up the outdoor area. It was fun last night, probably won't be tonight.

The Vagabond